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Tate McRae is best known for social media success of sassy, poppy TikTok hits like"you broke me first" and "she's all i wanna be." i used to think i could fly is her first full-length album and it's pretty much exactly what you would expect from her-- both in a good way and a not-so-good way.
i used to think i could fly is perfectly cheeky, but it's not exactly bold. Tate McRae has unique, raspy vocal talent and she performs the heck out of her songs, but pre-released"she's all i wanna be" is really the only truly great song on this album. I would come back to i used to think i could fly to learn these songs to sing them at a concert because I think they would translate extremely well to a sassy pop concert, but in the context of an album, they all kind of blend together.
Stand-out tracks: "she's all i wanna be" "what's your problem?"
My favorites: "feel like shit" "go away"
"don't come back" is trappy and smooth and holds up well as the first track of the album following the intro. "what's your problem?" is everything you want from a scream-sing angry break-up song. "she's all i wanna be" is the ultimate dance-around-your-room teenage crush song-- it's got fun guitars and a dancey vocal line that I'm sure comes across really well when performed thanks to Tate's dance background. "feel like shit" is how Tate McRae takes on processing heartbreak-- with a little more angst and self-deprecation than similar artists like Olivia Rodrigo. "go away" has a thrumming bass line that actually does a nice job of illustrating the pining that the lyrics and raw vocals of this song portray too.
i used to think i could fly is a solid debut album that is just enough to keep the wheels turning on Tate McRae's career, but just falls short of catapulting her to superstardom.
AM I OBSESSED?
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