United Kingdom, May 16 -- Tate McRae felt "misunderstood" as a teenager.

The 21-year-old pop star's career ambitions "kept shifting" throughout her teenage years, and Tate has recalled feeling misunderstood at the time.

The 'Greedy' hitmaker told Paper magazine: "My idea of the future kept shifting.

"Around 15, I started getting really into pop culture and wanted to be a back-up dancer. And somewhere between 14 and 16, I just felt so misunderstood. That's when I started writing every day. It became my lifeline."

Tate feels that fame and success could easily have a detrimental impact on her music - but she won't allow that to happen.

The singer said: "Creating and making art while seeing yourself so much on the internet is really conf...