
If you ever wanted to know who is on your favorite singer's playlist, or what albums inspired the latest “it girl” the most, tune in for Marie Claire’s resident music franchise Listen Up. In this interview series, we ask musicians about their listening habits and the specific records that informed their taste—and inherently their journey as an artist.
Ever since Tate McRae wrote her breakout hit “greedy,” she’s looked at “creating music so differently.” But even before the song—a fierce dance track that moved away from the moody alt-pop of her debut album i used to think i could fly—reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, she was taking the first steps towards embracing the kind of artist she wanted to be.