As great as 2024 was for Tate McRae, 2025 seems by all indications to be an even bigger year for the still-rising pop star. She’s scored her first No. 1s on both the Billboard 200 (February’s So Close to What) and the Billboard Hot 100 (May’s Morgan Wallen-led “What I Want”), while traversing the country’s arenas on the Miss Possessive Tour and setting the VMAs somewhat literally on fire.

Now, she can add another solo smash to her 2025 resumé. “Tit for Tat,” a new standalone McRae single thought to be inspired by her breakup with follow pop hitmaker The Kid LAROI, bows at No. 3 on the Hot 100 this week — her third top five hit on the chart, following “What I Want” and the No. 3-peaking “Greedy” — and marking easily her best debut on the Hot 100 as a lead artist.

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