June 10, 2024 • 28 mins
Paris is takin’ it back to the past with pop star Meghan Trainor! Meghan reminisces on some touching family memories with her brother and shares how he became her best friend.
Paris hears about Meghan’s career beginnings as a songwriter, making hit songs for artists like Rascal Flatts, and the FIRST single for Sabrina Carpenter.
Plus, find out the embarrassing family story Paris uncovered about Meghan!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
I am parissed.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Hi everyone, I have a very special guest joining me today,
and I am Paris. She's an incredible singer, songwriter, television
personality and one of my close friends. Please welcome Megan
Trainer Mee.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Hi did I start like that?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Hi? Hi? Sis, Hey go hey. I'm loving Crypto. She's
so sweet.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Love you with my little Pomeranian Crypto right now. Yeah,
she loves my nails. Oh yeah, yes, thanks for having me.
Miss you. You have two children now wait wait, I
have two children too.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
I know we're twins. It's so crazy the same, and
I want to I just keep talking. I'm nervous you though.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I love you, I love you, so happy for you.
The kids are so adorable.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Your's two. You're so pretty. Thank you, so pretty, thank you.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
And the best names ever. I really struggle naming my kids,
but you, like knew all along.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
You nailed it. I always know.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Thank you for coming over today. Thanks for having me.
This has been the best day of my life. We
got to do so many fun tiktoks, so much fun.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
So great here.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
This is a different house, though, but it feels exactly
like the other house. It's the same aesthetic and vibe. Yeah,
your style is my style, my dream style. I can't
find all these cool things online, but I hunt and
I look.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
I will teach you everything in your ways.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
I also want to bio hack like you. I finally
got to see the sliving spa. That's what it is, right,
living spa. Yeah, iconic, and I took pictures of everything,
and I need to. I don't have space for that,
but we're going to figure it out. There's a way
to put it all together, like you fountain of youth
(01:52):
and look like this forever. I just want to freeze.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Yes, me too. You've been twenty one for like many years.
You look so good. Thank you. It's crazy. You look
amazing too. Thank you so much. I love your off it.
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
I changed eight times, well, it worked eight times to
be here. I was really upset because I just wanted
something pink and I was like, but not like a
hoodie like I always wear, And I'm gonna hoodie.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I love it. The skirt's so cute.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
She's like me, like knee high boots that are amazing.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Yeah. She was like, what'd you get this? I was like,
I have no idea, and she was like, awesome.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
You don't know fashion yet, but I'm going to learn.
I'll teach you everything. S thank you.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Yes, So we're going to start talking about the past
and all the moments in your life that made you
the icon that you are today.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
My God is crazy.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
So starting with through childhood, when did you first realize
your love for music?
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Oh, I at a very young age. My dad was
a music teacher, like a band teacher, and they would
always play really good music at a house.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
And I had an older dad.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
So my dad was forty three when he started having
babies and my mom was twenty three. Scandal, they're twenty
years apart. So she would play like Madonna and like
Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys and didn't sync with me
and Christina Aguilera. And then my dad would play like
funk and soul and like he'd love James Brown and
(03:23):
Stevie Wonder and sometimes you'd play like really good gospel
songs and big choirs, and I was just like, oh,
this is the best sound ever, this is the best feeling.
We would have a lot of we saw videos of
like family party dance nights of just my mom and
dad and my two brothers, and I where we'd be
(03:44):
like in Pj's and we would just jam our right
before bed. And I can't wait to doe with my
kids someday. And Riley's already like he's like.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
I want to watch a music video. Yeah, And I'm like, what.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Do you always like Beyonce? And I'm like, absolutely you do.
You're a good boy.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
He was good taste, he was great.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
But I showed him your TikTok today and now he
can't stop staring at you. He loves a blonde. He
was like, oh my god, I play it again. And
I was like, not.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Again, We're good. Which TikTok?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
The one with you, the photo shoot, the last one
that you did, the photo shoot of the family.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, and it's playing see a song you guys have fame?
Won't Love You? Is that what it's called? I love it?
And yeah, he just wanted it over and over again.
I love him. Playdates with the cat.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
No, he's not good at sharing right now. Oh really,
We'll give me a minute.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
He's not. He's working on it.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
He's learning how to share, like because his little brother
finally is crawling and he wants to go right to
his toys and he sees him coming for his toys,
so he starts hoarding them all. He grabs them all
and collects him and he goes, Barry, no wanna play
right now? And I was like, yes, he does. He
wants to play, and he's like, blood, I don't want
him to.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
It's like we need to share.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Is he jealous with him?
