-So when you're on Twitter... -Uh-huh.
-...and you want to see your profile,
you just go down here, and it says profile.
-But I wouldn't do it on a computer.
-Oh, okay. Well...
-Who tweets off a computer?
-Well, fuck me, I guess. -A weirdo.
[ Laughs ] -Mm. Got my ass. Okay.
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Hey, what's going on? It's Trey.
Back for "Questionnaire of Life."
Today we have singer, dancer,
bad stair-climber Tate McRae, with us.
-Hello. -How's it going?
-Going good. How are you?
-I'm doing all right. -Good.
-In case you can't see,
she's scraped her knees up bad yesterday.
-I fell down the stairs.
I'm okay though. Survivor.
-We're glad because, otherwise, we would have been off-schedule.
Ready to get in this? -Yeah, let's do it.
-Would you rather get stuck in a hurricane,
a tornado or an earthquake?
-Whoa. It's a loaded question.
Fun fact, I've been in a hurricane before.
-Okay. How was that for you?
-Reaction.
-Whoa, what?! -Oh, okay.
-Holy shit. What? A whole-ass hurricane?
Damn, bro, that's crazy.
-I was in a hurricane when I was younger.
I was, like, 3.
And we, like, were safe obviously.
-Okay. -Tornado would be terrifying.
I'm really scared of tornadoes.
I wouldn't know what to do in a situation like that.
You know what? Earthquake.
Earthquakes are so much easier.
Why would I say hurricane? -Okay.
But let's say it's, like, a big one.
Let's say, like, worst-case scenario for each of them.
-Like, worst earthquake? -Yeah.
-Okay. -We're talking about, like,
eight on the Richter scale or whatever.
Hurricane, we're talking about, like, category,
like, five or, like, six.
They have to make a new category for it and shit.
-Holy shit. -Like, tornado, there's, like,
for some reason, like, a big one and, like,
a bunch of little ones going around like in "Twister."
-Okay, then I keep my answer, hurricane,
because I've lived through one.
-Okay. Glad we figured that one out.
-Yeah.
-What's your favorite accolade you've got from someone so far,
"The New Teen Queen," one of "Pop's Bright Young Hopes"
or "A Gift From God"?
-A gift from God was pretty nice.
That was from Paula Abdul.
-Mm-hmm. -And -- [ Laughs ]
That was cool.
I think she said it, like, four times, too.
She, like, really dug it in there.
-What's it like being so, like, widely renowned at,
like, such an early age now?
-The thing is, I feel like I'm not.
I feel like I've just been, like, trekking through life,
like, not even realizing what's happened half the time.
And then I feel like it's going to hit me one day,
like, some of the stuff I've done,
but it has just not clicked yet.
-That's like the most Gen Z answer that, like...
-[ Laughs ]
-So, like, what's one of your big short-term goals right now,
something you want to do in, like, the next year or two?
-I mean, it's been weird because majority
of the stuff that's happened in the past,
like, 2 years have been, like, at home.
So performances I've done have all been virtual.
And I think, like, the next goal is,
like, getting out on tour again.
-What was it like performing, like, in your house and stuff?
-Oh, my gosh. It was a production.
At some points, like, at the beginning of the pandemic,
I had to shoot, like, these performances in my living room.
And my dad would be, like, holding the camera,
holding, like, a light up.
And my mom would be, like, directing all of it.
All of our couches were moved to the side.
Like, it was just a disaster.
-How long did you have your dad, like,
holding the phone out like this?
Like, was he, like, trying to hold this for, like, 40 minutes,
and, like, his arms getting tired or...
-Oh, yeah. -Okay.
-I mean, we don't even have a proper tripod at our house.
-I was about to say, get that man a ring light.
Like, come on.
-It'd be, like, stacking tissue boxes
on top of one another... -Oh, my god.
-...until it would fall over.
It was not good.
-Would you rather have to lean over the side
of a tall building,
get locked in a pitch-black room or bomb a performance?
-Lean over a tall building
because I'm horrified of the dark.
Like, I am so scared of the dark.
I could not do that.
-What is it that's so scary about the dark?
-You know how kids are super open-minded with, like...
-Mm-hmm. -...ghosts and stuff?
I think I was one of those kids that was just, like,
really into that stuff.
And then I would, like, psych myself out.
And I still do.
I fall asleep with all the lights on
and cooking show and my YouTube open.
-Damn, you said, "Fuck a power bill."
When's the last time you saw a ghost?
-When I was younger I used to, like, see ghosts, when I was...
-Okay. -...like, a baby.
I think I block it out now.
-Would you rather have to fight one moose,
10 elk or 100 squirrels?
-Ten elk.
Squirrels are terrifying.
Like, the squirrels in my backyard in Canada are so mean.
Like, they will sit on the bench outside
and, like, throw pine cones at our window.
So if I could imagine, like, 100 squirrels coming at me,
I would be destroyed.
And then moose, I've heard, are, like,
the worst animals you can encounter.
-Yeah, those... Yeah, dickheads.
And they huge.
I saw a moose in Alaska one time.
-Was it huge? -Yeah.
They teach you if a moose is chasing you,
you have to try to run through trees and, like, zigzag.
-Really? -Yeah.
-Wow. -Yeah.
-Yeah, that's scary. I wouldn't want that.
-What are you looking forward to least when it comes back
to touring, meet and greets,
living on a tour bus or press tours
and sitting down and talking to people like me?
-Definitely the third one.
[ Laughs ] -Sick.
-No, no.
I would say I'm, like, scared for the tour bus
because I'm very claustrophobic. -Mm-hmm.
-Small spaces, I don't do well with.
And what if they want to shut off
all the lights in the tour bus? -I was about to ask.
Like, yeah.
-Then I'm fucked. -Yeah.
Everybody else needs to sleep in pitch black.
And, like, meanwhile...
-I'm going to have like 20 night-lights just...
-I mean, it's going to be your name on the bus though.
So, like, shit.
-I'll make everyone suffer for, like, 6 months
because, like, every light on the bus is on.
[ Laughs ]
-Anything I should have asked you,
or anything you want to share or tell people or...?
-I mean, one thing is,
I think I got bit by a spider last night on my eye.
-Okay. -So if my eye looks puffy,
that's what it is.
It's a spider bite.
Do you see it?
-Sure.
-I had a dream about, like, the spider biting my eye.
And then I woke up, and my eye was, like, fully swollen.
So I think it actually, like, happened.
-Okay. Well, I hope that heals up, you know?
-I hope so, too. -And your knees, yeah.
-Oh. I know.
I've got a lot to fix in the next couple days.
-Well, we believe in you. Yeah.
Tate, thanks for coming out.
-Thank you. -This was a lot of fun.
-Thank you for having me.
-The rest of you all, yeah, see you next time.
It's been, like, 2 years.
I still don't know how to sign out of these.
-[ Chuckles ] -Yeah.
-Go crazy. -Whoo!