Hi Tate! How are you?

Good, how are you?

I'm good, thank you. I'm so excited to have you on Young Hollywood!

Oh my god, thank you for having me.

What have you been up to in self-isolation?

Jeez. A lot of homework. Yeah. So much homework, so much homework. Seriously, it's been crazy. Um, I've been recording a lot, music. Which has been good because like, at least I can like continue to still sing while I'm like stuck at home. Uh, and then dance class and much spending time with my family.

For dance class? How are you keeping up with dancing in quarantine? Like, are you zooming into your classes?

Yeah, so my mom owns a company, like, a dance company. And um, so she has like 37 kids on one Zoom call. And we literally like, our teacher just like teaches us every single day. And it's actually pretty cool.

You're downstairs cause you record all of your videos right down in your room. Yeah. Usually like upstairs or wherever you are, what are your, what's your family doing when you're like recording your YouTube videos and stuff?

Oh god. I mean, the problem with my room is that it's like literally a cubicle. And my walls are so thin so they can hear everything I say and everything I sing. So I just try to get it done real fast so they don't have to listen to me for that long.

Right, but isn't it weird though, because it's like you record, and you're like, oh my god, my parents are listening, but then you put it out and millions of people are watching it, including them.

I mean, I probably get more nervous showing my mom and dad like my videos. I I won't show them because they might, they're gonna hate this. But it's like easier to post it on YouTube than actually show my own family.

You're posting on YouTube and doing your videos and stuff. What's usually the general thought that goes through your mind right before you post? Like, right before you click post.

Right before I click post, I automatically hate every single thing I watch. Like, as soon as you're like about to post it, or the second it goes out, you realize everything that's wrong with the video and it's like the worst feeling ever. Cause you're like, oh, it's out there now so nothing I can do.

Right, but isn't it weird though because it's like you record, and you're like, oh my god, my parents are listening, but then you put it out and millions of people are watching it, including them. And once it's up, do you watch it all or do you immediately exit out? Or do you like wait for comments and refresh it or?

I usually immediately exit out and then like a couple days later I'll check back. But like, it's so hard to watch it right after it gets released because then you automatically judge it and want to re-film it in two seconds. So, yeah.

When you posted you broke me first, the music video. You filmed it on the front of your mom's car?

Yeah. So, that was actually so weird because, um, so I got like, I got my car, so my car was like driving backwards. And I put my, literally took tissues, like, stacked them up and put my phone up in video star. I filmed this in video star. Like, how bad is that? And my friend just like kept walking, just like, I don't know, winged it all. And then we sent it in and got it to be edited and like, had it do all the extra stuff. But it was crazy.

Who was driving the car? Your mom?

No, my friend was driving the car.

Okay. So it was just you and your friend using the car. I was like, it looks really, really good for being strapped on the front of a car.

Thank you. No, on the car, like literally he was like maneuvering backwards and like through like the parking lot. Like we're on a rooftop, it was crazy.

Oh my gosh. And what has been like the highlight of the video being released? Like, what have you been loving about what people love about it?

I mean, I'm just really happy that people are connecting to my lyrics. That's also why like we put, we decided to put the lyrics on the screen. Yeah. Just so that people could actually like really get into the song and figure out exactly what I was trying to say. And it makes me really happy to know that people are like really understanding it and connecting with it. And I mean that's all I hope for when I'm releasing a song.

Have you heard of Gunner Gehl?

Um, I, I've seen it. I've seen it for sure.

Because we did an interview with him like a week and a half ago. And we were like, oh if there's like one artist you'd want to collab with, who would it be? And he was like, hm, and he's like, honestly, I just got put on to Tate McRae. And like, he was like, I love so we wanted to mention it. But you'll have to look him up. Like, we didn't know if you had heard of him yet. But he was, he was talking about you. And we're like, oh my god, no way. We're interviewing Tate like next week. So that's

Oh my god. No, I've seen his name around. I've definitely seen his name around Twitter. Like for sure. But yeah, I should, I should look into his music. That'd be kinda cool.

When you are finding other artists that you might potentially collab with too, how do you typically find them? Like, through like just listening to their songs, like Instagram?