Speaker 3 (04:59):
He's just it's just the sharing thing. He literally will
hoard all his toys like under a blanket and like,
no one gets to have them. I'm like, you could
play with him. He's like, no, no, they're mine.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
They're mine.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
And I was like literally talking about the point where
I'm like, we don't say mine anymore.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
We say hours. He's like, but it's mine.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
No, that's so fun. It's so cute when you do
it that I can't help but laugh.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
It's great.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Oh, so, tell me about your cover band Island Fusion.
No parents look like band.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
You weren't supposed to vine that I had a family band.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
That was awesome.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
I was like thirteen, I was at my most insecure
cell and I was but I was living my dreams
being a pop star with my auntie, my uncle from Trinidad,
and my dad was on keyboard he would play like
trumpets and everything on there, and then I would play guitar, piano,
bungos that point, the bongos, and I had a brittany mike,
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and I was like, what's up, you know, like singing,
and my little brother played bass for us, and our
friend was our drummer, and we rocked the clubs in Nantucket.
We were at Children's Beach, We did the chicken Box.
We were famous, but we weren't and no one showed up,
but it was great.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
My grandma showed up. Tell you what my name.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
I was like eighty up in these clubs, like hey,
it's not even like don't put your club. It's like
a small tiny room with a pretend stage, and like
they're like famous places to go out on Nantucket. So
we felt like royalty. We were like, oh my god,
we made it. And we would sing everything from Soca
and Calypso songs that were popular at the time, or
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like big hits that my uncle taught me, so I
also grew up with that genre, which is my favorite.
And then I would be like my pop song, you know,
I'd be like you can't break my heart, you know,
at like sixteen, just writing the worst, like four chords,
and I would have my ukulele or my guitar and
(07:10):
we That's why they called it island fusion, because we
would fuse like pop music and cover songs of like
what's huge on the radio at the moment, with like.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Soka and Calypso songs.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Yeah, we were rocking, man, we were. We were well rehearsed.
But yeah, now I see pictures, I'm like, oh my god,
who let me wear that?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Why? But it was so great.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
My dad always tells me, like, you know, the more
you practice, the better you'll get. And so he was
always like, go out in public and sing because he
knew I wanted it so bad. But I was such
so good at being like a studio rat, like at
home just writing songs. He's like, you need to start
performing and practicing your craft in front of people. So
if we would go to church, you'd be like, it's
Mother's Day, write me a Mother's Day song and go
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sing it. I'm like okay, And then like any holiday
on Christmas, he'd be.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Like, Megan, get your guitar, I'm sing for everyone. And
I was like, I'd rather not. Were you really shy?
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (08:05):
I was so shy, like I in school too, like
I didn't. I remember at the school dances, I was
always sitting down for the longest time, like I don't
want to participate, and then it took me to the
end of the night to be like okay, I'll dance
with my friends and had the best time. But or
like changing in the gym at school, I'd go in
the bathrooms and everyone else is like comfortable changing for everyone.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
I was like him shy, you know.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
I was so shy, and that's why I thought I
could never be a pop star and be like Okay,
I was like, how would I ever do a music video?
How would I take pictures? And doing all about that bass?
I was like so afraid. It was just me and
my mom and they were They put me in a corset,
which I didn't existed, and I was like, what what
does this do? And they're like, you're gonna love it,
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and then strapped me in put like I've never had
fake lashes on or extensions, and I remember that came out.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Yeah, I'll about that bases video, dude. Now. I look
at him like, oh my god. She was so afraid
and I didn't know.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
I didn't know, makeup when on your eyebrows, Like that's
where I was coming from.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
This little girl from an island.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Dude.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
I was like, what are you doing?
Speaker 3 (09:12):
She's like, I'm doing your brows and I was like,
but why?
Speaker 1 (09:16):
And then I looked at the mirror. I was like, look,
I'm beautiful.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
She's like, you look great, and then I just faked
it till I made it forever every day.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Phil. Now I'm shy too, so I get it right.
A lot of people wouldn't believe that about me, but
I so shy.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
It's and it's all like all the photo shoots and videos,
there's always for some reason, like fifty people there watching
and I'm like, what does that person do? Why is
that one filming on their iPhone? Sending it to their family?
What is it?
Speaker 1 (09:47):
You know? Like I'm always confused at whether so many
people are. I get so shy. And then they're like
dance and sing and I'm.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Like, do you get tied during concerts?
