NEW YORK — Ten years ago, Meghan Trainor was a successful songwriter, soon to become a hit pop performer in her own right. “All About That Bass” established the then 20-year-old as a new force channeling old sounds — a combination of doo-wop with contemporary pop hooks in a time dominated by big synths — and with something to say. Her public persona became intertwined with the song’s lyrics about body acceptance.
“I have my self-love pop bangers that I just do in my sleep,” she told The Associated Press. “That’s my therapy that I need for myself. But it also helps people, so that’s just a win-win as a songwriter.
” Trainor’s New Album: ‘Timeless’ On Friday, Trainor will release her sixth studio album, “Timeless.” Empowerment messages are still at the heart of her specific sound but now, she’s matured them to meet where she is in life: as a mother, a sister and a veteran of this business. The first single, “Been Like This,” featuring her hero T-Pain, even references “All About That Bass.
” She sings, “Ooh-wee, she got that booty/That type of boom-boom, that bass that I like.” Making it the first single? She calls that “destiny,” and is quick to mention that both of her brothers wrote on the song as well. “My mom was sobbing.
My dad was crying, like, pretty sure he didn’t know who T-Pain was until I talked about him nonstop,” she says. Family is at the center of “Timeless” and the music Trainor makes. A mother of two b.
