Tate McRae has built a career on being that girl who can pirouette onto your FYP and still out-sing your favorite indie darling. The Canadian triple threat has conquered social media, Billboard, and even your sad at 2 a.m. playlist. But every artist, at some point, tries to borrow the crown of another queen, and McRae’s latest attempt has fans raising brows instead of lighters.

The Miss Possessive Tour has been a swirl of sequins, stadium lights, and a setlist designed for maximal heartbreak-to-hype ratio. Yet, at her Winnipeg VIP soundcheck on August 9, Tate McRae decided to cover Lana Del Rey’s 'Video Games.' On paper, a poetic homage; in practice, an Instagram filter trying to pass as a vintage polaroid. Clips hit X faster than a breakup playlist after a bad text, and fans were already sharpening their comment-section claws.

While a Lana Del Rey selfie might not break the internet, her songs remain sacred scripture to a congregation fluent in melancholy. 'Video Games' is not just a track, it is a mood board, a weather pattern, a generational sigh. So when Tate McRae slipped it into her Winnipeg soundcheck, it felt less like a cover and more like rearranging stained glass. The faithful were not exactly handing out hymn books.

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While Tate McRae leaned into the mic, the crowd quietly sharpened their invisible pitchforks, preparing to crown themselves judge, jury, and executioner of this unexpected Lana Del Rey experiment.

During her Winnipeg VIP soundcheck, Tate McRae covered Lana Del Rey’s 'Video Games,' and the room instantly split into silent jurors. The crowd’s energy sat somewhere between pity applause and the dead stare you give a buffering Netflix screen. Online, it morphed into pure side-eye, less heartfelt tribute, more karaoke night gone rogue. The whole thing had the chaos of lighting a candle and setting off the fire alarm instead.

While some acted like they needed an ear cleanse, others treated it like a spiritual awakening and arrived in full support, proving music tastes are just personality tests with louder consequences.

Tate McRae's discography is not lacking in anthems; 'Greedy' hit number one on the Billboard Global 200, and her extended plays have ruled Spotify streams. But 'Video Games' is the kind of song that lives in its creator’s shadow. Much like serving a Michelin-star dessert on a paper plate, it risks losing the delicate ache that made it iconic. And as fans debated whether this was homage or hubris, the Wi-Fi wars raged on.

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What are your thoughts on Tate McRae’s Lana Del Rey cover? Did it hit emotional high notes or miss the whole melody? Let us know in the comments below.