Tate McRae “got bored writing sad songs and being depressing”

nme.com:

Tate McRae has said she “got bored writing sad songs and being depressing”.In a new interview with Variety, the Canadian popstar opened up about her new musical direction for her latest album ‘Think Later’.

McRae originally broke out on the scene with her moody hit song ‘You Broke Me First’. However, the singer and dancer has now evolved into a sound with “real confidence, the trap-speckled beats of Ariana Grande’s ‘Thank U Next’ era and gymnastic melodies”, as noted by our four-star review.Speaking to Variety, McRae said: “I was like, god, writing sad songs and being depressing, no one has ever seen a different side of me,” she says.“All they’ve seen is victim, depressed Tate.

Sometimes you grow up and things change and I got bored of it. So I’m like, I want to switch this up, but it feels perfect because I think it’s fun to take a jab at yourself sometimes and your older self.”McRae also responded to accusations that she was an industry plant.

The performer, who got her start competitively dancing, said: “My true fans knew I danced, but it was finally for the first time like, is she an industry plant?“I’m like, I’ve been grinding since 13 years old!