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Post by Ryan on Nov 6, 2019 9:44:14 GMT -5
Kudos to her for not giving up and sticking with this project. That new cover is a step in the right direction and I want more of Wave and Let You Be Right than No Excuses from the album.
+) A new song's out now.
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Post by PerPlexied on Nov 6, 2019 9:59:30 GMT -5
Wait. Is Genetics not on the album?? It's not there on the Apple Music prerelease
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Post by Ryan on Nov 6, 2019 10:03:23 GMT -5
Confirmed tracks:
1. Wave (feat. Mike Sabath) 5. Workin' On It (feat. Lennon Stella & Sasha Sloan) 14. No Excuses
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2019 11:00:49 GMT -5
Muuuuuuuuch better cover. I sort of wish she'd changed the album title too, but maybe she didn't want to give the appearance of the original concept being scrapped.
Waves is also nice.
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Post by Ty on Nov 6, 2019 11:29:11 GMT -5
Love the new cover!
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Post by Au$tin on Nov 6, 2019 18:49:34 GMT -5
Wow incredible that they're still going with the original album! I would have figured it entirely would have been shelved and her next album would be a completely new concept. In a way it is, I guess, but they kept the title and even the lead single. The imagery isn't much different either. "Waves," on the other hand, is much better than the music originally planned for this album. And the new cover is stunning! Actually reminds me a bit of a Britney Spears pose (kinda gives me "Toxic" diamond dress close-up vibes).
What's weird, though, is they kept the Treat Myself album title, but it doesn't appear "Treat Myself" will be on the album.
Haven't heard the new song yet, but it has Sasha Sloan on it, so I have high expectations!
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Post by MissAmericana on Nov 6, 2019 20:28:09 GMT -5
That Ellen performance was really good, but holy shit did Ellen seem like she wanted Meghan to get the fuck outta there. And when she announced her album, she looked like she was just happy to get it over with. The whole vibe was totally off.
Can't wait for the album, though.
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Post by SHOOTER on Nov 7, 2019 3:22:38 GMT -5
Is Waves even doing anything?
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Post by Au$tin on Nov 10, 2019 7:35:33 GMT -5
Is Waves even doing anything? #44 on Hot AC right now surprisingly (though she's been doing pretty okay there recently) and #370 on iTunes.
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Post by MissAmericana on Nov 15, 2019 1:36:13 GMT -5
Surprisingly, Workin' On It is still firmly in the top 100 of US iTunes. However, it hasn't been sent to radio nor does it have any playlist support. Why does her team ignore streaming like that? Smaller acts than her are on TTH, it's not like they can't get a song of hers on there. Sis can pay for it out of her own pocket.
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Post by MissAmericana on Nov 17, 2019 8:08:13 GMT -5
The title track and All The Ways will be on the Target deluxe edition. I can't believe sis left out Let You Be Right and Can't Dance, though.
There are also rumours of a song called Ocean, which may or may not be the next single.
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Post by Exclusive on Dec 9, 2019 19:53:54 GMT -5
New song on the horizon.
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Post by Ty on Dec 12, 2019 0:37:20 GMT -5
Meghan ranks #40 (!!) on Billboard's Top Artists of the Decade (2010s).
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Post by MissAmericana on Jan 14, 2020 15:53:36 GMT -5
New single out on Friday. New interview with Billboard.New tracks confirmed for the album. — Genetics (ft. The Pussycats Dolls) — After (ft. AJ Mitchell) — Babygirl After was featured on her EP, The Love Train, but didn't include the feature. Genetics was also released previously as a promotional single, but didn't include THE PUSSYCATS DOLLS!
