Meghan Trainor’s music no longer gets on my last nerve because I dive at the radio at the very hint of one of her baselines. Her interviews have turned into background noise after she realized bashing feminism wouldn’t win her any long-time fans. She also milked her body-image platform for all it was worth. I’m not saying body image is a useless issue at all, only that Meghan made a quick career by saying, “I ain’t no size 2.” She never spoke substantially, she just wrote a one-liner in “All About That Bass.”
Meghan collected awards this past season, but we don’t know how much longevity she’ll have. She has decided to limit herself to positive songs about men, which includes her kinda creepy song, “Dear Future Husband.” The song is a letter that tells her future ex-husband how to treat her, how to get her in bed, and how to let her buy the groceries. The presented relationship dynamic is one of subservience, and the song plays unironically. The message is that Meghan is laying out a huge list for a man, but really, she’s the one who would do anything to please him.
Meghan sat down for a SiriusXM interview to discuss her songwriting about relationships. You can hear the whole thing here, but it’s a morning show and pretty annoying. The topic turned to the slew of current celebrity breakups, and Meghan assured the world she’d never write a mean song about an ex: “I would be the best girlfriend, I wouldn’t write any mean songs. I’d be like, ‘You are so nice, even on your mean days.’ I would be so nice to him!” Never say never, and she’s totally shading Taylor Swift, right?
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I irrationally dislike this woman.
me too.
Just the thought of her voice irks me.
I hate to delete my initial comment because it was irrationally hateful about this woman. And we all know there’s a special place in hell…
*had to but I was speaking in a obscure dialect
I concur mimif. She’s just .
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best comment ever.
I would never be mean, I’d always be thankful he was dating a garbage woman like me!
Uh oh. I don’t want no treble but FRIEND SQUAD ACTIVATE!
Abbott, I love you.
Ditto. Form of a Killer Nanny! Oh, wait…that violates the First Rule of The Squad of Sisterhood.
LMAO, Abot.
LOL. God, I hope they get stuffed cats with little custom tshirts. Or matching toe rings.
Is she five? Because that sounds like little kid logic to me.
That damn “Dear Future Husband”somg/serial killer anthem scared the sh^t out of me. I could see that song playing while Ben’s nanny was making wallets out of him.
Why is “Are You About a Size Fourteen” suddenly ear worming me…
Oh God, this kind of talk is even more annoying than Swifty with her girl squad thing…
“I would be so nice to him, totally, always and forever and ever ever ever”.
Lil’ bit sad and desperate, non?
Needs more self respect, similar to that one would acquire, say, with some healthy feminist discussions on a woman’s position in a relationship, maybe?
That’s what I was thinking! It’s like she’s making a plea for somebody to like her because she’ll be a “good girlfriend” and put up with anything.
Stop, stop, stop it right this instant! You’re making entirely too much sense! Back to the kitchen with you, ma’am! And make me a sandwich!
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Sure. Ham, cheese and burnt bra? Side dish is shredded voting cards belonging solely to female folk. Delish! 🙂 😉
And here I am, hoping she was sarcastic…..
I remember there was a blind item about an up and coming singer begging her agent or whoever to find her a boyfriend, real or contracted, and a lot of people guessed it was Meghan Trainor. Articles like this make me think the same thing- she just seems to want a relationship sooooo much and now she seems to be saying “look I’m the anti Taylor I’ll never burn you in a song pls love me.”
I guess it’s fine? It’s normal to want love and companionship? But then you combine it with her anti-feminist stance and how her singles are about how boys should want her and treat her right yet they don’t, and I find myself making a face whenever I read or hear about her.
Some of the best songs are written about ex-relationships. I love a well written bitter breakup song.
Right?! Twelve-year old me (and also 31-year old me, ah nostalgia for the 90s) thought Jagged Little Pill was the best album EVER! Then Alanis released her follow-up album and all the hate was gone and she loved India and her career was over.
Hahaha… Vestalvirgin, I’m laughing in desperation about how sad it is that what you said is so true. I’ve really been missing my Alanis days lately, Jagged Little Pill was amazing!
I just bought a new old car and my bf and I are going on a road trip; just decided JLP will be part of the soundtrack. 🙂 I haven’t listened to it in years, but I believe I still know the lyrics by heart.
hahaha oh my, I still love that album to this day. I was the same age when it came out, too…. I still listen to some of the songs! haha
“I wouldn’t write any mean songs. ”
OMGawd – I so would. I would use names and dates and specific details. I would make stuff up and put it in there and if the offender came back with “hey, that never happened!” I would write another song about how they were a big cry baby.
