Over the summer of 2025, Tate McRae found herself in hot water. Her fans loudly voiced their disappointment in her once it was revealed she was releasing a collaboration with Morgan Wallen , the controversial country singer with a history of violent outbursts and using racial slurs . McRae stayed silent as the duet “What I Want” dropped on May 20, but now she’s opening up about the negative responses to that collab.

McRae explained that she does not regret the decision to work with Wallen because she views the backlash as a learning experience. “I don’t think you should regret anything in life, because it gives you so much clarity,” McRae said in her Dec. 11 Rolling Stone profile . “I think controversy and criticism is a way of learning and figuring out what you want to move

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