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Tate McRae will end her U.S. tour on August 22 at New York’s Madison Square Garden, before heading to Asia for more shows in October. But alongside a world tour and what she calls a “packed” schedule, the Canadian singer/songwriter says she’s also been spending time in the studio working on her next album, which requires “a deep dive into herself.”
“I mean, I’ve been in the studio a lot. The most complicated part of the creative process is (asking yourself), ‘Oh God, who am I next?'” Tate tells ABC Audio. “Because you have to kind of look deep inside yourself and ask yourself, ‘What has changed in my life?’ And maybe nothing has changed.”
“You have to somehow find out what’s going on in your soul, in your head, before you start working on an album,” she notes.
Tate says that so far she has seen a move away from Think about it later, which came out in December 2023.
“The music I have made so far definitely feels much more grown-up and goes in a much different direction than Think later it actually was,” she says. “So I think it just evolves over time as I am as a person.”
Tate does not find making music and touring the world overwhelming, but rather thrives in it.
“When I’m not on tour, I always want to be in the studio. And when I’m not in the studio, I want to be on tour,” she says. “I just like working. I enjoy it.”
Tate’s next show is on August 16 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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