Tate McRae has opened up about her onstage alter ego: “Tatiana”.
The “very introverted” Tit for Tat singer had a completely different performance persona from her usual self, she told Rolling Stone Magazine in a new interview published on Thursday.
Tate, 22, explained she had created an entirely new identity for her concerts that was very different from her off-stage image.
“I started to black out onstage and become this person that I couldn’t explain, nor could my family or my friends, and I needed a reason for it,” she told the outlet.
She added that, as an introvert, she had long struggled to understand how she could be confident on stage during an arena show but feel uncomfortable making conversation in small groups.
“I think it helps me grasp the strange theory of why I’m not nervous in front of 15,000 people, and why I can be nervous at a dinner party with four people,” she reflected.
Describing herself as “very introspective”, Tate said her alternate persona was a “pop girl”.
“It’s so funny,” she said. “Tate is this very introspective, very sensitive, very introverted, awkward Canadian. Maybe more on the shy side. I’m observant, and I feel very internal, all the time. And then, this persona that I’ve created is my way of being this confident pop girl. The contrast between the two is such a great way of showing how a person can be so multifaceted.”
