ICYMI: The Internet History of Tate McRae

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🗓️ 6 January 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Candice Lim is joined by culture journalist Cat Sposato to trace the rise of this year’s most promising pop act, Tate McRae. McRae gained national attention as a 12-year-old dancer on So You Think You Can Dance. While pursuing a legitimate dance career, she posted an original song on YouTube that led RCA Records to bet on her as the next big pop star. After two albums, certain people on the internet still accuse McRae of being an industry plant, but her path has been oddly traditional and well-documented online. So was McRae an industry plant or an inevitable star? This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were liars.
0:07.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:09.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.2	We Will Liars. New series,.M. I'm ICY.M. In case you missed it,
0:47.5	it's a leads podcast about internet culture. And I know you all miss Rachel as much as I do.
0:53.0	So here's an update from our girl.
0:55.6	Apparently last week, a location scout knocked on Rachel's door and said,
0:59.7	Hey, no big deal.
1:01.3	We're going to be shooting a campaign in your building today.
1:04.3	Shouldn't make too much noise.
1:06.1	Then at 10 a.m., there's stomping, running, coming from above.
1:10.5	Rachel is banging her broom on the ceiling telling those kids to quiet down.
1:15.3	They don't.
1:16.4	So Rachel, as a leader in her community, goes up to the roof, and she sees Jeremy Allen
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