CBC Arts⁠49%

At the height of pop superstardom, Tate McRae is learning how to stay present ⁠26%

By Vivian Rashotte⁠0%

2/21/2025, 10:30:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Availability Heuristic, and Unattributed Quote, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 21.7% saturation with 93 hits. Analysis detected 392 faulty-reasoning hits from 429 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 37.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠26% (16,274 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 74.40% of the article peer group.

In what's become something of an annual check-in, Q's Tom Power has had the chance to talk to Tate McRae for three years running on her rise to superstardom. 
What's interesting is that the first time they spoke in 2023, the Calgary-born pop star told Power she wished she knew how to enjoy the moment. 
She was reflecting on the time Paula Abdul called her a "gift from God" when she auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance at age 12. 
But now, at the height of her fame as Canada's reigning pop princess, McRae says she's getting better at slowing down and appreciating each and every one of her successes. 
That includes her 17 total Juno nominations, with five nods this year alone, and three studio albums. 
Her latest record, So Close To What, just dropped today. 
"Things do move really fast and you also are in a mode where you're like, 'Let's focus, let's nail this,'" McRae says, adding that her therapist gave her a helpful tip for staying present. 
"Any time you get to soundcheck or get to a place, try to pick up on every lining of the walls and every detail of the room and remember what it looks like, what it feels like, what it smells like. 
I remember doing that at SNL, standing at soundcheck, being like, what colour are things? 
What do people look like? 
How far is this camera away from me? 
And it did help me remember way better the moment, and remember the feeling very specifically. 
So I try to do that as much as possible." 
While fame comes with intense criticism and scrutiny, McRae has a good attitude about her career, choosing instead to focus on all the reasons why she loves performing. 
"These moments are sick," she says. 
"They're so cool. 
Like to be on Saturday Night Live and to play for 20,000 people and experience things for the first time. 
"My therapist also told me you'll never experience the beginning of something ever again. 
Like your first time playing an arena, your first time going on this show, even though it feels like you're a newbie and no one cares, and there's all these insecurities. 
The adrenaline of the first time is so special." 
The full interview with Tate McRae is available on our YouTube channel and on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. 
Listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts. 
Interview with Tate McRae produced by Lise Hosein. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 6.1%Vivian Rashotte: 1.1%CBC: 2.6%Confirmation Bias6.1%This article: 3.3%Vivian Rashotte: 0.7%CBC: 0.7%Anchoring Bias3.3%This article: 7.9%Vivian Rashotte: 1.3%CBC: 3.1%Availability Heuristic7.9%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 1.0%CBC: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 2.1%Vivian Rashotte: 4.2%CBC: 1.0%Hindsight Bias2.1%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.4%CBC: 1.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 1.9%CBC: 4.2%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.6%CBC: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.4%CBC: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 3.7%Vivian Rashotte: 2.4%CBC: 4.0%Optimism Bias3.7%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.6%CBC: 1.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 6.5%Vivian Rashotte: 4.9%CBC: 5.7%Negativity Bias6.5%This article: 7.0%Vivian Rashotte: 2.8%CBC: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias7.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.3%CBC: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.4%CBC: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 1.2%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 4.0%Vivian Rashotte: 6.5%CBC: 3.6%Halo Effect4.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 3.5%Vivian Rashotte: 1.3%CBC: 1.2%Recency Bias3.5%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.5%CBC: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 3.6%CBC: 3.7%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 1.1%CBC: 1.3%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 3.3%Vivian Rashotte: 0.3%CBC: 0.4%Slippery Slope3.3%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 1.4%CBC: 4.8%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 4.2%Vivian Rashotte: 2.0%CBC: 4.2%Appeal to Emotion4.2%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.6%CBC: 0.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 2.9%CBC: 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 21.7%Vivian Rashotte: 3.6%CBC: 3.3%Anecdotal21.7%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 1.5%CBC: 1.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.2%CBC: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.4%CBC: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 7.9%Vivian Rashotte: 0.7%CBC: 1.1%Unattributed Quote7.9%This article: 1.4%Vivian Rashotte: 0.1%CBC: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection1.4%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 5.2%CBC: 4.8%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.7%CBC: 2.4%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Vivian Rashotte: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 8.9%Vivian Rashotte: 4.1%CBC: 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…8.9%

429 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker56%attributed speech187writer words
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Writer's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 27 words • 0.0% coverageTate McRae • 30 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageTate McRae • 34 words • 100.0% coverageTate McRae • 41 words • 0.0% coverageTate McRae • 15 words • 0.0% coverageTate McRae • 5 words • 0.0% coverageTate McRae • 8 words • 0.0% coverageTate McRae • 16 words • 0.0% coverageTate McRae • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 28 words • 0.0% coverageTate McRae • 6 words • 100.0% coverageTate McRae • 3 words • 0.0% coverageTate McRae • 20 words • 0.0% coverageTate McRae • 14 words • 0.0% coverageTate McRae • 31 words • 0.0% coverageTate McRae • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Tate McRae

74%flagged-word coverage
242 attributed words100% of attributed speech73% writer coverage
0%12.5%25.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -20.3 ptsWriter: 20.3%Tate McRae: 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote+14.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Tate McRae: 14.0%14.0%Quote-first Misdirection+2.5 ptsWriter: 0.0%Tate McRae: 2.5%2.5%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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