Tate McRae Faces Backlash Over Collaboration with Controversial Country Star Morgan Wallen
Tate McRae draws criticism for collaboration with controversial country star Morgan Wallen
Tate McRae, the up-and-coming Canadian pop star, is drawing criticism for an upcoming song with Morgan Wallen.
After the controversial country superstar announced collaborations on his aptly titled album "I'm The Problem," Wallen shared future songs with frequent collaborators: Post Malone, Hardy, Ernest and Eric Church. But one name stood out: McRae. The forthcoming McRae feature marks Wallen's first major collaboration with a woman.
McRae first teased the news on April 15 after she posted a picture of a jersey with Wallen's initials on her Instagram story.
Fans flooded McRae's Instagram post from April 16, slamming the "Revolving Door" hitmaker for her upcoming Wallen collab: "I was rooting for you, we were all rooting for you! How dare you?" one commenter said while another added, "Girl we love you pls cancel that collab with Wallen pls." One person wrote, "now why would you go and do that
But Wallen fans expressed excitement about the duet on his post, with one user's comment "37 SONGS AND TATE MCRAE??? 🤯😍🤯😍" getting more than 8,000 likes. Fellow country singer Austin Snell wrote, "Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae will literally break the internet."