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Tate McRae - Think Later Album Lyrics



Tate McRae - Think Later Lyrics






cut my hair

Just wanna cut my hair, lose myself
Make you sweat
Go out and get messed up
Find myself in your bed
Just wanna cut my hair, little black dress
Can't forget
Just wanna show you
Whatever she do, I can do it better

I've been playing nice, little too long, yeah
Driving on the high road and hit a dead end
I'd tell you, but we just don't talk
I've been having selfish thoughts
I've been working hard while you're six-drinks in
Tossing in the dark, feel you under my skin
Once I start, I just can't stop
I've been having selfish thoughts

There's no right way to say it
Want you so bad, I hate it
Good girls, so overrated
So overrated

Just wanna cut my hair, lose myself
Make you sweat
Go out and get messed up
Find myself in your bed
Just wanna cut my hair, little black dress
Can't forget
Just wanna show you
Whatever she do, I can do it better

Couple years back so sensitive, yeah
Moving like that gets repetitive, yeah
Singing about the same old stupid-ass things
Sad girl bit got a little boring

No right way to say it
Want you so bad, I hate it
Good girls, so overrated
So overrated

Just wanna cut my hair, lose myself
Make you sweat
Go out and get messed up
Find myself in your bed
Just wanna cut my hair, little black dress
Can't forget
Just wanna show you
Whatever she do, I can do it better

Just wanna cut my hair
Just wanna cut my hair
Heard you got a new girl, that ain't fair
Show you how much I care
Just wanna cut my hair
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Writer: Tate McCrae
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






greedy

(Woo)

He said, "Are you serious? I've tried, but I can't figure out
I've been next to you all night and still don't know what you're about
You keep ta- (ta-ta-) talkin', but not much comin' out your mouth
Can't you tell that I want you?" I say, yeah

I would want myself
Baby, please believe me
I'll put you through hell
Just to know me, yeah, yeah
So sure of yourself
Baby, don't get greedy
That shit won't end well
Ooh, end well

(Uh-uh, uh-uh-uh, uh-uh, woo)

I see you eyein' me down, but you'll never know much past my name
Or how I'm runnin' this room around and that I'm still half your age
Yeah, you're loo- (loo-loo-) lookin' at me like I'm some sweet escape
Obvious that you want me, but I said

I would want myself
Baby, please believe me
I'll put you through hell
Just to know me, yeah, yeah
So sure of yourself
Baby, don't get greedy
That shit won't end well
Ooh, end well

He said, "I'm just curious, is this for real or just an act?
Can't tell if you love or hate me, never met someone like that
Drive me so (so, so) crazy, did you know you got that effect?"
I said, "Lemme check", yeah

I would want myself
Baby, please believe me
I'll put you through hell
Just to know me, yeah, yeah
So sure of yourself
Baby, don't get greedy
That shit won't end well
Ooh, end well

(I would want myself)
(I would want myself)
I would want myself
(I would want myself)
(I would want myself)
(Uh-uh, uh-uh-uh, uh)
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Writer: Amy Rose Allen, Jasper Harris, Ryan B. Tedder, Tate McRae
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






run for the hills

Hotels, late nights, hands through my hair
Long talks, red eyes, clothes everywhere
Missing a moment when you're still there
You gotta thing you can't find nowhere

(Yeah, yeah)
Kissing, screaming, straight back to war
I'm walking out until I lock the door
Maybe the danger's covered by the thrill
'Cause I know I should be running for the hills

The way you touch me
Straight to the heart, yeah, it cuts me
'Cause I know deep down that it's
Never gon' ever be us, oh-oh-oh
Never gon' ever be more than just something that's f*cking me up
Don't tease me and keep me around like it's easy
When you know deep down that it's
Never gon' ever be us, oh-oh-oh
Never gon' ever be more than just something that's f*cking me up

I know that when it's all done, I'll hate you bad in the long run
But somehow it never ends, my heels on the edge of your bed again (yeah, yeah)
I get obsessive with you, all that I want is attention from you
Break into my life and break all my rules, it's true

