The other day, I chucked at a a Time magazine headline, that said even Meghan Trainor’s mom is tired of listening to “All About That Bass.” Girl, I’m with mom because “Why reject the treble?” You gotta have both. Meghan sings about bass and treble in terms of body type. Since she’s supposedly all about body-type acceptance, I don’t understand why she outwardly rejects “skinny bitches” in her lyrics. Yes, I’ve read the whole lyric set. Meghan says she’s “just kidding” about dissing thinner girls, but she would have been better off leaving that line out of her song.
The last time we spoke of Megan was when she giggled to Billboard about how feminism isn’t her thing for no other reason than “love yourself more.” Now that Meghan’s hit single has sold over 3 mil copies in the US, Meghan will get more interviews. She’s already talked about how she’s empowered because “I ain’t no size 2.” This doesn’t explain why — big, small or medium — size has to be a qualifier of self worth. I’ve already compared Meghan to Nicki Minaj because they both dis “skinny bitches.” I respect Nicki a more for owning her bitchiness. Nicki’s proud of her booty for every reason and no reason at all. Meghan can’t stop qualifying her booty with male acceptance: “My mama, she says boys laike a little more booty to hold at night.”
Meghan talks back to the haterz with the Daily Beast. She claims to have written “All About That Bass” in 20 minutes flat (see video here). Let’s do some excerpts:
On her critics: “They say the song is about putting skinny girls down or that girls need guys’ approval, but I just wrote a little three-minute pop song about how I felt about my body. I just write the way I talk, and I write about things I’ve experienced.”
Why people zero in on her: “People are always put off by something that’s fresh and new. When I first heard Rihanna I thought, ‘I’m not feeling this,’ and then I listened to her more and was all about it.”
On body image: “I definitely had issues with my body. I’d look at my butt in pants in the mirror and be upset, and my friends would comfort me and say, ‘You look great.’ But now I look at my butt in the mirror and go, ‘Yeahhhh I can work with this.'”
Her musical inspirations: “I could get guys, but I always thought I was dating them and then I’d see them around with some other girl on their arm. So … I guess we were just hangout buddies, or something. I was never taken out on any dates.”
Early creative frustration: “I was writing all these country songs, but I thought, ‘This isn’t really my kind of music.’ My uncle is Caribbean so the dream was always to write for Rihanna. It still is, really.”
She wrote “All About that Bass” for Beyonce: “Beyonce wasn’t about it at the time, it just wasn’t what she was into. And then Kevin told me, ‘Meghan, why don’t you sing it? You’ve got the voice and the stuff. This could be your song.”
Fame brings newfound booty calls: “My prom date got ahold of my number and called me recently and congratulated me on everything that’s going on. I asked him what he was up to and he said he’s still living in our hometown.” She laughs. “I was just like Oooook. Click.”
[Frpm Daily Beast]
The last part about Meghan hanging up on her high school prom date is actually very funny. Props. I’ve heard other celebs people say the same thing — once fame approaches, the high school “friends” crawl out of the woodwork. I hope Megan finds what she’s looking for. She’s already succeeded by topping the charts. She doesn’t have to continue dissing the size 2 girls to stay on top.
Photos courtesy of Getty & WENN
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