- Oh, my God, this was crazy.
I just remember we were like
on this huge stage
and I remember seeing it like
right after Alicia Keys went on
and I was like, no way I'm next.
Hi, I'm Tate McRae
and today I'm highlighting
some of the biggest moments
in my career.
(upbeat music)
There were a lot of highlights on
'so think you can dance.'
I think one of the biggest things
was being on live TV
when I was 12.
(upbeat music)
It was so exciting for me
because we would learn a routine
in three days
and then we would perform
live on Monday, Monday night
and it was one of the most
surreal feelings ever.
I think the adrenaline of it,
I live after, you know
performing under pressure
and it was a really cool experience overall.
So signing with RCA
was really, really surreal.
I remember I posted
my first ever original song on YouTube
and about two weeks later,
I flew out to New York
met with 11 labels
and it was just like a crazy two weeks.
I remember walking RCA
and they were one of the only labels
that said to me
we wanna make sure
we're highlighting both your signing
and your dance
and my eyes just like glowed up
'cause everyone else had told me
you got to stop the dancing
and that like completely crushed me
but as soon as we walked in
we definitely knew
it was the right place.
I feel like it's so hard to choose
which one I'm most proud of
because every single song I write
is based off
a different time in my life.
So technically when I listened back
to even the songs I wrote
when I was 13
it's really cool to hear
because it's like reading
on an old diary but in song form
and I think that's
the most magical part
about being an artist
is you can literally
just like live through your life
and every single memory you've ever had
but I feel like obviously,
'you broke me first,'
was a big monumental moment for me
just cause it, you know,
it brought me some of the coolest things
in my life,
like performing on award shows
where, you know,
some of my biggest dreams
and that song was there for me
to do that.
So probably that's all.
In 'too young to be sad'
I would say
one of my favorites is bad ones
and I think it's probably
because no one's heard it yet.
I've like, haven't shown it
to barely anyone
and I feel like it,
it holds such a special place
in my heart
because it's relived so many lives
like I wrote it about
a year and a half ago
and it's constantly been like
in my ear and I never really know
when to release it
and when the perfect moment was
but this to release it with this EAP,
feels so perfect.
So I think that
this is gonna be the most exciting one
to release for me
and also it's been, you know
when you sit on something
for so long it's gonna feel good
to actually get it off your back.
Well the craziest thing
about performing at an award show
was I specifically remember
I have a diary
and I had little check boxes
and I had like my goals
for the next couple of years
being like in five years,
I wanna do this
and it was just like the most
I don't even know how to describe it.
It was the coolest feeling ever
being able to go back in my diary
and like check off those boxes.
I remember like the first one ever
was like hit number one on HR
and it was like
the singer songwriter chart
like three years ago
and then, so it was now like even
even making the charts
and going into award shows
was just like
something I never really thought would happen
and so it kind of just feels
like a dream.
It's funny because
some of my favorite performances
or music videos have been like
the most trustful on set
and so I feel like
when you go through
so much stress and hard work,
the payoff feels like
really good in the end.
Rubberband was one
that was really stressful
the whole process
and I felt like
it was such a journey to get.
I had no idea how the concept
was gonna be accomplished
with all the effects that happened
and like the mural
in the middle of the road.
I just didn't know how
it was gonna come together
but it was really satisfying
when the final cut was like
colored and finished.
That one was definitely
one that I was really happy about.
One of the coolest moments
was so it was the MTV EMA's.
Oh my God, this was crazy.
I just remember we were like
on this huge stage
and it was like this long runway
and I remember seeing it
like right after Alicia Keys went on
and I was like, no way I'm next,
like, come on
and then there was just like
this one straight down
the entire runway
and I felt like a superstar.
It was the coolest thing ever.
I loved it.
It was so fun.
I mean, the crazy part
is that throughout this pandemic
I haven't been able to write
or see that many artists
the only collab
I've like really officially
put out so far
has been one with Allegheny
and it was weird
because it was over zoom.
So that was like
the first time we ever met
and then we actually
like met on screen
and then we actually ended up
meeting in person for the first time
at her music video shoot.
So we like
walk out of our dressing rooms
like nice to meet you.
Let's go shoot a music video.
So that was really funny
but I think there's been a lot of
a lot of the collaborations
that are coming up
that I'm so excited for
with artists I've like dreamed
of working with for a long time.
So very excited to share those.
Yeah, so I've been on
obviously Washington 30 under 30
Forbes list for years now
and I didn't even know that.
I think my agency like submitted me
and I didn't even know
that they did
but it was like a year back
and when the list came out,
I was like,
what even is this?
Like, I didn't think
it was like the real list,
cause you hear 30 under 30
and you don't actually think
that you would ever be on that
but it was such an honor.
I remember running downstairs,
like screaming
and my parents are like no way
and Taylor Swift
was one of the judges too.
So in my head was also like,
Oh my God
Taylor Swift knows who I am
and then I started dying,
but was it was such a great honor
and honestly it was such
a respectful list to be on
and I was just super, super grateful.
A song that I think
one song that the song
that felt really good to sing
was you broke me first.
It was super easy to sing.
I remember I felt like I was singing
like this really intense ballad
and then it ended up
just getting like turned into this
like trappy pop song,
which I love about it
is that you can't really like define it
and it was so it was so fun
to actually record
it wasn't hard at all
and then also a really fun one
was Rubberband.
I remember I was like on zoom
with my engineer
and I had like this little mic.
I was like walking around my room
because I like to pace my record sometimes.
I was like dancing the whole time.
I was like, this is really fun.
Thanks for watching.
I'm Tate McRae
and this has been the highlights.