So Close to What is Tate McRae's third studio album, released February 21, 2025 via RCA Records, and it arrived with a bang. Upon release, it debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, marking her first album to reach that peak, and topped charts in Australia, Austria, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and more. It received a Platinum certification from the RIAA in October 2025, accumulating over one million album-equivalent units in the United States alone.
The deluxe edition — titled SO CLOSE TO WHAT??? — takes the album further. Released November 21, 2025, it features five new tracks including "Tit for Tat," which became a Billboard Hot 100 top-five hit. McRae also received her first Grammy nomination during this era, for "Just Keep Watching" from the F1 soundtrack.
Musically, So Close to What spans pop, dance-pop, power pop, and R&B, co-written with producers including Ryan Tedder, Blake Slatkin, and Emile Haynie. Critics drew favorable comparisons to Britney Spears and the Pussycat Dolls, praising McRae's ability to blend introspective vulnerability with infectious pop sensibilities.
This pressing is the double clear vinyl (2LP) deluxe configuration: gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeves, and a 12x24" insert, shrink wrapped. It is the definitive physical format for the definitive version of one of pop's biggest albums of 2025.
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Limited to 10 individually numbered copies.
