How Tate McRae Is Going 'SAVAGE' in Her 'Good Girl Gone Bad' Era (Exclusive)

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00:00 Tate McRae, it is so good to see you.

00:02 Thanks for letting us hang out on tour backstage with you.

00:05 Of course, oh my god.

00:07 How is everything going?

00:09 How are you feeling?

00:10 So good.

00:11 Thankfully, "Greedy" is out.

00:13 I'm on tour, getting to play it.

00:15 ♪ So sure of yourself ♪

00:17 ♪ Baby don't keep greedy ♪

00:19 It's been a blast.

00:20 It's been, like, just like, feel very relieved

00:22 with the video and everything's like finally out

00:24 after so much time away.

00:26 That's major, and being out on tour,

00:27 I mean, how much does that contribute to your happiness?

00:29 It's huge.

00:31 I mean, I think this is why I do it,

00:34 is to see the fans and to see them sing back the music.

00:38 And so I just, I think it's all very validating.

00:40 At the end of the day, I think if you were ever questioned,

00:42 like, what do you do it for?

00:44 It's like, for this.

00:45 It's our dream job.

00:46 It's very special, and I just feel very lucky

00:48 that they all come and support me so much.

00:50 It just feels very crazy.

00:52 Does it still, like, when you see your name

00:55 outside of a venue, on a sign, and see fans lining up,

00:59 are you still like, what is my life?

01:01 This is wild.

01:02 Yeah, it's nuts.

01:05 I think, yeah, I mean, just like being on a sold out tour,

01:08 and I feel like with the fans being as engaged as they are,

01:11 like, I feel like we're all like best friends,

01:13 and we're all just like having fun and partying on stage,

01:15 and it's so much fun.

01:17 But yeah, I just feel very fortunate.

01:18 I think I have this, like, always like this disbelief

01:21 that literally anyone's gonna show up.

01:23 So it is very crazy when that doesn't happen,

01:27 and they're all singing back my lyrics.

01:29 It's very cool.

01:29 ♪ Trying my best to be brutally honest ♪

01:33 ♪ My body's exchanging ♪

01:36 ♪ Would be this exhausting ♪

01:38 When was like that first moment for you that you're like,

01:41 oh my God, wait, like, this is happening?

01:43 It's interesting 'cause it's happened like in a couple spots.

01:46 Like when my first ever, like, video went viral on YouTube,

01:49 I was 13.

01:50 And then I think another thing happened

01:52 when "You Broke Me First" happened during the pandemic.

01:54 ♪ When you broke me first ♪

01:58 ♪ You broke me first ♪

02:02 And that was weird 'cause I was still at home.

02:04 So the song was like around the world,

02:05 but I was still at home, so I couldn't really feel it.

02:08 Then I moved to LA and did all the festivals,

02:10 and I was like, holy (beep)

02:11 - Different vibe.

02:12 - I was like, this is real.

02:13 And then honestly, like, the past couple weeks

02:15 have been really crazy.

02:18 It just feels like a bit of a whirlwind.

02:19 And then seeing it all happen like live,

02:21 I mean, I premiered the song like as it dropped,

02:23 and they knew like every single lyric.

02:25 It was nuts.

02:26 ♪ I will run my style from day to day ♪

02:30 ♪ I will hit the ground ♪

02:32 ♪ No, yeah, yeah ♪

02:34 - What is, like, being out on tour,

02:35 what is like a typical day in the life for you?

02:39 - I'm trying really hard to keep a routine.

02:41 - Okay, what is your routine?

02:43 - I mean, I've been going to Barry's bootcamp.

02:45 - Good for you!

02:46 - I've gone three times.

02:48 - Okay, still good!

02:50 Three times more than I have, so.

02:51 - Three or four times.

02:52 I try to fit it in.

02:55 I should be working out more, but I--

02:58 - Well, when you dance the way you do,

03:00 like night after night too, that is also a workout,

03:02 so give yourself some credit.

03:04 - Yeah, I basically, like, I have like

03:06 a little meditation I do.

03:07 I try to read my book, try to go to,

03:09 I find a new coffee shop every city I'm in.

03:11 - That's amazing.

03:12 - Bring my book, and I'll like listen to meditation music,

03:15 and you know, journal and stuff.

03:17 And then I usually go back to the venue,

03:18 we do sound check, meet and greet.

03:20 I do a little acoustic set every day.

03:22 - Some ET interviews.