Speaker 1 (10:04):
At first?
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Yeah, And I'm nervous because I'm touring soon Timeless store
check it out sometime in October. Yes, because I haven't
done that in seven years. Wow, Because like COVID put
a stop to everything. And then I I started having
babies and started doing like TV show jobs, and now
we're back here and I have no reason not to.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
And I'm like, oh, so we're bringing the kids.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
And I'm nervous but excited, like I know I'm gonna
get through and it's gonna be great. I'm excited to
sing songs I've never performed before to my fans that
they love already, so like made you look it's gonna
be such a magical moment.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
But uh yeah, I know of it's a wittle.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
I just go out there and I flip a switch,
and I always say, like, prove to everyone why you
deserve to be here.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
That one helps a lot.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
And then my Dad's like, people hear what they see,
so if you look uncomfortable and miserable, they're gonna be
uncomfortable and miserable.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
That's what they're gonna feel. And I'm like, oh so
then I'm like, I love it up. I love it
up here. I'm living the best, let you know.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
And then I trick myself and then I am having
the best time.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
I'm like, well, this is fun.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
It's exhausting, and you're doing like DJ and jumping, like, uh.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
That's so much fun compared to like singing and dancing.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
But I want to dance. They're like, you don't have
to do all this. I'm like, yes, I do.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
I want to.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
I want to dance. I always want to be a dancer.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
You look so cute. I was so cute. Thank you.
I'm gonna cry.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Yeah. It's like like at a young age, I always
wanted to dance. I just didn't do dance lessons. And
I yell at my mom every day. I'm like, why
why didn't we do dance lessons?
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Were doing football?
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Dude? I was playing bongos and I was playing football
with my two brothers. It makes a lot of sense
like that I didn't know what a hair straightener was,
and so sister, like my mom was like so she
was so pretty too, but didn't didn't need a lot
of makeups, so she would She's that mom that's in
the car with three kids slapping on CBS makeup like
(12:05):
like Patner face, like, we're good now I do my makeup,
but I say thank you, yes, do you know how
to do your makeup?
Speaker 1 (12:12):
I'm okay, you're okay.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Yeah. Like back in the day, I used to just
literally be in like the back of a cab, like
going to a club in New York, like teenagers, like
taking the black eye shadow and just snearing it all over.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
And now it's like.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
That hot like Smoky Cat I that everyone wears yep,
So yeah, I can do a Smoky Cat.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
I like, I'll never be able to do my hair though,
ye ha, it's so hard and there's the back, yeah,
my clippings, it's too hard.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
I've no hair. Sam.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
So in your early career, you wrote songs for a
lot of amazing artists, including Hunter Hayes, Rascal Flats, Sabrina Carpenter.
What did you like about writing songs for other artists.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
A lot of people don't know that I wrote sophena
Carfrin's first song on Disney. It was so cute. I
love those like memories that I get to have now
and I get to see superstars like her blow up
and be like I had a song with her once,
you know, it's like the biggest honor.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
It's so cool.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
And Rascal Flats, I have so many memories of listening to.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
My wish by them that.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
It was just I cried when I heard that they
were going to sing my song. I wrote it with
Shay from Dan and Shay, and he sounds just like them,
So that's I'm always like, that's why we got the cut.
Like the songs weren't even that good. That voice was
that good and they heard it and then I was like, oh,
these songs are good, but yeah that it's like a
dream come true. And then as soon as I heard
you were doing music, I was like, please, I will
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do whatever it takes. I sent like fifteen songs. I
was like, please, let me write with her, let me
do something. That's my dream too. Now we are doing
a song I it will never make sense to me, yes,
but yeah, that's my dream.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
And I hope to do more of that.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
Like once this album's out and I do the tour,
my dream is my plan is to come back and
start doing sessions like I'm trying to do a session
with Rita Aura. I love her so much, she's so
much superstar. I love Zara Larson can Patress. I got
this stew with her. She's so good.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
She's the best.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
She's killing it though I can't do her awesome pop
though that she's doing right now. She's she's the pro
writing those songs.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
It's so good. Yeah. I love the songs that he
wrote me.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
I was like as soon as I got them, I
was just like, oh my god, these are epic and
they cannot get them out of your mind.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Yeah. So I was like, as a Paris Hilton super fan,
like what do I want, Paris?
Speaker 1 (14:45):
What do I want to hear her sing right now?
