Unfortunately, a lot of the album got leaked, which was a fucking bummer, she said.

And I think obviously that makes you look at the project differently…

I was just so devastated because Im like, Theres nothing I can do about this.

Tate McRae attends exclusive listening of ‘So Close to What’ with Tate McRae at The Living Room on Feb. 18, 2025 in Los Angeles

Tate McRae attends listening of ‘So Close to What’ on Feb. 18, 2025 in Los Angeles.Emma McIntyre/Getty Images/Spotify

The whole project is online.'

From my problem-solving brain, I was just like, theres nothing I can do now, she added.

And all I did was just go to the studio to write a couple more songs.

Hence, the music many fans heard online was far from the end project she expected to release.

I need to change this,' she said.

You do all this finessing in the last second.

And thats such a beautiful part of the process.

And I think without that, its really stressful.

I love Flo Millis tone of voice, and this is my first-ever Miami bass record…

This was the last song that I added to the album.

I wrote this in New York, and I just had a second verse, McRae said.

I was like, we should get a rapper on this and then Flo wrote it.

It literally got turned in two weeks ago.