The Canadian popstar, Tate McRae just released a new album and fans are loving it! This is McRae’s third studio album entitled So Close To What, with her previous albums being THINK LATER released on December 8th, 2023 and i used to think i could fly, released on May 27th, 2022. THINK LATER featured hit songs like “greedy” and “exes” which both became mega popular trends on TikTok, a popular social media app owned by the company ByteDance. So Close To What released on February 21, 2025, but Tate released three singles prior to the album’s release which are “It’s Ok I’m Ok,” “2 Hands,” and “Sports Car.” Tate also leaked a few snippets of other songs on a few different platforms including “Revolving Door,” “Dear God,” and “I Know Love.”
This highly anticipated album has fifteen tracks, with the most popular being “It’s Ok I’m Ok.” She has also released five music videos for this album: “It’s Ok I’m Ok,” “2 Hands,” “Sports Car,” “Revolving Door,” and “I know Love.” Tate has two collaborations on this album, one being “bloodonmyhands (feat. Flo Milli),” an unexpected yet fun collaboration between a pop artist and a rapper. McRae’s other collaboration is with her boyfriend The Kid LAROI on “I Know Love” which fans are very happy about and most love their relationship. So Close To What debuted at No. 1 on Billboard according to Variety making it Tate’s first No. 1 studio album.
Tate will be touring this album on the Miss Possessive Tour. The tour started in Mexico City on March 18 and it has 82 total dates. She will be playing in St. Paul on August 13, 2025.
While many Tate fans are loving this album there are some mixed reviews. The Needle Drop says “It doesn’t blow me away.” On the other hand, Lauren Blue from theeverygirl explains how much she loves this album in her article titled “I’ve Had Tate Mcrae’s New Album on Repeat—Here’s My Ranking of Every Song.”
So Close To What explores many emotions including, being scared of love because of how she was hurt previously, missing your old self, and falling in love again. When McRae first started releasing music she mostly wrote sad, slow songs. Now, she mostly makes fun, upbeat pop songs, but they sometimes have sad messages hidden underneath.
Tate McRae has just released a new album called So Close To What. It includes hit songs like “It’s Ok I’m Ok,” “Revolving Door,” and “Sports Car.” The album includes many fun songs but also has a few with complex emotions.
One song on So Close To What, “Revolving Door” has created a small trend on TikTok where people try to go from doing a scorpion, a type of leg hold, to a bridge position very quickly because that is what Tate does in the music video. Tate makes doing this look incredibly easy but when people were trying it they realized it’s a lot harder than she makes it look. Most fans love Tate McRae’s new album which was released on February 21, 2025; it is a No.1 album on Billboard, which makes it Tates first No.1 album. It has been very successful so far and fans are excited for what Tate will do next.
