New York, NY (Top40 Charts) This September, MuchMusic gets schooled on homegrown talent when INTIMATE AND INTERACTIVE returns with two, all-new specials featuring multiplatinum superstar Tate McRae, and social media sensation Johnny Orlando, exclusively on @much. Kicking things off with
Tate McRae on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. ET, the Calgary-born viral music and dance sensation sits down with VJ Georgia Kolev for a feature interview and performance of her #1 multiplatinum-selling single, "you broke me first" and platinum hit, "she's all i wanna be." Then, on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. ET, fresh off the release of his most recent album, all the things that could go wrong, award-winning singer-songwriter Orlando chops it up with MuchMusic's Teddy Tong and delivers an acoustic set of two new songs, "someone will love you better" and "coping (1621)." Both specials were shot in front of a live audience at MuchMusic's all-new
Queen St. W studio.
With 1.8 million followers on TikTok, the revived MuchMusic is firmly established within the entertainment industry, landing one-on-one interviews with some of music's biggest stars, up-and-comers, and pop culture legends, including Tom Hanks, Lizzo, Alessia Cara, Lil Wayne, and Coi Leray, who was the first featured artist on the rebooted INTIMATE AND INTERACTIVE. Recently, the VJs have covered OSHEAGA 2022, Harry Styles' World Tour, and interviewed buzz-worthy talent on the 2022 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS red carpet, capturing live event energy for audiences 24/7 across multiple digital and social platforms. MuchMusic's INTIMATE AND INTERACTIVE shines a spotlight on contemporary trendsetting artists, from long-established superstars to legends in the making.
Tate McRae and
Johnny Orlando add their names to the legendary concert series' impressive roster, which includes the likes of Prince, Destiny's Child, Sloan, Joni Mitchell, The Tragically Hip, Alanis Morissette, Coldplay, No Doubt, Spice Girls, Mary J. Blige,
Christina Aguilera, Backstreet Boys, Bryan Adams, its inaugural performer, Bruce Cockburn and most recently,
Coi Leray and GAYLE.
Calgary native singer/songwriter/dancer
Tate McRae has become the artist to watch with more than 4 billion career streams, more than 765 million video views, a #1 Top 40 hit, and multiple #1 dance hits. She was listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 List for 2021 as the youngest musician on the list as well as Apple's Up Next Artist for 2021, Amazon's Artist to Watch in 2021, Pandora's Artists To Watch 2021 list, and included on Billboard's 21 Under 21 and People Magazine's One's To Watch list. She was also named one of YouTube's Artist on the Rise, and MTV's Push Artist for July 2020. Most recently she was nominated for a People's Choice Award for The New Artist of 2021, three 2022 iHeartRadio
Music Awards, Juno Award nominations, and a 2022 Billboard
Music Award. Tate's #1 multiplatinum-selling single, "you broke me first" has over 1.4 billion streams worldwide. Tate has collaborated with
Khalid on their track "Working," DJ
Regard &
Troye Sivan on their #1 Dance hit "You," blackbear's "U Love U," and
Jeremy Zucker on her single "That Way." She capped off 2021 with the release of "Feel Like Shit" which currently has nearly 90 million streams worldwide. Her most recent album, released in 2022, is i used to think i could fly.
Toronto-born singer, songwriter, and actor
Johnny Orlando is this generation's rising pop superstar impacting a global music stage. Orlando has amassed a social media following of more than 25 million engaged fans worldwide, joining the global stan culture with some of the internet's biggest influencers. First and foremost, Johnny is an artist - at 19 years of age, Orlando's music has generated more than 1.9 billion global streams and acclaim from the likes of Billboard, Variety, Paper, Teen Vogue, and more. He hit the ground running in 2021 with the release of four new tracks and garnering nominations for Pop Album of the Year at the 2021 JUNO Awards for his 2020 EP It's Never Really Over, and his third consecutive year winning an MTV
Europe Music Award for Best Canadian Act. Along the way, Orlando garnered a nomination for Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the 2019 JUNO Awards, and nods at the Kids' Choice Awards, iHeart Much
Music Video Awards, and Teen Choice Awards. Orlando's sweeping debut album all the things that could go wrong - anchored by early singles "someone will love you better" (16.7 million streams), "blur" (4.8 million streams), and "you're just drunk" (7.2 million Spotify streams) - finds the 19-year-old Canadian rising star at his emotional, lyrical, and sonic best, delivering on the promise of over a decade spent climbing the music industry ladder. Signed to Universal
Music Canada / Republic Records and sporting an enviable social media - TikTok (10.4 million), Instagram (6.4 million) and YouTube (4.7 million), as well as over 4 million monthly Spotify listeners - Johnny is the voice a generation needed to hear, and all the things that could go wrong is the joyous result of 18 months of hard work, honesty, growth, and self-proclaimed perfectionism. For more information, visit JohnnyOrlandoMusic.com.
