Tate McRae and The Child Laroi are going “Tit for Tat.”
Following their break up this previous summer time, Laroi launched the pointed breakup monitor “A Chilly Play” in early September—and now, simply weeks later, McRae has dropped her first single for the reason that break up, and followers are satisfied it’s a direct response.
From the title alone, “Tit for Tat” suggests revenge, however it’s the lyrics which have everybody speaking. On “A Chilly Play,” Laroi frames himself because the heartbroken ex nonetheless eager for McRae: “I nonetheless love you, that’s how I really feel at my core / Flew totally different states to return see you in between tour / I gave you all the things I had and much more.”
McRae shuts down his advances instantly on her monitor: “Thought I may love you once more, see how I really feel / Now that you just’re appearing like that, I by no means will / Final evening, she answered my name, it sealed the deal / Proper now, I’m not even about you.” She additionally counters Laroi’s line about distance—“Now you takin’ distance and it’s laborious to take”—along with her personal lyric, “I used to be by no means as distant as you thought.”
The pre-chorus packs the most important punch: “Repair your f***ing self, kiss my a** for that.” It reads as a pointy retort to Laroi’s “It’s my fault for pondering I might repair you” from “A Chilly Play.” McRae confirmed the timeline, sharing on Instagram that she wrote “Tit for Tat” simply two weeks in the past, mere days after Laroi’s music dropped.
Followers have been piecing collectively the musical dialog for weeks. Laroi’s September 5 launch of “A Chilly Play”—a stripped-down ballad produced by KBeazy—sparked hypothesis instantly. The singer confesses: “I hope you recognize you had been appreciated / Round my home, I nonetheless received up all of our footage, child… / I nonetheless love you, that’s how I really feel at my core.” Many famous the coincidental timing of McRae performing Coldplay’s “Repair You” throughout her Miss Possessive Tour soundcheck, alongside along with her liking Laroi’s Instagram submit asserting the only.
Their relationship, which started as a friendship earlier than turning romantic in January 2024, resulted in July 2025. Laroi, whose actual identify is Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard, confirmed in August that the break up was amicable. McRae had beforehand mirrored on their beginnings in a November 2024 interview: “We truthfully weren’t the closest of mates… After which one thing simply clicked.”
Now, followers are ready to see if this musical dialogue between McRae and Laroi will proceed.
