Tate McRae on ‘Freaking Out’ Over Taylor Swift’s Shout-Out and Her Five-Hour Dinner With Dakota Johnson

Sebastian Ujică

At the 2025 TIME100 Next Gala on Oct. 30 in New York City, pop star Tate McRae, 22, was still glowing about Taylor Swift giving her a shoutout on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon recently . Swift appeared on the Oct. 6 episode to promote her latest album The Life of a Showgirl, and when asked what she’s been listening to lately, she said McRae’s “Tit for Tat” on repeat. “I was freaking out, I was like FaceTiming my friends being like ‘this is the craziest moment ever,’” McRae told TIME