Tate McRae
Tate McRae loves hockey. And singing. And dancing. She also loves her competitive family. She loves Calgary, but also Los Angeles, and she loves Love Island-the British version, not the U.S. knock-off. And writing, oh my God, she loves writing.
"I just had no idea how to actually communicate my feelings directly and no idea how to talk about them, whether it was with my family or friends," says McRae, whose excitement is palpable, even over the phone. "Music was the only way that I could talk to people. I still feel that way. I think sometimes I feel like I float through life not really knowing what's going on. Then as soon as I write a song about it, I have complete control and perspective over the situation." She cowrote every single song on her second album, Think Later, including "Greedy," which reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
McRae was born, and actually raised, to do this. She began her career as a dancer and took classes in Calgary, where she was trained by her mother, Tanja Rosner. "She's the closest person to me, but when she was my dance coach, it was difficult," McRae says. "She was my harshest critic, as I was myself, so sometimes lessons would get so intense because we would both be just going at it. When it's your mom as your dance coach, there's no filter."
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