Ellise Shafer administratorAt just 17, Tate McRae has already cemented herself as one of pop’s fastest rising stars — and she did it all while quarantined in her house.McRae took the pop world by storm in 2020 with the April release of her heartbreakingly honest single, “You Broke Me First.” The song, featuring a hook that lends itself perfectly to scream-singing in the car with the windows rolled down, catapulted McRae to stardom in the midst of a pandemic.
McRae — whose second EP, “Too Young to Be Sad,” is out today — is quick to note the oddity and double-edged nature of her rise to fame.“I’ve accomplished some of my biggest goals I’ve ever dreamed of and I haven’t truly been able to experience it in person,” McRae tells Variety.
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