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 accordance with The Blast.

For McRae, the possibility 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 needed, sooner or later in my life, to do folks music or nation, and I most likely nonetheless will sooner or later,” she mentioned.

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 concerning the tune for me. I didn’t understand how a lot a tune could be related to all the opposite components, and it actually shocked me,” she mentioned.

Certainly, McRae confronted a firestorm of feedback, one among 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 completed,” 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 possibility.

“I don’t suppose you must remorse something in life, as a result of it offers you a lot readability,” she mentioned. “I feel controversy and criticism is a approach of studying and determining what you need 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 acquired candid about her rise to stardom. In the course of the dialog, the singer additionally addressed those that typically evaluate her to Britney Spears.

Whereas she known as the compliments “flattering,” she additionally famous they could be a bit scary. “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 mentioned.

One of many most important 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 particular artist to organize herself for the second.

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