To put out? And I was like this song and
this song and this song.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
I was like, I got them, and that Chasing song
was so special that like people have wanted to cut
it and the producers wanted to pitch it for so
many for a couple of years now, and I'm like, no,
it needs to have the best home or I'm not
giving it away, Like that's my baby. And then I
was like, Paris, thank you for giving me your baby.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
You can have all my babies. Have the boys? Yes,
speaking of babies, do you want to have any more? Yes?
Speaker 3 (15:20):
I want two more girls. Oh wow, how's a daughter?
You got both?
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I love it. It's just they're so cute together. They're
so close in age, so they're like growing up together.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
And I know I want that dear all year that
they're so close in age.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
How close. Are they like not two months apart?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
I was like, wow, one is sixteen months and one
is six months, so ten months.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Oh my god, that's cute.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
My brother and I were a year and five days
apart and it was really hard at first, but then
he's my best friend. He like live with me till
he was thirty one. Yes, just moved out, but nah,
we had a deal. Yeah, so they'll we best friends forever.
But yeah, I'm my kids right now are two years apart,
and I want a daughter, two daughters, And Darryl's like,
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can we wait until Barry's at least three?
Speaker 1 (16:10):
And I'm like three years apart.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
No, I want to get out of the diaper phrase
that we can all go to Disney, like I wanna.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
I want to pack up the car, get a van
like the sprinter. I want to travel with them.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
That's the other thing too, Like they're if I do
travel trips, like I'm sure you do all the time.
They're like, it's too short of a trip to just
drag this baby there and torture them and bring them back.
And I'm like, so I just don't get to see
my kids, like oh no, And I.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
Agree, like that's a lot on a baby.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
So then I go, Okay, I'll pass on this one
and I'll pass on the next one. And then I'm like,
I'm not seeing them a lot, you.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Know, Yeah, so it's so important to try and do that.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
I tell them like, I won't go one more than
one week without seeing them, Like figure it out.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
So hard, dude, I hate it.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
And then my husband used to like stay home on
those trips, so then I didn't get to see my
husband or my kids, and I'd be facetiming him and
I was like it's too soul crushing, like it's too
much for me. And so now he comes on the
trips with me. I'm like, if I don't go to
see the kids, notither do you?
Speaker 1 (17:13):
So and now I.
Speaker 3 (17:15):
Can have like romantic time with him, but it's still
so brutal.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
For face time as well. No, you think they didn't
have FaceTime back then.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
I know.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
I'm like, I'll call you as soon as I get
in the car.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
And he loves it. Riley loves it. So you feel
like you're together almost, yeah, and.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
He goes where are you in?
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Like, like, where are you I'm in a car, I'm
all my way to work.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
Does he know what you do for a living.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
He goes like, are you going on TV? And I'm like,
not today, but probably tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
And then he.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
Or he was like, you singing dance on stage and
everyone say yay to you? Like yep, everyone say yay
to me. He's so cute. I don't know if it.
I think he thinks every mama has a music video
on YouTube, you know, or like our wedding videos on
YouTube as well, and he's like, watch mom and dad
get married. And I'm like, okay, Like how sick is
(18:10):
this dude? And then my mom was like, when you're grandma,
you could be like look at Grandma, look at Grandma's video,
Like okay, she was.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
I'm like, that's bizarre, killed sick. Can you share a
story you had one of your favorite songs that you've
ever written. I got to send you this song. Oh
there's too many, I like, hmm.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
To the Moon is like, I'm most proud of that
song right now, like top to bottom pop song, creative
and unique and special and simple enough you could learn
it in one take.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
But I'm just really proud of her.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
I'd give her any plus plus yes, but proud of
a song I did a song with Dan Wilson, who
did never Mind out some Life Yeah, and I went
I walked in and was like, you're my bad right,
and he's like, yeah, I'm the valid guy. And I
was like, I have this idea Superwoman where everyone interviews
me and they're like, how are you so happy and
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body confident and can do everything?
Speaker 1 (19:12):
Like you're a mom, you're a superstar, You're on TV.
How do you did it? And I'm like, well I am.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
He posts the great you know, I'm not posting like
some nights if I'm crying or like the hard times,
I'm not like chock it out.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
You know.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
I'm not good at posting that stuff. And I don't
want to remember those moments, you know. So I wanted
to tell him, like, I want to write a song
called Superwoman about how everyone calls me a superwoman and sure,
I'm superwoman and I'm doing something amazing, but sometimes I
have a bad day at work. Sometimes I fly in
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the rain and I didn't get the bad guy today,
and I you know, and so on my last album
Taking It Back, sorry to not promote the new album
on my last album Taking It Back, Superwoman, you got
to listen to it, especially your mama, Like this song
will hate you and you will soab in the shower
listening to it.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
You will love it, Superwoman.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
I can already feel it, just like you're describing it,
Like how I could relate to that?
