Meghan has 8 lead singles ready for her album but L.A aint really feeling em...so she wrote NO that night and L.A approved of it it..calling it as the bullet
Actually, you would like Meghan Trainor when she’s angry. The “All About that Bass” singer, who picked up the award for Best New Artist at last month’s Grammy Awards, says she recorded her surprising new single, “No,” after a disagreement with her record label. The 22-year-old thought she had her upcoming new album, Thank You, in the can; label boss L.A. Reid thought she needed more time to find the next big single. So a “fired up” Trainor hit the studio with producer Ricky Reed (Jason Derulo, Fifth Harmony), and within 24 hours they wrote and recorded “No”—an in-your-face, ’90s-inspired track about shutting down would-be suitors that departs dramatically from the retro pop sound of “Dear Future Husband” and “Lips Are Movin.”
Below, TIME chats with Trainor about what inspired her new direction, her karaoke preferences and why she’s crossing her fingers for a Missy Elliott remix.