03:23 - Some ET interviews.

03:25 And then, yeah, we get ready for the show.

03:27 - What are the tour must-haves?

03:28 Like, if we went into your green room,

03:30 what would we find night after night, show after show?

03:33 - It's so weird.

03:35 You would see turkey.

03:37 - Turkey!

03:38 Like, lunch meat turkey!

03:38 - You would see lunch meat turkey.

03:40 You'd see hard-boiled eggs.

03:43 You'd see--

03:43 - She likes protein!

03:44 - You would see pineapple.

03:47 Dark chocolate, and Colombe coffee.

03:52 - Okay.

03:52 This is quite the palette you have.

03:54 - I know, very refined.

03:56 - There's a lot of pressure, and this business,

03:59 it's a grind.

04:00 How are you balancing it all?

04:02 Your personal life, your professional life.

04:05 It's all one at this point, basically, too, right?

04:07 - Yeah, it's difficult because your personal life

04:11 as a writer is very intertwined with.

04:14 So I think it's difficult.

04:15 I'm trying to find the balance between being like,

04:17 how do I experience life, and then write all about it,

04:20 and not sabotage my whole life?

04:24 Because this is my job.

04:26 And I think that's just the balance

04:27 of keeping your circle small.

04:30 - I was gonna say, too, having that core group,

04:32 especially being so young, and knowing what's ahead of you,

04:34 that's that number one thing that keeps you--

04:38 - For sure. - Around at that.

04:39 - Especially in L.A.

04:40 It's good to have real people.

04:42 - Yeah. - Yeah.

04:43 - How would you describe the chapter you're in right now?

04:46 I know you are so happy, but also, this music girl.

04:49 I feel like this is your sexy era, too!

04:51 Like, you are really--

04:52 - My good girl, bad girl.

04:53 - Yes, the good girl, bad girl era.

04:55 Like, you're growing into yourself

04:56 more and more through your music.

04:57 Are you feeling more and more comfortable

04:59 as you progress, too?

05:00 - For sure.

05:01 I think, I feel like, I mean, I've been watching myself

05:05 grow up online, because my writing has been since I was 13,

05:09 and now I feel like I'm 20, and I'm like,

05:11 well, I have totally different things I wanna say now.

05:13 - Yeah. - I'm a totally

05:14 different person.

05:15 And also, yeah, I feel like I'm in a more playful

05:19 time of my life, where I'm just writing about riskier,

05:22 and just more foreign concepts that I've literally

05:26 never talked about before, so it's very fun.

05:27 ♪ Can't tell if you love me, Amy ♪

05:30 ♪ Never met someone like that ♪

05:32 - So now that you're talking about it,

05:34 and it's going out into the world,

05:36 how are you feeling about it?

05:37 Are you relieved that it's out?

05:39 Is it nerve-wracking?

05:40 Like, what are all of the emotions?

05:42 - It's nerve-wracking because it's ballsy for me.

05:44 And I think when you put your whole self into a song,

05:48 and it's like a statement, everyone's gonna have

05:51 an opinion on it.

05:51 So yeah, I've heard everything.

05:53 Everyone has different theories, and different ideas

05:56 of what they think my songs are about,

05:57 and what I do my videos about,

05:59 and it's very funny to watch.

06:01 ♪ Did you know you got that effect ♪

06:04 ♪ I said, let me check, yeah ♪

06:07 - But you're exuding this confidence,

06:08 and I feel like we saw it so much too

06:11 in the "Greedy" music video.

06:12 I mean, girl, where do we even begin?

06:15 The zampone, the dancing, the thighs.

06:19 Girl, your muscles on like, you're--

06:21 - The Barry's Boot Camp, I noticed that first thing.

06:24 Going into that music video, I mean,

06:26 how much fun did you have with that?

06:28 - We had a blast. - Oh my gosh.

06:30 - Honestly, the day was so easy and fun.

06:32 I mean, the dancers in that music video are exceptional.

06:35 So it was just like, felt very cool and challenging

06:37 because they're like, killing it behind me.

06:40 So I'm like, I have to like, reach that level.

06:42 And it was just a really fun day.

06:44 We were so playful with everything.

06:46 Everything was like, on the fly.

06:47 Like, oh, go over here, and you know, mess around here,

06:49 and go stand on a workout table, and do (beep)

06:52 - Do your thing.

06:53 - So we just like, played around.