That’s the spirit! Best served cold – with a beat and a catchy hook. A real hook. Through their crybaby mouth.
Right?! Hahaha, there’s at least a handful of people who would get song mentions. Not over stealing guys or anything stupid like that. It’d be like “Hey (husbands friend) why do you have to be an asshat, and expect our husbands to drop plans with us to go hang out with you when you show up on a Tuesday night with no prior warning” or “hey customer from _____.com why do you think it was okay for you to call in and make me cry for things you f-ked up yourself?”
I supposed I could just do a one-off song called ‘why’ listing off some complaints with people all at once.
I’d totally buy your album Erinn. Hey why do have to be an asshat ? sounds like a song I can jam to.
Hey Taylor!
I’m still floored, decades later, that Alanis Morrisette’s song ‘you outta know’ is about Uncle Joey from Full House.
As a child I really believed his cuddly, friendly persona. Uncle Jessy was the one who had potential to be mean, not Uncle joey…..LOL
And the best burn song for me is ‘You’re so vain’. Forever and ever.
not to mention the mental picture of Uncle Joey having someone go down on him in a theater.
Excuse me. Must. Bleach. Brain. Now.
Right?! I only found out about that a few weeks ago, and I was like, ‘Wait… WHAT? Really?!’
I liked her better when she was on vocal rest.
She seems really desperate for a boyfriend//future husband!
Ok, I listened to the interview. Totally obnoxious.
But my real question is- why is she talking like that? I get that she’s trying to be funny and like so relatable…but it sounds like she is doing a bad Mitch Hedberg impression.
Do you mean Mitch Hedberg? Loved him.
Yes! Whoops- autocorrect. I could’ve sworn I had it spelled correctly the first time.
OMG, I loved Mitch Hedberg. I think about him every time I eat rice (Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.) And I once had a neighbor whose last name was Dufresne. I would see them and think “what about the Dufresnes?”
Oh dear…waiting for Tay Tay to unleash the girlfriend squad on her pronto.
Ummmm…why do those billboard awards look like penises…
Would we expect anything more from “My mama, she told me: ‘dont worry about your size.’ She said: ‘boys like a little more booty to hold at night.’
Gotta say that I haven’t heard the Future Husband song, but I really love her 2 first hits (All About the Bass and Lies). She’s only 21, too. I haven’t listened to any interview, but I think she’s really talented and I like her voice. I like that she has a different look than most female singers, too. I guess celebitches will be celebitches, but every once in a while, can’t we stop being so judgmental and let a young girl develop her talents without all the choruses of dislike and hate?
No, I didn’t thinks so. Just asking.
agree, she is harmless. And whatever silly sh!t she says or sings, it makes for a nice change from all the sexed-up porny music videos with plastic asses. Also I bet her shape makes some overweight teenage girls feel better about themselves. So id say she serves a purpose.
I love her. I dont apologize. She isnt annoying in social media like other chicks. I dont watch reality shows but I’d check out one of her and her brothers. I wondered about her longevity when she came out early last summer. She should have done a slower turn out of songs or more promo this past year…I forget this site is full of bitter old crones. My bad.
Lovely.
Can someone help me out with her new song…. It sounds soooooo close to an old song but I can’t quite put my finger on it. Similar verse and chorus sound even maybe the bridge too. It’s driving me nuts…. When I figure it out it’ll probably sound more similar than Thicke and Pharell doing Marvin Gaye.
Which one?
Because “Dear Future Husband” is a blatant (and terrible) ripoff of Olly Murs’ “Dance With Me Tonight.”
She reminds me of Kelly Osbourne in her heyday, but this one is much more annoying.
I never saw anything wrong with singers dissing or just discussing their exes in songs anyway, even if the exes are famous. My only problem would be if they take it into misogynistic (which Taylor Swift did) or abusive territory.
So…what was Lips are Moving about?????
No, she just writes mean stuff about thin women. Also about how a woman’s job is to “shake it” and otherwise be pleasing to men. So yeah, I believe she’d be a doormat… or rather, pretend to be one. The passive-aggressive would be off the charts.
Seriously? She sounds like a desperate tween just dying for any boy to love her. Give me a break! I wager she’s one breakup away from writing ex-trashing songs if they keep her in the spotlight one more go-around.
I think we’re expecting a bit much from our pop singers. She can warble a catchy tune, and it’s fair to call her out for her actual beliefs (as it is for people we personally know) but calling her out for NOT being an icon of feminism or whatever just seems to be picking ridiculous fights.
I love her animal print top. That’s all I got from this.