Tate McRae Doesn’t ‘Regret’ Collaboration With Morgan Wallen

Pop star Tate McRae confronted intense backlash in the summertime of 2025 after selling her collaboration with nation singer Morgan Wallen. Whereas McRae remained silent on the fan criticism on the time, she is lastly talking out and sharing her ideas on the ordeal now that the mud has settled.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, McRae opened up about her collaboration with Wallen. The “grasping” singer first teased the one, titled “What I Need,” in April 2025, in keeping with The Blast.

For McRae, the prospect to collaborate with Wallen was a serious deal, as nation music was a serious a part of her life rising up.

She additionally famous her brother’s love for nation music has impacted her as an artist. “I’ve at all times wished, in some unspecified time in the future in my life, to do folks music or nation, and I in all probability nonetheless will sooner or later,” she stated.

McRae was so enthusiastic about crossing genres so early in her profession that she merely noticed the recording as a “cool” alternative. Consequently, she did not anticipate to obtain as a lot criticism as she did.

“It was simply in regards to the music for me. I didn’t notice how a lot a music could be related to all the opposite elements, and it actually shocked me,” she stated.

Certainly, McRae confronted a firestorm of feedback, considered one of which learn, “Tate McRae collabing with Morgan Wallen … I am truly so disenchanted in her [right now].”

“Sorry, however Tate McRae singing with Morgan Wallen is likely to be the stupidest sh-t she has ever finished,” one other person wrote. “I am so disenchanted [because] I like her lots.”

Regardless of the suggestions, McRae, who simply concluded her “Miss Possessive World Tour,” would do it once more if given the prospect.

“I don’t suppose it is best to remorse something in life, as a result of it provides you a lot readability,” she stated. “I feel controversy and criticism is a approach of studying and determining what you wish to transfer ahead with, and the way that shapes you as an individual. I feel it’s all vital.”

In a separate interview lined by The Blast, McRae received candid about her rise to stardom. Throughout the dialog, the singer additionally addressed those that usually evaluate her to Britney Spears.

Whereas she referred to as the compliments “flattering,” she additionally famous they could be a bit horrifying. “It’s such a loopy assertion as a result of nobody can evaluate to Britney Spears.”

For McRae, listening to that’s the equal of being likened to the late, nice Michael Jackson. “[Britney’s] the blueprint,” she stated.

One of many major causes the 21-year-old garners comparisons is because of her infectious vitality and stellar dance strikes on stage. In keeping with McRae, she makes an attempt to channel a selected artist to arrange herself for the second.

“At any time when I am out of breath on stage, I am at all times like, nicely, f-ck Beyoncé can do it — I haven’t got an excuse!'” she stated. “She’s discovered a method to run on the treadmill and sing on the identical time. You watch again to Coachella, and she or he was dancing and singing that complete time and discovered a method to sound phenomenal and nail it.”