The way you touch me
Straight to the heart, yeah, it cuts me
'Cause I know deep down that it's
Never gon' ever be us, oh-oh-oh
Never gon' ever be more than just something that's f*cking me up
Don't tease me and keep me around like it's easy
When you know deep down that it's
Never gon' ever be us, oh-oh-oh
Never gon' ever be more than just something that's f*cking me up

Should run for the hills
Should run for the hills
Should be running for the hills, the way you touch me
Should run for the hills
Should run for the hills
Should be running for the hills, the way you touch me
Should run for
Run for the hills, should be running for the hills, the way you touch me
Should run for
Run for the hills, should be running for the hills, the way you touch me
Huh, huh
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Writer: Amy Rose Allen, Grant Joseph Boutin, Jasper Harris, Ryan Tedder, Tate McRae
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.






hurt my feelings

She wears your number, but I got what you like
She's got you right now, but I'm still on your mind

I should've known better
You should've known better than me
Nights staying up talking
Told me everything except where was she
Now I've got you figured out
I'm tryna tell myself
I'm gonna stay away from you
I should've known better
You got a way that's gonna weigh-weigh on me

Oh-na-na-na, got me heavy breathing
Oh-na-na-na, every time we're speaking
Oh-na-na-na, got me real, real deep in
Want you so bad, baby, hurt my feelings
Oh-na-na-na, got me messed up dreaming
Oh-na-na-na, that your girlfriend's leaving
Oh-na-na-na, got me real, real deep in
Want you so bad, baby, hurt my feelings

I wanna do something I know ain't polite, like
Show up at your house without calling (calling)
Like doing something batshit, make you fall all in
She's where you're waking up
She's got you making up such pretty boy excuses
Ooh, but I know one thing (one thing)
She can't stop it happening in my mind (oh, na, na)

Oh-na-na-na, got me heavy breathing (no)
Oh-na-na-na, every time we're speaking
Oh-na-na-na, got me real, real deep in
Want you so bad, baby, hurt my feelings
Oh-na-na-na, got me messed up dreaming (messed up dreaming)
Oh-na-na-na, that your girlfriend's leaving (girlfriend's leaving)
Oh-na-na-na, got me real, real deep in
Want you so bad, baby, hurt my feelings

No, no
No, baby, hurt my feelings

She wears your number, but I got what you like
She's got you right now, but I'm still on your mind
She wears your number, but I got what you like
She's got you right now, but I'm still on your mind
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Writer: Amy Rose Allen, Grant Joseph Boutin, Jasper Harris, Ryan Tedder, Tate McRae
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.






stay done

Oh, oh

Hate that I'm always gonna have a side to me
That's still in awe when you're mad at me
You can't do it wrong in my eyes
I hate it that you gotta break something
To realize we're at rock bottom
But kill me again 'cause the high's twice as high
Wish this bullshit would end, but we're back here again

Yeah, I know we should break up
But I just can't stay done with you, you
When I take off my makeup
Go to bed, wanna wake up with you, you
We're best friends and enemies
We're good 'til you're dead to me, yeah
I told you goodbye like
Hundred million times
I know I sound so dumb
But I just can't stay done with you
I just can't stay done with you

I hate it that I'm tryna call you up
When you're the thing that I'm running from
The one-way street I can't get off, oh yeah
I've been nothing less than cordial
But if we're really talking morals
Why'd you have to hit her up like that?
You should know it isn't normal

Yeah, I know we should break up
But I just can't stay done with you, you
When I take off my makeup
Go to bed wanna wake up with you, you
We're best friends and enemies
We're good 'til you're dead to me, yeah
I told you goodbye like
Hundred million times
I know I sound so dumb
But I just can't stay done with you
I just can't stay done with you

I just can't stay done with you
I just can't stay done with you
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Writer: Tate McCrae
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






grave

One chance, two chances of three
Think I got too much sympathy, yeah
I hold my grudges like I held you
How does me trying to fix it
Turn into "I'll just forgive it"?
One chance, two chances were lost on you (uh)

You can only dig the grave so deep
Before you start to take me down with you
With you, with you, with you

I could never make you want me like I wanted to be wanted
I could never really change you like I thought that I could
I was tryna make us somethin' out of nothin', we were nothin' at all
You can only dig the grave so deep
You can only try to save somethin' that's not already gone

It's so sad, what the f*ck?

