On writing songs about her idols and meeting pop girls:
Trainor got into songwriting because she didn't think they let chubby girls be pop stars, but when Reid signed her -- the very day she played him "All About That Bass" on her ukulele -- she could finally glimpse the life she had dreamed of since first *discovering Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. "I wrote songs about [my idols] when I was younger," she says. "That's the *creepiest part." One was called "Who I Wanna Be," with lyrics like, "I'll go to the Grammys holding hands with Adele and the family" and "I'll write like T-Swift and I'll do all this -- one day." She has since run into both of those women at awards shows, but hasn't dared mention the songs. "I met Taylor a couple times," says Trainor. "She was so sweet to me. She likes kissing my forehead, because she's so tall." She has also met Beyoncé twice. "She floats. I feel like she doesn't walk," says Trainor. "She told me her daughter likes my music videos. I was like, 'I'm honored!' "
On writing for others:
"I always say, 'I **** hits,' " boasts Trainor, who has also written singles that charted for Jennifer Lopez, Fifth Harmony and Rascal Flatts. "Because they come out so quick I can't even keep up with myself."
On her exes:
If Trainor's fans are generous with their love, the men in her life seem less so. Thank You mainly consists of I-don't-need-a-man anthems or sad tales of being friend-zoned by a guy she likes. And she doesn't see her perpetually single status changing anytime soon. "I've barely had relationships," she says. "I had one real one when I was, like, 16 to 18, and the other ones were just meh." Her last boyfriend, a freeloader she wrote about in Lopez's "Ain't Your Mama," broke up with her because he didn't want to date a pop star. She had discovered he hadn't even downloaded "All About That Bass." "I don't care if you hate pop, but support the person you claim you love," says Trainor. "Pay that $1.29!"
She had discovered he hadn't even downloaded "All About That Bass." "I don't care if you hate pop, but support the person you claim you love," says Trainor. "Pay that $1.29!"
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It isn't necessary for a popstar's lover to love their music too
"I always say, 'I **** hits,' " boasts Trainor, who has also written singles that charted for Jennifer Lopez, Fifth Harmony and Rascal Flatts. "Because they come out so quick I can't even keep up with myself."
"I always say, 'I **** hits,' " boasts Trainor, who has also written singles that charted for Jennifer Lopez, Fifth Harmony and Rascal Flatts. "Because they come out so quick I can't even keep up with myself."
