Pop-Star-Next-Door Meghan Trainor on Why She Still Doesn’t ‘Feel Famous’ Billboard (Ft. Meghan Trainor)
Two years into sudden stardom, Meghan Trainor's redefining "maturity" for young female stars (less skin, more trumpet playing) and creating an approachable role model for girls: "I don't really have a choice."
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Meghan Trainor is one of those famous people who still can't believe she's famous. So when she spots a 40-something woman lying in wait, grinning at her through the glass doors of New York's Greenwich Hotel, she just makes a mental note.
Who has time for paranoia, anyway?
"Ain't a thing," she says and steps outside, flanked by her publicist, manager, assistant-slash-best-friend JoJo (real name: Jordan Federman) and a single bodyguard.
Then the waiting woman makes her move -- a dance move.
" 'You know I'm all about that bass, 'bout that bass!' " the woman sings, proudly shaking her own ass to the lyrics of Trainor's ubiquitous curvy-girls empowerment anthem, "All About That Bass."
"I thought it was you! You go, girl! Did you lose weight? You look good!"
As soon as she's in the car, Trainor, 22, bursts out laughing.
"She scared me, looking in there and staring at me. I was like, 'Eeeeehhhhh!' All she wanted to do was tell me I look good! I feel like someone paid her to do that."
Today, with vibrant red hair and wearing all-black everything, the real-life Meghan Trainor most resembles the vixen she plays, writhing around an industrial future devoid of men, in the video for "No," the lead single from her second album, Thank You (released in May), and her fourth Billboard Hot 100 top 10 (it reached No. 3).
It's a stark contrast to the blonde, pastel-clad, oversize-bow-sporting Meghan Trainor from the '50s time-warp video for "All About That Bass," her breakthrough smash, which spent eight weeks leading the Hot 100.
In the two short years between those hits, Trainor -- who writes or co-writes her own songs -- has notched two other No. 1 singles ("Lips Are Movin' " and "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" with John Legend), won the 2016 Grammy for best new artist and two Billboard Music Awards, and saw her debut album, Title, and Thank You debut at Nos. 1 and 3 on the Billboard 200, respectively.
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Meghan Trainor is one of those famous people who still can't believe she's famous. So when she spots a 40-something woman lying in wait, grinning at her through the glass doors of New York's Greenwich Hotel, she just makes a mental note.
Who has time for paranoia, anyway?
"Ain't a thing," she says and steps outside, flanked by her publicist, manager, assistant-slash-best-friend JoJo (real name: Jordan Federman) and a single bodyguard.
Then the waiting woman makes her move -- a dance move.
" 'You know I'm all about that bass, 'bout that bass!' " the woman sings, proudly shaking her own ass to the lyrics of Trainor's ubiquitous curvy-girls empowerment anthem, "All About That Bass."
"I thought it was you! You go, girl! Did you lose weight? You look good!"
As soon as she's in the car, Trainor, 22, bursts out laughing.
"She scared me, looking in there and staring at me. I was like, 'Eeeeehhhhh!' All she wanted to do was tell me I look good! I feel like someone paid her to do that."
Today, with vibrant red hair and wearing all-black everything, the real-life Meghan Trainor most resembles the vixen she plays, writhing around an industrial future devoid of men, in the video for "No," the lead single from her second album, Thank You (released in May), and her fourth Billboard Hot 100 top 10 (it reached No. 3).
It's a stark contrast to the blonde, pastel-clad, oversize-bow-sporting Meghan Trainor from the '50s time-warp video for "All About That Bass," her breakthrough smash, which spent eight weeks leading the Hot 100.
In the two short years between those hits, Trainor -- who writes or co-writes her own songs -- has notched two other No. 1 singles ("Lips Are Movin' " and "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" with John Legend), won the 2016 Grammy for best new artist and two Billboard Music Awards, and saw her debut album, Title, and Thank You debut at Nos. 1 and 3 on the Billboard 200, respectively.
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