Look out everyone, Tate McRae has come to save pop music. Her sophomore album THINK LATER, which dropped on Dec. 8, is filled to the brim with bangers. More and more singers are bringing hip-hop choreography back to the stage and their music videos, and McRae is contributing with her strong background in competitive dance (she placed 3rd on the hit reality show So You Think You Can Dance).Ā
However, along with the danceable anthems that McRae is becoming known for, sheās keeping the raw, tearjerker songwriting that her OG fans fell in love with. The deep cuts of the album are filled with numerous lines that just hit too close to home. McRae has outdone herself ā sheās truly made a no-skip album that manages to spill facts time and time again. Many listeners took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to share their reactions to such lyrics upon their first listen of the album. Here are 15 lines from THINK LATER that I feel called out by.Ā
- āJUST WANNA CUT MY HAIR, LOSE MYSELF, MAKE YOU SWEATā – FROM āCUT MY HAIRā
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New hair transformation TikTok audio unlocked! The first line is already making me feel like the ultimate baddie.Ā
- āMISSING A MOMENT WHEN YOUāRE STILL THERE, YOU GOTTA THING YOU CANāT FIND NOWHEREā – FROM āRUN FOR THE HILLSā
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Chills all over. McRae wrote this one for the situationships!Ā
- āTHE WAY YOU TOUCH ME, STRAIGHT TO THE HEART YEAH IT CUTS MEā – FROM āRUN FOR THE HILLSāĀ
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This song makes me ascend. It does things to me that I canāt even explain.
- āSHEāS GOT YOU MAKING UP SUCH PRETTY BOY EXCUSESā – FROM āHURT MY FEELINGSāĀ
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The second that McRae teased this one on TikTok, I knew I needed to hear more. To say that she served would be an understatement.Ā
- āI HATE IT THAT YOU GOTTA BREAK SOMETHING TO REALIZE WEāRE AT ROCK BOTTOMā – FROM āSTAY DONEāĀ
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As a chronically delusional girlie whose standards are low, I felt this one.Ā
- āTIME SHOULD HEAL BUT IT DOESNāT, OR MAYBE āCAUSE YOU STILL HAVENāT TOLD THE TRUTHā – FROM āWEāRE NOT ALIKEāĀ
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Where was this song when my ex-best friend and I fell out? It wouldāve helped me put a lot of things in perspective.Ā
- āSAID SHE HAD MY BACK BUT SHE HAD THE KNIFEā – FROM āWEāRE NOT ALIKEā
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Ouch! Plus, now all the knife emojis in McRaeās recent Instagram posts make sense.Ā
- āI COULD NEVER DO IT ONCE, AND SHE DID IT TWICEā – FROM āWEāRE NOT ALIKEā
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Ouch again. Toxic friendship/relationship survivors, how are we holding up? McRae has captured the feeling of being backstabbed so accurately, itās scary.Ā
- āI THOUGHT I HAD MY SHIT TOGETHERā – FROM āCALGARYā
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Same, honestly. When McRae unveiled the track titles, I assumed that āCalgaryā would be a sentimental, happy ode to her hometown. Turns out itās a painfully relatable ballad about how difficult growing up is.Ā
- āI THOUGHT THAT I WAS GETTING BETTER, NO I GOT BETTER AT PRETENDINGā – FROM āCALGARYā
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I felt that. Not everything is as it seems on the surface.Ā Ā
- āSAME BAR, SAME STREET, IāM TWENTY BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE FIFTEENāĀ – FROM “CALGARY”
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Yep, this line hit too close to home.Ā
- āI GAVE YOU EVERYTHING THAT I COULDN’T AFFORD TO LOSEā – FROM āWANT THAT TOOā
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As a people pleaser, I feel called out.Ā
- āTAKING ALL THE BETTER PARTS OF ME IS ALL YOU DOā – FROM āWANT THAT TOOāĀ
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Serious question: how did McRae get into my childhood diaries?Ā
- āITāS NOT HOW IT USED TO BE, STARING AT PLASTIC PALM TREESā – FROM āPLASTIC PALM TREESā
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Since I moved to LA for college two years ago and had a romanticized view of the city at first, I instantly related to this song. The reality of living here is far from how they portray it in the movies.Ā
Safe to say that much of THINK LATER makes me feel seen. This album has blown my mind in every way possible, and I hope the world is ready for McRaeās pop princess era.