Tate McRae on Greedy, SNL, and why trying to write a TikTok hit is "the death of art"

Tate McRae’s wildest dreams are coming true. The 20-year-old singer-songwriter from Calgary recently performed her viral hit Greedy at the Billboard Music Awards as well as on Saturday Night Live, and she's just released her sophomore album, Think Later. She joins Tom Power to talk about this pivotal time in her career, why she never wants to write a song with the intention of it being a success on TikTok, and why Greedy initially terrified her.

00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Saturday Night Live
09:02 - Greedy
12:46 - Making music in the TikTok era
17:42 - Writing a song in under 2 hours
21:12 - Grave

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