Tate McRae is turning up the heat in the January 2026 issue of Rolling Stone, one teeny tiny designer bikini at a time.
The cover of the magazine features the “Greedy” singer wearing a white Moschino string bikini with red hearts from 2001, in both a pose and style reminiscent of the peak pop princess era of the early millennium.
But the rest of the photos? They’re 100% Tatiana, the singer’s fearless performance alter-ego.
Nearly a decade before her massively successful Miss Possessive Tour, McRae got her first taste of fame when she came in third in the 2016 season of “So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation.”
The professional dancer launched her singing career the following year on YouTube, going viral with the somber single, “One Day.”
Soon after, she signed with RCA Records in 2019 and released her first EP in 2020 titled “All The Things I Never Said.”
Her fans, lovingly dubbed “Tater Tots,” have often compared McRae’s dancing and vocal style to Britney Spears; several have advocated for her to star as the Grammy winner in a biopic.
“I need to take an acting lesson before I’d even consider ever doing anything,” MacRae told Rolling Stone.
“And also, I feel like I look nothing like her or sound nothing like her, so I don’t know if I’d be a great fit.”
But the Tater Tots — and everyone else in McRae’s orbit — know she can achieve almost anything.
“Tate is the most obvious triple threat I’ve ever seen, in terms of songwriting, vocals, and dancing,” shared frequent collaborator Amy Allen. “I feel like she’s a god in real life. But honestly, a huge reason why it’s so easy for the world to fall in love with her is because she’s just a kind, humble, real person.
As for what McRae sees in her future? Hopefully, there’s some rewarding reprieve amidst her rise to stardom. “I feel I’ve aged 10 years in the past year,” she confessed.
Even then, she’d only be 32 — still much younger than any of the vintage swimsuits she wore for this photoshoot — with plenty of time to come up with her next act.
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