Yeah, I mean sometimes I find random songs on YouTube, like lyric videos, and then I'll start getting into the artist or Spotify usually. I just like their playlists. That's like the best way to find things. So, yeah, usually usually Spotify or YouTube.

And when you're looking at a Spotify playlist and your song's in one of them, how does that feel?

I mean, it's kinda awkward because sometimes I'll have, I'm like really bad at making playlists. Like so bad. I can't put songs together. I have the most random genres ever. Um, so I usually just like listen to Spotify playlists. And so when I'm in the car with my friends, and then like, I'm like, oh sh**. That's mine. Yeah. I'm like, this is not my playlist, I promise.

How is that though, like when you're literally driving in the car with your friends and your name pops up?

It's, it's very weird. I'm not used to it at all.

Crazy. What was the moment that you realized like, okay, I'm like famous. Because I don't know if you consider yourself that you're famous but like, Tate, you are famous. Like, you have fans. We love you.

Thank you. But I don't, I don't think I'll ever reach that point of like actually being like think I'm ever famous. I don't know. It seems like a crazy concept. I mean, I I know that like people follow me on Instagram and stuff but I would never consider myself like anything more than normal.

A humble queen. A humble queen. We love to see it. We really do. Okay, we're gonna play a game with you. It's the game of last. So we're gonna read off last time and then you're gonna answer it. Okay. Okay, ready?

Yeah.

The last time you shopped online?

Uh, last night.

What did you buy?

Well, I didn't, I didn't buy anything. Thing is, I shop but then I don't like buy anything cause I hate spending.

Add it all to your cart.

So it's all in my cart and then I'm like, I don't wanna buy this.

Um, last store you do remember buying something from though?

Um, probably, oh Glossier. Like I just love makeup. So, I mean, I don't ever, thing is, I don't know how to do makeup at all. Like I'm absolutely terrible at doing makeup. But I always buy it. I love buying it. It's the best.

Last person you texted?

Uh, let me check. Let me check. My last person I texted was my math tutor. She's been doing like Zoom calls with me and then tutoring me in math. So, her. Oh yeah.

Last time you watched one of your old music videos.

Um, probably like Sometimes I have to like look back at old music videos cause I want to make sure that like all my videos are cohesive and you know, it's like flowing correctly. So, probably like a couple months ago.

Last time you washed your hair?

I washed my hair? Yeah. Oh, I wash my hair like twice a day. I know it's so bad. But I do. I I washed it this morning.

Last time you listened to you broke me first.

Oh, um, well, I just I just posted like an acoustic version on Yeah, I guess the live stream. Yeah, so, maybe like yesterday, cause I like actually had to watch the video and approve it and like make sure it's like, so.

Last person you FaceTimed?

Uh, let me check. Last person I FaceTimed? Well, we just got off a Zoom call with my managers. That's so sad.

Last home workout you did.

Homework out? Um, like yesterday. I do like, I do like, run on the treadmill. Then sometimes me and my mom work out outside. So,

Last YouTube video you remember watching.

Uh. Oh, I just finished watching James Charles, his instant influencer video. Oh yeah, I was so into that.

Last artist you've been obsessed with.

Last artist. I'm pretty obsessed with um, Benee right now. Mhm. Benee. I don't, I don't know how to say it. It's like B. E. N. E. E. She's amazing.

Last DM you sent on Insta?

Let me check. Um, it was actually with um, do you know Ali Gatie?

Oh my god, yes.

It was with him. Have you, have you heard his song, It's You?

Yes. Oh yeah.

Oh my god, I literally will just cry to that. Like, I'll just be like, I'm in the mood to cry. Throw it on and then just start sobbing. I I know exactly who that is. Last picture you took on your phone. Literally, my memory is so bad. I have the worst memory in the world. Last picture I took on my phone? Oh. This one. I posted this on Instagram.

Oh, Tate with the heat, with the fire. What are we, what should we expect in the duration of self-isolation and this summer?

Okay, actual new music is coming like very soon. So we're in the process of like, I have to film music videos in quarantine. So, I've been filming like in my bedroom. And um, new song's coming very soon. I'm in the process of working on an EP. That'll be released uh, hopefully later this year. So,

Well, thank you so much Tate for talking to us today on Young Hollywood.

Oh my god. Thank you for having me. This was fun.