Tate McRae

What defines Tate McRae is not just her voice, but how that voice moves. From her beginnings in dance, her music inherited that bodily rhythm that turns every song into a small spectacle: the beats of Think Later don’t sound the same if you don’t imagine them being danced to, and in I Used to Think I Could Fly, the melodies flow like choreographies where every note has its step. It’s no coincidence that her first hits, like You Broke Me First, took off on platforms like YouTube, where the public discovered her not only for her singing, but for that physical connection with what she performs. Her pop sound is not static; it pulses to the rhythm of what she herself lived between ballet classes and dance competitions.

The leap into mainstream music came when RCA Records bet on her EPs. All the Things I Never Said (2020) and Too Young to Be Sad (2021) gave her a space of her own, but it was the latter that put her on the global radar: it became the most-streamed female EP of 2021 on Spotify, and You Broke Me First entered the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. She wasn’t just a singer with a dance background; she was an artist who turned her experiences into hits without losing the authenticity that had set her apart on social media. Recognition didn’t slow her down: in 2022, her debut album I Used to Think I Could Fly reached third place on Canadian charts, and She's All I Wanna Be slipped in as a catchy pop anthem.