Speaker 1 (20:10):
So and it starts as like I wanted to do everything.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
I want to sing on stage, I want to buy houses,
and I want to like be the best mom there
is that I can't do it all because I'm only
one person, you know, and it's a lot.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
It's relatable.
Speaker 3 (20:25):
Yeah, just like being a working mom anyway. Yeah, is
it's a tough balance. I'm like, how sick is it
that we have to be like, bye, love of my
life all day, I'm gonna go make a living.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
It's crazy.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
That's why I try to do as much as possible
from home. That's why I love doing the podcast. Here
at looks like it's run up to the.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
Next and they're like, don't worry of zooms all day
at home. I'm like, whoa, And each time Riley can
come in and stay on your lap. Yeah, that's sick
A lot of Yeah, a lot of moms don't get that,
or they have to go back to work, right away.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
I know, it's terrible, very blessed. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Can you describe how you felt when all about the
bass hit number one?
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Oh man?
Speaker 3 (21:11):
I was in Australia. I'll never forget it. I didn't
really understand what was happening, but I cried. I cried
in the airport. I just landed and they told me
the news and I cried, and I called my dad
and my mom. I says number one, and people started
looking at me like I was crazy because I was
like scream crying on the phone.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
They're like, oh no, and I was like, it's number one.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
And I didn't even like I grew up loving music,
but I didn't grow up studying charts and knowing about
like magazines and all the accomplishments you could get as
an artist. I was just like singing on stage and
doing big concerts and being on TV on the war shows,
like that's where you shine, that's like how it works.
I didn't know anything about the charts and learned as
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I was on them, and I was like, WHOA getting
a number one? It's pretty easy, dude, like first song
just and they were like, this does not happen. And
that's what everyone was saying to me every day They're like,
just so you know, this is rare, and I was
like yeah, yeah, whatever.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
And then I never got a number one everyone ever since.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
But yeah that so now looking back, I'm like, oh
my god, I had no idea.
Speaker 1 (22:18):
What was going on. That songs icon it she is something,
she has something else.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
I remember being my family out of all my songs,
was like, this is the one. This is the one
we're gonna go out with, because like I knew I
could write in different genres and duop and that lane
was like fun for me. But I wasn't like, oh,
I'm Megan Trainer, the duop pop star and I'm gonna
change the game like I I was like, ah, sing
(22:44):
it whatever. I was like, I'll write this funny song
that no one will hear, and like I wish this
would play on the radio.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
That's how I wrote it.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
I was like, I wish I heard songs like this,
because at the time it was all EDM love songs
and I was like, I don't really to any of this.
I'm single and sad. And then when I put the
song out, like I did the music video with no
management at the time, Like that's how early I was.
I was still meeting people and I was trying to
sign a deal that was just the song, but they're
(23:14):
like no, no, no, we want five albums. And I
was like, oh me, you don't even know if I'm
good yet, like okay. And then I did the music
video Terrified, and it came out and I remember being
like I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed, so my friends are gonna
see this. Like I was wearing all black, like hoodies,
and then I was like in a dress all of
a sudden, with fake care and a bone and I
(23:35):
was like, this is like a character, right, like this
isn't who I am now, and they're like, yeah, sing
and I was like okay and they tried to they was,
and I was like always lost, but now I found
my way in fashion and comfiness and being cute.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
But I was like embarrassed that my friends would see it.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
And then my older brother was in college and he said, dude,
my friends watched this and they say You're gonna be
so famous, and I.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Was like what. I was like. They then recreate it.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
Then it was like shared everywhere on Facebook and I
saw I got like I was like if anyone sees
it like I win.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
That's it done. I got a record deal. I already won.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
Like in my head, I was like, that's all I
wanted was someone to look at me and say, oh,
you could be a pop star. I was like, really,
for real, that's my dream. And then when the song
started blowing up, I was like, uh, too many people.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
Are watching this like oh yo.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
And then Justin Bieber remixed the song while I was
still living in Nashville, and I was like, it's a rap.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
We gotta go.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
I gotta go to La about it was so famous
all and I called my brother, was like, you got
to drop out of college.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
You need to come with me. I need a roommate.
I can't live out there alone. Like what am I
going to do? And he did that for me. Sounds
a lot more fun, Yeah, more fun in LA. It's great.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
And what was the message you're hoping for your listeners
when they listened to that song?
