RCA Records are reportedly currently pushing Tate McRae to be this generation’s “next huge pop star”

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that RCA Records are reportedly currently pushing Tate McRae to be this generation’s “next huge pop star”. 

Tate McRae has gone viral on TikTok not by particular accident or coincidence — but because the 17-year-old Calgary native worked to do it. Her recent track “You Broke Me First” has been lodged firmly on Rolling Stone’s songs chart for three months now, currently sitting between the likes of Harry Styles and BTS. On TikTok, the official audio alone has been used in nearly a million videos.

McRae consistently puts out new records every month or so. She’ll tease unfinished music on TikTok, asking fans to weigh in on what they want her to release and when. She also uses the platform to chat casually with other artists and reveal collaborations. “Hey Tate! Heard you were looking for a feature on this song,” singer Ali Gatie said in one TikTok video that McRae then responded to with own video, writing back: “Imma send u the track… wanna write a verse to it?”

In August 2019, she finally signed a record deal with RCA Records because they encouraged her to pursue a dance career in addition to her music career. After being signed, McRae declared that her debut EP, All the Things I Never Said (spelled with all lowercase letters), would be released in December 2019. On January 24, 2020, she announced her first headlining tour of Europe and North America and released the five-track EP. The tour’s stops were all sold out. Roisin O’Connor of The Independent gave the tour a grade of 4.5 out of 5 stars and called McRae a great performance.