SZA Gives Tate McRae Her Seal of Approval on ‘Hard’ ‘F2F’ Cover

SZA is giving props to Tate McRae after she covered “F2F” from SZA’s SOS album.

On her Instagram Story Tuesday (May 27), the “Kill Bill” musician reposted a video of the Canadian pop star singing the track during a pre-show soundcheck in Paris. Though the original song finds SZA belting angsty lyrics over head-banging electric guitar, McRae stripped the song back, delivering soft vocals over delicate acoustic strings. In the clip, she looks casual in a pair of jeans and a baseball hat, sitting on her stage floor as she reads the lyrics from her phone.

“Get a rise out of watchin’ you fall/ Get a kick out of missin’ your call,” McRae sings in the video, adding her own runs to the R&B star’s original melody. “I hate me enough for the two of us/ Hate that I can’t let go of you enough/ I f–k him ’cause I miss you.”

“This hard tho,” SZA praised the “Sports Car” artist.

“F2F” came out in December 2022 and quickly became a fan-favorite track on SOS. The song reached No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the album has spent a collective 13 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

McRae’s cover comes as she’s touring in support of March album So Close to What, which became her first No. 1 LP on the Billboard 200 upon its release. She also just scored her very first No. 1 on the Hot 100 thanks to her new Morgan Wallen collaboration “What I Want” debuting in the top spot this week.

The “Exes” artist has long been performing covers of songs during her soundchecks. Earlier in May, she sang Taylor Swift’s “The 1” before a set in Germany, and she’s previously put her own live spins on Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Pretty Isn’t Pretty” on her 2024 Think Later trek.