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Pop star Tate McRae is defending her decision to collaborate with country star Morgan Wallen<\/a>. The 22-year-old told Rolling Stone she was “shocked” by how much backlash followed.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t realize how much a song would be connected to all the other factors, and it really shocked me,” McRae told Rolling Stone<\/a> earlier this month in “Tate McRae: How a \u2018Very Sensitive, Very Introverted\u2019 Singer Became a Pop Superstar.”<\/p>\n

McRae, best known for pop songs like “Greedy” and “You Broke Me First,” told Rolling Stone that despite the criticism, she doesn\u2019t regret teaming up with Wallen to make the song. She said the collaboration stemmed from her love of country music<\/a>, not Wallen himself.<\/p>\n

MORGAN WALLEN STRUGGLES WITH FAME, ADMITS HE HASN’T BEEN IN A BAR SINCE NASHVILLE ARREST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Honestly, country music is huge where I’m from,” said McRae, who is from Calgary, Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MORGAN WALLEN, JELLY ROLL HELP COUNTRY MUSIC EARN LONG-OVERDUE RECOGNITION AT VMAS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“I’ve always wanted, at some point in my life, to do folk music or country, and I probably still will in the future. But I honestly just got the opportunity to do a country song, and I was like, ‘Oh, this is cool.’ And I wanted to cross genres really bad,” she added.<\/p>\n

Wallen has been a frequent target of criticism. In 2021, the country singer was caught on video using a racial slur<\/a>. His music was temporarily removed from radio playlists, and his label suspended him.<\/p>\n

In 2024, he pleaded guilty after throwing<\/a> a chair off a Nashville, Tennessee, rooftop bar. Earlier this year, he went viral again after an “SNL” performance when he left abruptly and then posted the caption “Get me to God\u2019s country” on his Instagram page.<\/p>\n

MORGAN WALLEN WAS TARGET OF PARAMORE’S HAYLEY WILLIAMS’ ‘RACIST COUNTRY SINGER’ LYRIC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

McRae and Wallen collaborated on the song “What I Want” off his album “I\u2019m the Problem.” It was McRae\u2019s first chart-topping hit, reaching the No. 1 slot on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n

McRae said that although the backlash surprised her, she does not regret the collaboration.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think you should regret anything in life, because it gives you so much clarity,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I think controversy and criticism is a way of learning and figuring out what you want to move forward with, and how that shapes you as a person. I think it’s all important,” McRae added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/tate-mcrae-says-she-shocked-morgan-wallen-backlash-stands-collaboration <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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