00:00Congratulations to Billboard Women in Music's 2026 hit maker, Tate McRae!
00:11Hello, guys.
00:14Thank you so much. I love you. You're the best.
00:19This is really nice and also slightly intimidating
00:22considering the word hit maker makes it sound like I wake up every day
00:26knowing exactly what I'm doing.
00:29I can confirm I do not.
00:31Most of the time, I'm in a room overthinking a song for eight hours
00:35deleting it, bringing it back, and then realizing it was perfectly fine the first time.
00:40So to my producers, I love you. You're the best.
00:43This feels a little generous, but I'll take it. Thank you.
00:46To Billboard, a lot of the songs that have done the most for me
00:49came from moments that felt very small at the time
00:52like emotions I didn't fully understand or maybe couldn't communicate
00:56and turning those feelings into music has been my way of catching up with myself, I suppose.
01:02Being here surrounded by so many talented women is so inspiring.
01:07There's no sense of competition.
01:08Just the shared drive that makes you want to raise your own standard.
01:12There are so many that I'm looking at right now in this room.
01:15Like Victoria, I'm the biggest fan.
01:17I love you so much and admire you so much.
01:20Yes, give it up for her. She's incredible.
01:24I just went back today and like watched her videos and all the songs you've written
01:28and I'm like, God, she's a freak. You're like insane.
01:31But I love you and everyone in this room was being honored tonight.
01:34I'm such a fan as well.
01:36So thank you.
01:38Thank you to my team for sticking with me through all my mood swings,
01:42my phases and my last minute changes.
01:46And for somehow making everything look more put together than it actually is.
01:50And to the fans, thank you for listening.
01:52Thank you for caring and giving these songs a life outside my own head.
01:55I love you guys, appreciate you all.
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