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Meghan talks one hit wonder doubts + AATB shelved for 9 mths
Almost two years later, that song still means a lot to some people. Did you ever expect it to have such longevity?
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Never. Everything was a surprise. I didn’t think anyone would ever hear it at all. What you hear today is the demo that we shelved for, like, nine months. I was a songwriter, but no label wanted the song. They all loved it, but they were like, “We don’t know who can sing it.” And [Epic Records chairman] L.A. Reid was the only one who said, “Whoever’s on the track deserves to sing it.”
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I’ve read that Beyoncé and Adele passed on it. Is that true?
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Not them personally, but we shopped it to Columbia, their label. And they were like, “It’s not what Beyoncé’s doing now. She’s doing ‘Partition.’ Swaggier things.” And I understood that. I knew that it was a longshot.
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When “All About That Bass” first started to blow up, was there ever a concern that it was getting too big and you might be perceived as a one-hit wonder?
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I was never used to hearing about charts. I was never a charting artist before that song. So it was just kind of like a regular thing where I’d wake up and they’d say, “Hey, it’s #1 again.” And I’d be like, “Oh, cool.” And then when I put out other songs, I realized how difficult that is to achieve and how rare it is. Every day with that song – “It’s #1 for the seventh week. This never happens.” I went, “Oh, OK.” But I understand it now. I didn’t feel like I was a one-hit-wonder. But then I got a little scared because everyone kept asking me “Hey, are you a one-hit wonder?” in interviews. I was like, “No, I have a whole album and I’m confident I have more hits, and I can’t wait until the world hears them.”
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https://www.yahoo.com/music/meghan-t...193921515.html
Confident queen 
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