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Post by SHOOTER on Jan 15, 2020 3:39:57 GMT -5
This album is really dropping in 2.5 weeks. She’s about to do Liam Payne numbers. 🤭
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Post by Caviar on Jan 15, 2020 12:58:09 GMT -5
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Pop Music Is Changing, So Meghan Trainor Did Too
“I wanted respect from other musicians," she says of new album 'Treat Myself'Meghan Trainor remembers exactly when she realized pop music was changing. It was the spring of 2018 and she was just starting to promote her third album, Treat Myself. Its lead single, “No Excuses,” had peaked at No. 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 — a solid showing, if lower than past lead singles like “All About That Bass,” which hit No. 1 in 2014 — and her team had turned their attention to its follow-up, a laid-back disco track called “Let You Be Right.” “The label, management, my whole team were really confident in it,” recalls Trainor. “Radio guys were telling them, ‘It’s the only song that will work [off the new album].’ And for the first time I was like, ‘Alright, I'll do what you all want to do.’ ” As it turned out, “Let You Be Right” didn’t even crack the Hot 100. “That s**t was wrong,” she says of her team’s prediction, forcing out a sneering laugh and adding: “Sorry, I’m getting fired up.” So, Trainor went back to the drawing board. It wasn’t the first time she had something to prove: Following the viral success of “All About That Bass,” she says, “I was told to my face, ‘You’re going to be a one-hit wonder.’ ” Instead, she focused on her songwriting and went on to collect five more top 20 Hot 100 hits as well as a Grammy for best new artist in 2016. But when she returned to the studio to rework Treat Myself, however, she realized other writers and producers around her were all struggling to answer the same question: How do you make pop records that feel relevant in an era when hip-hop reigns? “They said, ‘We’re in the same predicament: We don’t know what to do, we don’t know what to write, we don’t know how to stay cool,’ ” says Trainor. “I wrote four albums [of material] because I was adapting to what’s going on in the music industry. I got into such a dark place of, ‘I don’t know how to follow all these rules.’ ” As a result, on Treat Myself — out Jan. 31 on Epic Records — Trainor embraces pop’s streaming era by offering a variety of sonic approaches. Long associated with her wholesome, doo-wop-inspired sound, the 26-year-old approached her album like the playlists she grew up with, skipping around from futuristic funk (“Genetics,” which features the recently reunited Pussycat Dolls and has a chorus begging for TikTok memes) to hushed coffee-shop jams (“Workin’ On It,” featuring Lennon Stella and Sasha Sloan). And though Trainor has rapped on her songs before, she has found more natural ways to tap into what's happening in hip-hop along the way: The choir-like backing vocals on dark, throbbing tracks like “Babygirl” and “Wave,” she says, were inspired by her visits to Kanye West’s Sunday Service gospel events. “I’ve heard weird opinions from everyone [about what the album should be], so I kept writing the best songs I could,” Trainor says while looking over a copy of the tracklist — she recorded so much material over the past few years that she couldn't remember exactly what made the final cut. “Every time I accomplished a new step in my songwriting world, my brain would go, ‘Uh-oh, the rest of the album needs to be this good.’ And finally I got to a place where my label and I were like, ‘Okay, I can't beat these songs.’ ” In doing so, she embodies a class of artists, including Charlie Puth and The Chainsmokers, who have escaped from the shadow of a notorious, novelty-like hit and surprised audiences with material that was, if not more successful, at least more acclaimed — and abundant. Just as those artists have embraced free-flowing singles and unconventional rollouts, Trainor maintained a prolific pace while recording Treat Myself: She released an EP (last February’s The Love Train), contributed to a handful of soundtracks (from the comedy The Hustle to the animated Playmobil: The Movie) and collaborated with artists like CNCO and Kaskade. More recently, she started writing original Christmas songs that she hopes to release later in 2020. Trainor still prides herself on being a feel-good, family-friendly artist you can play in any room — a quality that makes her a natural fit to open for Maroon 5 on its upcoming North American tour of arenas and stadiums, which begins May 30. And she’s still writing about self-love and body positivity on her new album, not because it’s part of her brand, but because she says she still needs those songs for herself. “I have days when I hate myself and have to really work on it,” she says. “It's a struggle all the time.” Yet with Treat Myself, Trainor had a new goal. “I wanted respect from other musicians, I didn’t care if radio would play it or not,” she says of tracks like “Wave,” which she wrote right after turning in her second album, 2016's Thank You, but held onto until she linked up with producer Mike Sabath (Chris Brown, Liam Payne) last year. “Wave” is part moody ballad, part gym-ready bop, with a shape-shifting beat that slithers in and out — in other words, it’s entirely unlike anything Trainor has released before. “I’ve been told that radio is scared of it,” says Trainor. “They’re like, ‘It’s just so different, we can’t wrap our heads around it.’ It boggles my mind.” Having a radio hit is no longer a point of stress, though. Those early — and in some ways still ongoing — battles for credibility have inspired Trainor to make uplifting rising artists a new mission. She remembers the doors that opened for her after John Legend appeared on her 2015 song “Like I’m Gonna Lose You,” and she tries to give out similar co-signs. After writing “Workin’ On It,” Trainor recalls, “Sasha was like, ‘If you want a bigger star on the song, feel free to cut me out and put someone else on here.’ I was like, ‘Are you joking? You’re my superstar.’ ” She also recruited labelmate AJ Mitchell for the ballad “After You” because she wanted audiences to recognize his vocal talents, telling his manager, “Dude, the kid can sing. We should show a different side of him to the world.” Changes in her personal life have helped Trainor tune out industry politics and reconnect with songwriting for the fun of it. While working on the album, she at times grew impatient with delays and instructions to wait her turn. (“Radio [people would tell] my team, ‘Do not release right now, we are committed to these five artists,’ ” she says.) In response, she chilled out: She married actor Daryl Sabara in late 2018, adopted some dogs and built a home studio. “I wanted to take time to myself and just live my best life,” she says. “I became a much happier person.” Much of what ultimately made the album came from this period. “When I’m just trying to write my favorite songs, I’m booked and blessed,” she says of finally cracking Treat Myself. “Of course I want my songs to have a moment again, because I work so hard on them, but if it doesn’t happen, I’m finally at this place where I’m letting go.” www.google.com/amp/s/www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/pop/8547749/meghan-trainor-new-album-treat-myself-interview
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Post by schnetzka on Jan 15, 2020 14:05:38 GMT -5
I really don't understand how someone can go from a number one single and a number one album to being nowhere on the charts overnight basically. Like yeah the songs might not be the greatest but obviously there were fans in the first place in order for the other songs to go number one. Even songs considered bad can chart. I just don't get it.
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Post by divasummer on Jan 15, 2020 16:10:37 GMT -5
I hope there's a chance "Genetics" will be released as a single now with The Pussycat Dolls on the tracks. Wasn't Meghan all about it at one time. I love it still and can't wait for her new album. Just about everything she has released for it so far has been a hit with me.
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Jan 16, 2020 20:57:32 GMT -5
Reading that article was kind of sad to be honest. How it must feel to have to sit down a give an interview where you basically have to admit that your career is over.
Honestly, she should just go back to writing. Get those coins and let other people worry about charts
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Post by MissAmericana on Jan 17, 2020 1:34:24 GMT -5
This is the interview that made me really like her as a person. She's not afraid to be honest, and that's not something you see a lot in the industry right now. She's admitting to her failures gracefully. I sincerely hope she gets a Lizzo-esque sleeper hit off this album which brings her back into the mainstream. She has the looks, she has the songs, and she has the personality once you give her a chance. She deserves it.
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Post by theflying on Jan 18, 2020 20:52:31 GMT -5
I just want to point out that Meghan has about 20 million listeners a month on Spotify.
That’s *a lot*. Especially for *two albums*, with the last one being several years old.
It’s literally more than Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. According to Spotify she’s #120 in the *entire world*.
For context, the only kinds of solo female artists that are beating that are the A-list superstar acts or acts that have been around a significant amount of time.
My point? It’s not that I think the album will sell well or anything, and I’m not trying to do a literal success ranking based on Spotify monthly listeners. I’m just saying that those are not numbers of someone whose career has tanked, has no fan base, and is about to be dropped. No *way*. An artist with 20 million monthly listeners is making a crap ton of money for their label.
People keep forgetting that regardless of the missteps along the way, when Meghan came out, she *REALLY* connected with a certain young female fan base. And it’s always been the fan base that isn’t represented well on online pop forums full of gay men.
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Post by Au$tin on Jan 19, 2020 1:19:01 GMT -5
Unfortunately those 20 million people aren't listening to her new music.
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Post by Mylo13 💜 on Jan 19, 2020 2:09:26 GMT -5
Wow these interviews are kinda selling me on Meghan as a person haha. I've always had a soft spot for her music but I appreciate her honesty and relatability haha. Will have to check out her new project!
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Post by Ryan on Jan 21, 2020 12:11:39 GMT -5
I really hoped Let You Be Right and All The Ways to make the cut but I guess not. (The latter will be on the Target version, though.)
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Jan 21, 2020 12:15:40 GMT -5
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Post by ANTi on Jan 21, 2020 15:38:35 GMT -5
Her material has been very hit or miss for me, but “Like I’m Gonna Lose You” remains a masterpiece and I’d probably put it amongst one of my favorite songs.
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