Why does Meghan Trainor only write positive music? The singer explained in a December 2020 podcast interview with hairstyle maven Jonathan Van Ness on Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness that she creates "anthems" and happy songs for a very heartfelt reason.
"When 'All About That Bass' like changed everyone's life I guess, in the best way, I would have parents come up to me at my meet-and-greets, like 'my daughter, you're about to meet her. She was suicidal but now she wants to live because your song changed her whole perspective,'" Trainor explained. She added, "[Or] 'my kid stopped going to school until your song came out, and now they're finally confident to love themselves.' And it would make me bawl my eyes out and I'd say, 'you are so significant please stay with me forever.'"
Trainor added that she felt that song gave her a "superpower," to help people. "I [now] have a duty ... I'm going to help as many people I can not have those thoughts ... All my anthems ... I wanna be the girl with the happy, positive music. That's what I want on the radio." Meghan Trainor has not only brought joy to people but has even changed lives with her music. A pop star who wants to preach positivity always? More power to her!
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