Ryan Tedder on how Tate McRae’s hit song “Housewife” was created: “I hear Tate say as a joke, ‘Oh my god, I’m so stressful. Some days, I literally just want to make a lot of money and just be my own housewife.’ I think she had just broken up with somebody, or maybe she was starting to date somebody. Most of the time, my job is to listen to the artist, wait for the magic moment. I’m writing down what they say constantly. They think I’m texting somebody. I’m not […] And she says it as a joke, and Julia starts dying laughing. Then they keep talking, and I go, ‘Stop.’ I turn around and go, ‘What did you say?’ Julia goes, ‘You said, “Sometimes, I just want to make a lot of money, be my own housewife.”’ I go, ‘That’s the song.’”