Meghan Trainor Studies Beyonce
. "Oh, I watch Beyonc� videos every day with my friend at home," Trainor told Radio.com over the phone from Los Angeles. "That's the one performer I study a lot. I'm not saying I am her though, she's perfection." The Nantucket, Mass. native who now calls Nashville home is getting ready for a daytime appearance on Live with Kelly and Michael, which is set to happen in the next few weeks. Her excitement over her TV debut has translated into her spending as much time as possible rehearsing. "They got me dancing," she said. "I've never danced before. So it's like, 'Oh man, I've gotta learn to be Beyonc� for a second.'" Trainor is in high demand since her body-acceptance anthem "All About That Bass" took the internet by storm earlier this month, thanks in large part to its pastel painted video featuring women and one man - Sione Kelepi, better known as Vine star SioneMaraschino - with all the right junk in all the right places getting their groove on. The track has since crashed onto the chart, earning the No. 54 slot on the August 2 Billboard Hot 100, an impressive 30-spot jump since it debuted at No. 84 just a week ago. Trainor's debut track came out of a writing session where she decided to stop thinking about what would be right for the artist and simply write something honest. "That's your first song to say, 'Hey, I'm a little chubby, but I love myself,' that was a scary thing to do," she said. "I got a lot of support from a lot of people and it's really helping me and my confidence." One of those people was L.A. Reid - head of her label, Epic - who heard the song and immediately told Trainor it was hers, and only hers, to sing. The track has since become an anthem for all those who don't feel like they fit the perfect beauty mold. "I tear up all the time when I see young girls write about it," she said. "It's amazing." More. Radio.com is an official news provider for antiMusic.com.
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