"2 Hands" | ||||
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from the album So Close to What | ||||
Released | November 14, 2024 | |||
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Length | 3:01 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
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"2 Hands" on YouTube |
"2 Hands" is a song by Canadian singer Tate McRae. It was written by Ryan Tedder, Amy Allen and Peter Rycroft, alongside McRae herself, with production by Tedder and Rycroft, and released on November 14, 2024, by RCA Records as the second single from her upcoming third studio album So Close to What (2025). [1]
On September 12, 2024, McRae released the lead single "It's OK I'm OK"; the song was a commercial success globally. [2] After the single's success, she announced the follow up "2 Hands" with a release date of November 14, 2024. [3] Musically, "2 Hands" is an electropop [4] and R&B [5] song with Middle Eastern beats and a subtle synth-backing. [5] McRae stated in a press release for the single:
"2 hands" shows a different side of me than what people are used to. The song captures the feeling of falling in love and how sometimes just being close to someone is all you really need. A genuine connection goes beyond needing constant reassurance or fancy things, simply being together is what matters. [1]
Rolling Stone 's Brittany Spanos described "2 Hands" as an "electropop love song", whereas Aaron Williams of Uproxx cited it as a "lusty song" that keeps the vibe of the first single "It's OK I'm OK". [4] [6]
Commercially, "2 Hands" debuted at number eight on the UK Singles Chart, number fourteen in Australia and forty-one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 22 on the Canadian Hot 100. [7]
The motorsport themed video directed by Bradley & Pablo focuses on McRae who goes to the gas station to get a new box of milk after running out. Her male backup dancers are seen wearing balaclavas, each wearing a black and orange racing suit. They are also wearing these same racing suits in the cover art for the single along with McRae. The video transitions to Mcrae also donning a black and orange racing suit, while driving to the gas station, multiple cheeky subtitles, along with sexual themes are seen throughout the video, which ends with McRae doing the Sean Bankhead choreography with the male dancers as they dance seductively in their racing suits at the gas station. [8] [1] [9]
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