Compared to other pop stars whose music offers not-so-subtle insights into their private lives, like Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, and Taylor Swift, McRae’s lyrics feel more opaque.
As the 21-year-old Canadian pop star releases her third album ‘So Close To What’, she speaks to Ellie Muir about fame, toxic relationships and making music with her rapper boyfriend Kid Laroi.
It felt like it had been plucked from a different era of pop, one in which high-production value and sweaty dance troupes were king.
McRae’s rise reads like an industry checklist for how to become a modern-day pop star.
All those voices brought on an identity crisis, but McRae has emerged from it now with a singular vision, one that sees her routinely praised as the artist sent to resurrect the Noughties pop performance.
