Tate McRae Talks New Album on ‘The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon’

Tate McRae is having a second. Together with her newest album, So Shut To What, surging towards the highest of the Billboard 200, the singer-songwriter stopped by The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday (Feb. 25) to replicate on her whirlwind 12 months.

Throughout her chat with Fallon, McRae mirrored on her first time performing with boyfriend and fellow singer, The Child Laroi, who seems on her new album, in addition to the shock of discovering her total mission had leaked weeks earlier than launch.

McRae and Laroi’s collaboration, “I Know Love,” marks their first official duet, however the singer admitted to Fallon that singing collectively didn’t come as naturally as some may anticipate.

“It was somewhat nerve-wracking,” she advised Fallon. “I imply, the primary time we ever sang in entrance of one another was truly at my MSG present final 12 months.”

She described the awkwardness of rehearsing for that second. “You simply, like, faux sing in entrance of one another on a regular basis,” she stated. “So, like, even after we have been at our present final 12 months, we have been sitting in soundcheck like, ‘Are you going to sing first?’”

McRae laughed as she recalled their time within the studio collectively. “It was the identical sort of scenario within the studio. I used to be identical to, ‘Are you able to, like, not hear?’”

Past the thrill of her new album and collaboration, McRae additionally opened up a few nightmare situation for any artist—her album leaking weeks earlier than its official launch. “I used to be sitting within the bathtub, and I get a DM from one in every of my followers, and so they have been identical to, ‘Right here’s the hyperlink to the entire album,’” she revealed. “And it was like 5 weeks until the album was gonna drop.”

“I name my mother, name my therapist,” she admitted. “I imply, it’s simply arduous as a result of I really feel prefer it takes away all of your management as an artist. You wish to ship your artwork precisely the way you need it to come back out.”

Regardless of the setback, McRae took the scenario in stride. “I really feel like we turned it round and added some extra songs,” she stated. “I believe that’s the one factor you’ll be able to actually do in a scenario like this, is simply make the most of it.”

Fallon then shifted gears, citing an sudden function on the album—Sydney Sweeney’s shock cameo on So Shut To What observe “Miss Possessive.” “I used to be in Pilates and bumped into Glen Powell,” McRae defined. “He was like, ‘Oh my God, I used to be simply speaking about you with Sydney Sweeney!’”

To her shock, Powell pulled out his cellphone to disclose that Sweeney had despatched him a voice memo about McRae. “Sydney was like, ‘I’m obsessive about Tate McRae!’”

That second led to McRae recruiting the Euphoria star for a voice cameo. “So, I received her to be on the track!” she stated.