Review: Tate McRae – “It’s ok I’m ok”

“It’s ok I’m ok” is out on RCA Records

Superstardom looks great on Tate McRae, and with the career-defining pressure the Canadian artist is placing on the pop world, there’s no denying it’s beyond well-deserved. In September, the Y2K Teen Pop revivalist did the unthinkable; she followed her global hit “Greedy” and sophomore album, THINK LATER, with an even stickier earworm, “It’s ok I’m ok,” a playful, confident anthem about knowing your worth and moving on from past relationships with a sense of empowerment.

Bubblegum pop at its finest—bold, infectious, and unapologetically fun—it has the kind of energy that could’ve had fans swarming Times Square at the height of MTV’s TRL, screaming from the street while watching her on the big screen. Unsurprisingly, some of the bright minds behind the earth-shattering THINK LATER, including producer and co-writer ILYA, Ryan Tedder, Savan Kotecha, and McRae herself, had another hit stewing in the vault.

Only making matters better, the Hannah Lux Davis-directed video for “It’s ok I’m ok” arrived alongside the single and is easily McRae’s most daring visual yet—capturing her confident, unbothered strut through the city, dropping some of the most intense dance sequences a pop star has hit in years, and bringing the song’s high-energy to life with monumental scenes as captivating as the track. Yes, as you soak it all in, comparisons may seem easy—because so few will ever achieve this level of soaring popularity—but the impeccable multi-threat talent we only see once in a generation will continue to set Tate McRae apart.

Fresh off the sold-out US leg of the Think Later Tour, which included a standout mainstage performance at Lollapalooza and a headline show at Madison Square Garden, and upcoming concerts in Asia and Australia, Tate’s rise is unstoppable. “It’s ok I’m ok” is more than a great pop song—it’s a declaration that Tate McRae is the moment, and she’s seizing it fully.

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