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\nTate McRae and Jack Hughes are sparking romance rumors after they were were photographed out in N.Y.C. together on Dec. 22The singer was also spotted at the New Jersey Devils center\u2019s game the day before, and out to dinner with the NHL player in NovemberMcRae was previously dating The Kid LAROI; they split in June 2025<\/p>\n
Does Tate McRae<\/a> have a new flame in her life?\n<\/p>\n Rumors that the 22-year-old pop singer is dating Jack Hughes are swirling after the pair were seen out and about in New York City on Monday, Dec. 22 \u2014 the day after McRae was spotted at the New Jersey Devils center\u2019s latest game.\n<\/p>\n The \u201cSports car\u201d singer attended the Devils game in Newark, N.J. on Sunday, Dec. 21, according to fan-captured photos<\/a> and footage<\/a> from the event. The game, which saw the Buffalo Sabres beat the Devils at the Prudential Center, was a big one for Hughes, as it marked his return to the Devils\u2019 lineup following an injury in early November.\n<\/p>\n The day after the NHL game sighting, McRae and Hughes, 24, were photographed smiling and laughing on a stroll in N.Y.C. together. The pair, who were bundled up in coats and baseball caps to brave the December chill, walked side by side, the snaps show.\n<\/p>\n Jack Hughes and Tate McRae in New York City on Dec. 22.<\/p>\n TheImageDirect.com<\/p>\n McRae carried a hot beverage cup, and Hughes\u2019 right hand was in a brace of sorts. (He had an operation on the hand on Nov. 15, a few days after he injured it at a team dinner, per the Associated Press<\/a>.)\n<\/p>\n Prior to the Dec. 22 outing, the singer and NHL player were also spotted together in N.Y.C. in November, according to photos obtained by Deuxmoi<\/a>. The pair were spotted dining face-to-face at Anton\u2019s in the West Village.\n<\/p>\n A rep for Hughes declined to comment, while a rep for McRae did not immediately respond to PEOPLE\u2019s request for comment.\n<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\n<\/p>\n Prior to sparking romance rumors with Hughes, McRae was dating fellow musician The Kid LAROI<\/a>. The pair, who were first linked in early 2024, split in June, the pop singer confirmed in a cover story<\/a> with Rolling Stone<\/a> published earlier this month.\n<\/p>\n Tate McRae; Jack Hughes.<\/p>\n Jesse Grant\/Variety via Getty; Rich Graessle\/NHLI via Getty<\/p>\n In the same story, the \u201cRevolving door\u201d artist spoke about how the lack of privacy surrounding her romance with the Australian singer-rapper, 22, and their subsequent breakup impacted her.\n<\/p>\n “It was really scary and overwhelming<\/a>,\u201d she told the magazine. \u201cI would never talk that way, even about my friends\u2019 lives. I didn\u2019t realize how much it would affect me, the public knowing my private life \u2014 because no one knows the full story of anything, ever.”\n<\/p>\n The star also noted that she hated that people were “painting a situation that\u2019s worse than it is.”\n<\/p>\n Tate McRae and The Kid LAROI in Beverly Hills in March 2025.<\/p>\n Kevin Mazur\/VF25\/WireImage for Vanity Fair<\/p>\n Three months after their split, McRae released the song “Tit for Tat.\u201d Fans speculated that the track, which received a stamp of approval from Taylor Swift<\/a>, was a response to The Kid LAROI’s track “A Cold Play,” which he dropped the same month.\n<\/p>\n Discussing the ways her personal life manifests in her music with Rolling Stone, the pop star said, \u201cWhat I\u2019ve had to realize is that he\u2019s going to write songs and I\u2019m going to write songs, and that\u2019s our way of expressing ourselves.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s our art, that\u2019s our job,\u201d she added. \u201cAnd once it\u2019s out there, it\u2019s not mine anymore.\u201d\n<\/p>\n