Zara Larssonis single and ready to mingle.

On Tuesday’s episode ofPEOPLE Now, the 21-year-old singer confirmed exclusively to PEOPLE that she is “single right now,” after rumors that she had split with her long-term boyfriendBrian Whittaker.

When asked if she had time for romance in her life, Larsson replied, “At the moment, no.”

“I just don’t have it,” she continued. “It’s fine, because I am single right now, and I’m excited about that because I’m young, I’m cute and I’m out here and I have to live my life. I haven’t been single since I was 14.”

Of her new single life, Larsson said, “I’m very busy, so I don’t really live it out.”

“But it’s just nice to know that you don’t have — because a relationship, just like friendships and with families and all your relationships in life, you gotta work on it and you gotta put time into it and you gotta nurture it and all of that,” she added. “It takes a lot of energy.”

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Zara Larsson

Telling PEOPLE about her new song “All the Time,” Larsson said, “It’s really about missing someone, you can’t get him out of your head, ‘What are you doing in New York, you should be with me.'”

The Swedish musician had been dating Whittaker for over two years, according to aJune Instagram postthat celebrated their two-year anniversary.

“2 years with this special bean. I love you 🥂,” the musician captioned the post, which featured a selfie of the former couple.

Earlier this year, Larsson apologized to YouTuberJames Charlesafter sheaccused him of direct messaging her boyfriendto flirt as allegations of Charles’ predatory behavior came to light in a YouTube video fromTati Westbrook.

“I always try my best to learn and apologize if I’m wrong. I’m sorry@jamescharlesfor getting involved before I actually knew the truth and for the anxiety you must have felt about everything,” she tweeted, as Charles responded, “thank you for apologizing angel, it’s alright 💞 all love from me!”

source: people.com