Said you'll be going out with all your boys
I'm crazy if I called you, right?
Tables turned, now I'm out
And you just called like thirty times (thirty times)
Always a funny thing
Watching the tough guy plead
Oh, baby

You can only dig the grave so deep
Before you start to take me down with you
With you, with you, with you

I could never make you want me like I wanted to be wanted
I could never really change you like I thought that I could
I was tryna make us somethin' out of nothin', we were nothin' at all
You can only dig the grave so deep
You can only try to save somethin' that's not already gone

That's not already gone
That's not already gone
Ooh

You had me, you had me for a minute
The sad thing is you never would admit that you had me
You had me for a minute there, oh
You had me (you), you had me for a minute (had)
The sad thing (me) is you never would admit (baby) that you had me (you)
You had me for a minute there (had)

But I could never make you want me like I wanted to be wanted
I could never really change you like I thought that I could
I was tryna make us somethin' out of nothin', we were nothin' at all
You can only dig the grave so deep
You can only try to save somethin' that's not already gone
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Writer: Delacey Marie Amaradio, Ido Zmishlany, Tate McRae
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






Exes

Oh, I'm sorry, sorry that you love me (ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)
Changed my mind up like it's origami
Oh, I'm sorry, sorry that you love me (ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)
Changed my mind up like it's origami

(Kiss-kiss-kiss-) Kisses to my exes who don't give a shit about me
Kisses, kisses to the next ones who think they can live without me
We make up, then we break up, then they swear they'll never call me
But I still keep their number and their necklace, kisses to my exes

Happens every time
I don't mean, mean to be cold, but that's how I get, oh
Me and all my pride
Tryna burn down every damn bridge any time we can, and again

I'm a, I'm a, I'm a wild ride that never stops
I'm a, I'm a, I'm a hard case they can't unlock
And I, and I swear I care a lot, just not enough
Let's just say it is what it is and was what it was

(Kiss-kiss-kiss-) Kisses to my exes who don't give a shit about me
Kisses, kisses to the next ones who think they can live without me
We make up, then we break up, then they swear they'll never call me
But I still keep their number and their necklace, kisses to my exes

Oh, I'm sorry, sorry that you love me (ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)
Changed my mind up like it's origami
Oh, I'm sorry, sorry that you love me (oh-oh-oh)
Changed my mind up like it's ori-

Say, say I wanna go there, then I wanna leave
Make another promise that I can't keep
I don't ever know what I want, but that's what you want
If you're down, well, then don't blame me
Breakin' it all before it starts, makin' it all up in my head
But I just overshare 'bout things I never meant

I'm a, I'm a, I'm a wild ride that never stops
I'm a, I'm a, I'm a hard case they can't unlock
And I, and I swear I care a lot, just not enough
Let's just say it is what it is and was what it was (was)

Kisses to my exes who don't give a shit about me
Kisses, kisses to the next ones who think they can live without me (nah, nah)
We make up, then we break up, then they swear they'll never call me (yeah)
But I still keep their number and their necklace, kisses to my exes

Oh, I'm sorry, sorry that you love me (ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)
Changed my mind up like it's origami
Oh, I'm sorry, sorry that you love me (ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)
Changed my mind up like it's origami (ha-ha)

Kisses to my exes, I know that I did you dirty
Little messed up, little selfish, we ain't married, I ain't thirty
Yeah, we hooked up, then we broke up, then I said you really hurt me
But I still got your number and your necklace, kisses to my exes
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Writer: Ryan Tedder, Tate McRae, Tyler Spry
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






were not alike

I got a lack of good judgement
Judging by the fact I got close to you
Time should heal, but it doesn't
Or maybe 'cause you still haven't told the truth

