Just Friends with a Passion for Singing

Tate McRae has addressed allegations of a rift between her and Olivia Rodrigo.

Speaking to Us Weekly, the pop singer dismissed claims that the two don’t get along, affirming they’re “just friends who like to sing.”

“We’re all supporting each other and want to go to each other’s concerts and want to listen to each other’s music,” she shared with the magazine.

“I love Olivia. I love all my girlfriends,” she continued, adding that people “think way harder into things than we do.”

McRae previously made a cameo in Rodrigo’s music video for ‘bad idea right?’ alongside actresses Iris Apatow and Madison Hu. In an interview with SiriusXM last year, she revealed Rodrigo texted her the day before filming to ask if she’d like to co-star in the video.

Speaking to the radio station, McRae said: “I know how stressful it is being in front of the camera as an artist. It’s scary because you’re like ‘Oh my god! Everyone’s staring at me’, so it was interesting to see Olivia in that position.”

“I adore her, I think she’s so talented and so beautiful,” she added. “All those girls are genuinely just the best girls ever.”

McRae is currently midway through her ‘Think Later Tour’. Here’s a full list of her remaining dates:

JULY

30 – Saint Louis, Saint Louis Music Park

AUGUST

1 – Minneapolis, The Armory

6 – Nashville, Ascend Amphitheater

7 – Indianapolis, Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park

9 – Boston, MGM Music Hall at Fenway

13 – Washington, The Anthem

14 – Philadelphia, Skyline Stage at Mann

16 – Raleigh, Red Hat Amphitheater

17 – Atlanta, Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park

22 – New York, Madison Square Garden

Earlier this year, McRae spoke about her new, poppier creative direction, noting that she was “bored” of writing sad songs before releasing her hit single ‘Greedy’. “I was like, god, writing sad songs and being depressing. No one has ever seen a different side of me,” she told Variety.

“All they’ve seen is victim, depressed Tate. Sometimes you grow up and things change and I got bored of it. So I’m like, I want to switch this up, but it feels perfect because I think it’s fun to take a jab at yourself sometimes and your older self.”

The singer also addressed accusations that she was an industry plant. The performer, who began her career in competitive dancing, remarked: “My true fans knew I danced, but it was finally for the first time like, is she an industry plant?

“I’m like, I’ve been grinding since 13 years old! I’m probably the furthest thing from an industry plant for how long I’ve been doing this.”

In December, McRae released her second album ‘Think Later’, which NME described as showing enough intrigue to suggest that this is the work of an artist finding her identity, “dancing and sparkling all the way,” in a four-star review.