06:54 - How important is it for you as an artist

06:56 to like, make sure though, that you are keeping that dance,

07:00 the art of dance in your videos, on the stage, all of that?

07:05 'Cause you're a killer dancer.

07:06 - Thank you.

07:07 Honestly, it's been a bit of a challenge

07:09 because I've been trying to do it for years now.

07:12 And I feel like I've been skewed

07:14 by like, other opinions a lot of the time.

07:16 And for the first time, actually,

07:17 the "Greedy" music video feels like

07:19 it's like, truly, 100%, my style, my vision.

07:22 - And then you look at your content too,

07:24 that you put out on social media.

07:25 Everything is, it's your style, it's your vibe, your vision.

07:29 - I mean, a lot of it's just like, whatever I wanna post.

07:31 - The video where you had to like,

07:33 tape your heels on for a scene, that just like, had me sent.

07:38 What is the craziest like, hack you've ever had to do

07:41 for wardrobe, or something like behind the scenes

07:43 that's just bizarre?

07:45 - Lots of duct tape in this last music video.

07:47 - Really?

07:48 - Oh no, now I gotta go back through it.

07:49 - Oh yeah.

07:50 (laughing)

07:50 No, especially those heels.

07:51 Like, I was literally like,

07:52 these heels are not staying on,

07:53 and we just like, thought it looked cool.

07:55 Basically, my hairdresser that day like, forgot,

07:58 or his hair blower, or his hair dryer like, died,

08:01 or something, so he used like, a leaf blower in my hair.

08:04 I'm like, are you kidding me?

08:05 - Never a dull moment.

08:06 - Literally never a dull moment.

08:07 I'm like--

08:08 - Glitz and glam, folks.

08:09 - No, yeah, I'm really professional.

08:10 - But again, you have that confidence,

08:12 you're feeling, you know.

08:13 - It's a little savage, like, it's a little rebellious,

08:16 I would say.

08:17 - Yeah.

08:18 - Can you give me like, maybe just like,

08:20 one line that like, encompasses, like, super savage.

08:24 - I would say savage would be like--

08:25 - Okay, savage, there, that's the line.

08:26 - There's a few songs that are a little savage.

08:28 - Okay.

08:29 - Yeah.

08:30 - Oh, I'm so into it.

08:31 Have you and Olivia written together yet?

08:32 - No.

08:33 - Not yet, okay.

08:34 I feel like the world would implode if that happened.

08:35 - Yeah, I was just saying like, you know when you like,

08:38 we would never even think about like,

08:39 whipping out a piano or a guitar while we hang out.

08:42 - Okay.

08:43 - Because we're just like, that's like,

08:44 we always wanna talk about just like, nothing.

08:46 - Where do all the ideas come to you?

08:49 It's so interesting to hear artists answer that question,

08:51 'cause some are like, when I'm sleeping,

08:53 when I'm in the bathroom, like--

08:55 - What is it like for you?

08:56 - All the time.

08:57 It happens a lot in the night, which is unfortunate,

09:00 'cause I'm--

09:01 - Turn the brain off!

09:02 - I'm like, literally go to bed.

09:03 It happens a lot at night when I'm like, emotional,

09:05 and I'm like, whatever, in my feelings, and it's just silent.

09:09 But I get a lot of ideas in the shower,

09:11 and I'll like, write full songs in the shower

09:13 and be like, singing and then--

09:14 - And then sing, like you actually give meaning

09:16 to singing in the shower.

09:17 - No, I've had to like, turn off the whatever,

09:20 what is it like, the--

09:21 - Faucet!

09:21 - The faucet.

09:22 - Yeah.

09:23 - I turn off the faucet and literally grab my phone

09:24 and like, voice memo it while I'm like, in the shower.

09:26 - What's the inspiration for these songs

09:28 that are some of the newer things you've been working on?

09:31 - Very different sound palette.

09:35 I think it's a lot more pop than anything I've ever done.

09:38 It feels like, grungy and heavy and hard pop,

09:44 which is really cool, 'cause I feel like I can like,

09:46 get down and like, dance to it.

09:48 But also, it feels like it's like,

09:49 the more feistier side of my personality coming out,

09:51 instead of the more vulnerable side, I would say.

09:54 It's a bit of a switch, which is exciting.

09:57 ♪ So show love yourself ♪

09:59 ♪ Baby don't be greedy ♪

10:01 ♪ That shit won't end well ♪

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