{"id":161806,"date":"2025-05-27T18:10:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T22:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/05\/27\/sza-gives-tate-mcrae-her-seal-of-approval-on-hard-f2f-cover-2\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T18:10:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T22:10:24","slug":"sza-gives-tate-mcrae-her-seal-of-approval-on-hard-f2f-cover-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/05\/27\/sza-gives-tate-mcrae-her-seal-of-approval-on-hard-f2f-cover-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SZA Gives Tate McRae Her Seal of Approval on \u2018Hard\u2019 \u2018F2F\u2019 Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sza\/\">SZA<\/a> is giving props to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/tate-mcrae\/\">Tate McRae<\/a> after she covered \u201cF2F\u201d from SZA\u2019s <em>SOS <\/em>album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn her Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/sza\/3641916885726804190\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Story<\/a> Tuesday (May 27), the \u201cKill Bill\u201d musician reposted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKKdrgYIj8X\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a video<\/a> of the Canadian pop star singing the track during a pre-show soundcheck in Paris. Though the original song finds SZA belting angsty lyrics over head-banging electric guitar, McRae stripped the song back, delivering soft vocals over delicate acoustic strings. In the clip, she looks casual in a pair of jeans and a baseball hat, sitting on her stage floor as she reads the lyrics from her phone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/morgan-wallen-tate-mcrae-what-i-want-hot-100-number-1-debut\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tate-McRae-Morgan-Wallen-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tate-McRae-Morgan-Wallen-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMorgan Wallen &amp; Tate McRae&rsquo;s &lsquo;What I Want&rsquo; Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot\u00a0100\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t05\/27\/2025<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cGet a rise out of watchin\u2019 you fall\/ Get a kick out of missin\u2019 your call,\u201d McRae sings in the video, adding her own runs to the R&amp;B star\u2019s original melody. \u201cI hate me enough for the two of us\/ Hate that I can\u2019t let go of you enough\/ I f\u2013k him \u2019cause I miss you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThis hard tho,\u201d SZA praised the \u201cSports Car\u201d artist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cF2F\u201d came out in December 2022 and quickly became a fan-favorite track on <em>SOS<\/em>. The song reached No. 55 on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>, while the album has spent a collective 13 weeks at No. 1 on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMcRae\u2019s cover comes as she\u2019s touring in support of March album <em>So Close to What<\/em>, which became her first No. 1 LP on the Billboard 200 upon its release. She also just scored her very first No. 1 on the Hot 100 thanks to her new Morgan Wallen collaboration \u201cWhat I Want\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/morgan-wallen-tate-mcrae-what-i-want-hot-100-number-1-debut\/\">debuting in the top spot<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe \u201cExes\u201d artist has long been performing covers of songs during her soundchecks. Earlier in May, she sang <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/tate-mcrae-taylor-swift-the-1-cover-soundcheck-1235970662\/\">Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cThe 1\u201d<\/a> before a set in Germany, and she\u2019s previously put her own live spins on Billie Eilish\u2019s \u201cBirds of a Feather\u201d and Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cPretty Isn\u2019t Pretty\u201d on her 2024 Think Later trek.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/sza-praises-tate-mcrae-cover-f2f-1235982211\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SZA is giving props to Tate McRae after she covered \u201cF2F\u201d from SZA\u2019s SOS album. On her Instagram Story Tuesday (May 27), the \u201cKill Bill\u201d musician reposted a video of the Canadian pop star singing the track during a pre-show soundcheck in Paris. Though the original song finds SZA belting angsty lyrics over head-banging electric [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}