You know there's nothing worse than missing the signs
'Cause you pulled the wool right over your eyes
I'll admit when I'm wrong, but this time I'm right
I'm sorry, but I'll never see your side

Said she was a "girl's girl", that's a lie
Said she had my back, but she had the knife
I could never do it once and she did it twice
And you wonder why, and you wonder why we're not alike

We're not alike
We're not alike

Told me him and I would look so good
So when did you decide you want him instead?
You want him instead
No, I'm not saying I'm petty
But that's not saying that you're so innocent
No, not innocent

You know there's nothing worse than missing the signs
'Cause you pulled the wool right over your eyes
I'll admit when I'm wrong, but this time I'm right
I'm sorry, but I'll never see your side

Said she was a "girl's girl", that's a lie
Said she had my back, but she had the knife
I could never do it once and she did it twice
And you wonder why, and you wonder why, we're not alike

And you wonder why
Yeah, you wonder why
Yeah, you wonder why
We're not alike
And you know I'm right
You know I'm right
Yeah, you know I'm right

She calls herself a "girl's girl", that's a lie
Said she had my back, but she had the knife
I could never do it once and she did it twice
And you wonder why, wonder why

Said she was a "girl's girl", that's a lie
That's a f*cking lie
Said she had my back, but she had the knife
I could never do it once and she did it twice
And you wonder why, and you wonder why
We're not alike
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Writer: Tate McRae
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






calgary

Yeah
Mm, mm

Same bar, same street
I'm twenty, but I still feel like fifteen
Oh, oh
Same fears, same dreams
Still tryna get my brother to like me
Mm, mm

You said that I always seem to land on my feet
But I got problems hanging like a chain 'round my neck
Trying, but I'm barely seeing past twenty-three
And the best of me right now is looking a lot like a mess

I thought I had my shit together
Can't lie, the pills are looking tempting
Oh, oh
I thought that I was getting better
No, I got better at pretending
Oh, oh
Oh, ah
Oh, ah

Old friends, downtown
They didn't like me then and don't like me now
I'm drunk, oh wow
All my habits came back around
I'll figure it out, that's what I say
Figure it out and take a break
I'll figure it out

Maybe, one day, I'll finally get my shit together
Can't lie, the pills are looking tempting
Oh, oh
I thought that I was getting better
No, I got better at pretending
Oh, oh
Oh, ah
Oh, ah
Oh, ah
Oh, ah

And I do it again, I'm a creature of habit
The moment's gone, but I'm still tryna catch it
Everyone left, and I never got past it
Never got past it

Same bar, same street
I'm twenty, but I still feel like fifteen
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Writer: Ido Zmishlany, Tate McRae
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






messier

Tell me, tell me
Something that I don't know already
'Cause baby, you can talk in circles for hours
Make a good day sour
Then you look me, look me
Straight into my eyes
Say that you're sorry
How could I not believe in you?
You said it was safe to do

We both know this happens every time, every time
You tell me a lie, I'll tell you five
Uh, which one of us today is gonna cry, gonna cry?
Back and forth, we're going at it, burning it alive

You're the only one
Who can boil my blood
And make that shit cut
'Cause you know that I'm always yours
I'm so in love
It's a punch to the gut
Could never be done
Still I'm always wanting more
You say that I'm a mess
Oh, just wait 'til I make it hurt
'Cause babe, last time I checked
The two of us were messier
Were messier

Oh, why'd you say that?
Can't believe you thought it's fine to say that
Couldn't care less for one second
Now you're all possessive
So I'm walking out, saying, "I'm so done"
And you're looking like a fool in the restaurant
You're running outside
You're pulling my arm
Not sure if my mom would call this love

You're the only one
Who can boil my blood
And make that shit cut
'Cause you know that I'm always yours
I'm so in love
It's a punch to the gut
Could never be done
Still I'm always wanting more
You say that I'm a mess
Oh, just wait 'til I make it hurt
'Cause babe, last time I checked
The two of us were messier
Were messier

