Tate McRae - So Close To What

Tate McRae spent years as pop's rising name, the Calgary dancer turned singer whose hooks kept getting bigger. So Close To What, her third studio album, is where she arrived. Released in February 2025, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and topped the charts in Canada, Australia, Ireland, and a string of other countries, sending her out on her first arena tour.

The sound is sleek, physical dance-pop with a heavy debt to the early 2000s: clipped beats, breathy hooks, and choruses built for choreography. "It's OK I'm OK" and "Sports Car" are the big, strutting singles, while "2 Hands" and "Revolving Door" show how much melody she can pack into three minutes. Flo Milli drops in on "Bloodonmyhands," The Kid Laroi duets on "I Know Love," and a production team that includes Ryan Tedder, Blake Slatkin, and Emile Haynie keeps everything polished to a shine.

Underneath the gloss, the songs are restless. McRae writes about ambition, new fame, and relationships that never quite settle, and the title sums it up: always almost there, never sure where "there" is. That mix of confidence and doubt is what gives the record its pull, and reviews praised the way it pairs vulnerability with hooks. The album has since been certified platinum in the United States.

This standard edition presents all fifteen tracks on black vinyl. It is the record that turned a rising star into a headliner, and a clear picture of where pop is right now.