We're too stuck in our pride
Say the worst 'cause I'm right
There's no one else I rather lie right to
We're too stuck in our pride
Say the worst 'cause I'm right
There's no one else, I might die for you

'Cause you're the only one
Who can boil my blood
And make that shit cut
'Cause you know that I'm always yours
I'm so in love
A punch to the gut
Could never be done
Still I'm always wanting more
You say that I'm a mess
Oh, just wait 'til I make it hurt
'Cause babe, last time I checked
The two of us were messier
Were messier
Were messier

We both know this happens every time, every time
You tell me a lie, I'll tell you five
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Writer: Tate McCrae
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






think later

Live now, think later, I do it so well
Live now, think later, I do it so well
Fall hard, heart breaker, I want him, oh well
Live now, think later, I do it so well

Met you at a night out in Boston
Put your hand on my thigh in the Commons
Been drinking something blue, turn my phone off
'Cause if it's not you, I don't wanna talk
Don't know if it's been a minute or an hour
Kinda cute when you're bribing the bouncer
My friends got scared, and they called the cops
But I'm just at the Ritz with the door locked

Live now, think later, I do it so well
Live now, think later, I do it so well
Fall hard, heart breaker, I want him, oh well
Live now, think later, I do it so well

Dance with your hand in my back pocket
I picture your face in my neck locket
Just give me your beating heart, I'll stop it, boy
Don't lie, I know you want it, yeah
Gotta make a quick stop at the ATM
I know you won't make me pay, but I'll just pretend
Laughing in the backseat of the black car
It's not a good night if you don't take it too far

Live now, think later, I do it so well
Live now, think later, I do it so well
Fall hard, heart breaker, I want him, oh well
Live now, think later, I do it so well

Live now, think later, I do it so well
Live now, think later, I do it so well
Fall hard, heart breaker, I want him, oh well
Live now, think later, I do it so well

Don't worry 'bout, don't think about
I ain't stressing 'bout not a f*cking thing
Don't worry 'bout, don't think about
I ain't stressing 'bout not a f*cking thing

Live now, think later, I do it so well
Live now, think later, I do it so well
Fall hard, heart breaker, I want him, oh well
Live now, think later, I do it so well
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Writer: Tate McCrae
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






guilty conscience

Guess I'll l-l-l-l-live with a guilty conscience
L-l-l-l-live with a guilty conscience

Lot of messed-up nights, lot of letdowns
Lot of dumb words, bet you regret now
Lot of "I'm just seeing the best in you 'cause I want to"
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Lot of don't trust you on the weekends
Hiding pictures you're receiving
Lot of running from all the red and blue in the rear view

I'll be wanting you back 'til the cops stop calling
Waist-deep in the mess you started
'Cause I need you, darling
Is that wrong?
All my morals shot, even that don't phase me
Loving you batshit crazy
Kinda reckless lately
If that's wrong
Guess I'll l-l-l-l-live with a guilty conscience
L-l-l-l-live with a guilty conscience

Lot of hotel rooms that you checked in
Lot of cryptic shit, second guessing
Lot of, "I was going to tell you, but didn't want to hurt you, babe"
No
Had a good life, it got hijacked
It was criminal to hurt me like that
But I turn my cheek, and I just don't care what my friends say
Uh

I'll be wanting you back 'til the cops stop calling
Waist-deep in the mess you started
'Cause I need you, darling
Is that wrong?
All my morals shot, even that don't phase me
Loving you batshit crazy
Kinda reckless lately
If that's wrong
Guess I'll l-l-l-l-live with a guilty conscience
L-l-l-l-live with a guilty conscience

Guess I'll l-l-l-l-live with a guilty conscience
Guess I'll, guess I'll live
With a guilty conscience
L-l-l-l-live with a guilty conscience
Guess I'll l-l-l-l-live with a guilty conscience
You'll always be the one who gives
L-l-l-l-live with a guilty conscience
Me a guilty conscience
Guess I'll l-l-l-l-live with a guilty conscience
You'll always be the one who gives
L-l-l-l-live with a guilty conscience
Me a guilty conscience
Oh, oh
With a guilty conscience
Mm-hmm
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Writer: Tate McCrae
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






want that too

I was blindsided
Couldn't see it coming
Too young to be treated like that
You were on something
Cut me down to nothing
And your knife's still stuck in my back

Keep saying one day I'll regret it
But I don't
Probably thinking one day, I'll forget it
But I won't

Oh, I gave you everything that I couldn't afford to lose
Now, I pull myself together
And you come out of the blue
Taking all the better parts of me is all you ever do
Now, the second I find something good
I know that
You're gonna want that too
Hmm-hmm
You're gonna want that too
Hmm-hmm

Heard you're throwing shots
Watch them ricochet
I got time for everything but your shit today
I'm not waiting for your call, but I know you will
That's the only hand left that you got to play

Keep saying one day I'll regret it
But I don't
Probably thinking one day, I'll forget it
But I promise you now I won't

Oh, I gave you everything that I couldn't afford to lose
Now, I pull myself together
And you come out of the blue
Taking all the better parts of me is all you ever do
Now, the second I found something good
I know that
You're gonna want that, too
Hmm-hmm
You're gonna want that, too
Hmm-hmm

No, no, no, no
Take my innocence for weakness
Take my money
I don't need it
'Cause that's all you ever wanted
Didn't you?
Take my youth and f*ck me over
Made me realize now I'm older
Never wanna be anything like you

Oh, I gave you everything that I couldn't afford to lose
And I pull myself together
You come out of the blue
Taking all the better parts of me is all you ever do
Now, the second I found something good
I know that
You're gonna want that too
Oh-oh, you're gonna want that too
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Writer: Tate McCrae
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






plastic palm trees

Used to drive 'round in your Wrangler
In our deadbeat town
In the parking lot
We would talk about all the drama
Had nothing better to do

Now I go out with my new friends
To a party downtown
In a new dress
'Til the liquor runs out
Every weekend
Go out with somebody new

You could say that all my dreams came true
Oh, what an underwhelming view

Thought that it was real
Thought that it was worth it
Out the window, everything was looking perfect
Caught in a dream
It's not what it seems

Thought that I was fine sitting in the backseat
In the mirror really looked like I was happy
Caught in a dream
'Til something in my head said
"I'm sorry"
You were just looking at plastic palm trees
Plastic palm trees

Didn't know you need a motive
To keep a friend around
To find a boyfriend who doesn't mess around
Bet if you saw me doing well
You'd hit me outta the blue

You could say that all my dreams came true
Oh, what an oh-so-lonely view

Thought that it was real
Thought that it was worth it
Out the window, everything was looking perfect
Caught in a dream
It's not what it seems

Thought that I was fine sitting in the backseat
In the mirror really looked like I was happy
Caught in a dream
'Til something in my head said
"I'm sorry"
You were just looking at plastic palm trees
Plastic palm trees

It's not how it used to be
Staring at plastic palm trees
It's not how it used to be
Staring at plastic palm trees
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Writer: Tate McCrae
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






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McRae called the experience of writing the album "one of the most stressful, exciting, nerve racking, and fun things [she has] ever gone through", saying that she has lived the past year "a little less with [her] head and a little more with [her] intuition" and hoped that listeners can "feel that through the music". A press release expressed that it explores "the all-too-relatable feelings of falling in love and embracing the raw emotions that you experience as a result of leading with your intuition and heart".

The album peaked within the top ten in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Norway, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, and the US Billboard 200.
Performed By: Tate McRae
Genre(s): Trap-pop, alternative R&B
Producer(s): Ryan Tedder, Grant Boutin, Jasper Harris, Thomas LaRosa, Tyler Spry, Ilya, Greg Kurstin
Released: December 8th, 2023
Year: 2023

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