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (24:56):
With that song I was writing for my young, insecure
set that like, I wanted that to be on the
radio and I never thought it would be so when
it was, it was just too cool.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
And then.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
I noticed when I would do shows that parents would
come up to me first in the meet and greet
and would be like.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
Hey, you're about to meet my kid.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
They wouldn't leave their room until you put out this song,
and I was like, what, Like then this my daughter
was upset until you released the song. And I was like,
this three minute song that took me forty five minutes
to write, I changed her whole life. They're like m hm,
and I was like, got it. And then she showed
up or each kid like I would just hug them
and be like you are so needed and important and
(25:41):
I'm so glad you're here, and like made sure they
knew they were loved and heard, and I saw like
the superpower that I had in that moment. I was like,
oh God, I got to use my powers for good.
And so every time I got in the studio, my
first initial thought is like, how can we write a
self love anthem?
Speaker 1 (26:00):
It's like what I do best.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
It's my bread and butter's because I need it the most,
you know, I need it for myself. A lot of
songs on this new record, Timeless, there's a song called Bestie.
It's like I want to be my bestie. I want
to love myself like that. And another song is like
I'm crushing on me. It's like, oh, I'm crushing on me.
I look good, you know. So I found cute, cool
(26:23):
ways to say love yourself, like what I want people
to write on the mirror. I have another one with
Nissi Nash that says I want to thank me, inspired
by her amazing speech at the Emmys, and I've seen
fans like put notes on their mirror.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
This says, I want to thank me for looking like.
Speaker 3 (26:39):
This, and it's so cute and yeah, it's amazing what you.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
Can do through music and just right how much it
could impact someone.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
It's like for a song, yeah I could do that again.
No prob, that took me a day. Let's do it.
Speaker 1 (26:55):
What's epic?
Speaker 2 (26:57):
And I love that about I always say that as well,
like I feel like it feels like having a superpower,
like having this platform and this fame and being able
to like make people feel so good inside right just
from smiling with them from me in there or just
you with your music.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
Just I don't know.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
I've always been inspired by you, and I think that
you're amazing and you're so kind and sweet and you're beautiful.
Speaker 1 (27:23):
You always inspired by are you.
Speaker 3 (27:24):
You're always there for your fans, dude, You're like your
love for your fans and the relationship y'all have, I'm
like jealous of it, dude. It is above and beyond,
and you like show up and you take pictures forever
and I stand out there and I do that, and
my husband's like, we gotta do and I'm like, I'm
(27:45):
not leaving because I think of you, and I'm like,
Paris will stand out there, Paris will take pics, Paris
will show up and you travel the world for them,
and that's sick.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
I love my little Hilton's means so much people to
do that, Like I I will feel so bad if
I don't get a picture of each person, Like I
need to make sure that everyone.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
They're like, we have to go, We're going to do it.
You literally have a flight waiting. We have to go.
And I'm like, we'll figure it out. Let's go do
a big heart like me. Yeah, you inspire me. We're forever. Yes,
loves it, loves it.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
So in the next episode, we're gonna catch up on
what's going on right now. So stay tuned for the
next episode. If I am Paris, thanks for listening to
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I am parissed.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Hi everyone, I have a very special guest joining me today,
and I am Paris. She's an incredible singer, songwriter, television
personality and one of my close friends. Please welcome Megan
Trainer Mee.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Hi did I start like that?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Hi? Hi? Sis, Hey go hey. I'm loving Crypto. She's
so sweet.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Love you with my little Pomeranian Crypto right now. Yeah,
she loves my nails. Oh yeah, yes, thanks for having me.
Miss you. You have two children now wait wait, I
have two children too.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
I know we're twins. It's so crazy the same, and
I want to I just keep talking. I'm nervous you though.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I love you, I love you, so happy for you.
The kids are so adorable.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Your's two. You're so pretty. Thank you, so pretty, thank you.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
And the best names ever. I really struggle naming my kids,
but you, like knew all along.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
You nailed it. I always know.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Thank you for coming over today. Thanks for having me.
This has been the best day of my life. We
got to do so many fun tiktoks, so much fun.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
So great here.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
This is a different house, though, but it feels exactly
like the other house. It's the same aesthetic and vibe. Yeah,
your style is my style, my dream style. I can't
find all these cool things online, but I hunt and
I look.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
I will teach you everything in your ways.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
I also want to bio hack like you. I finally
got to see the sliving spa. That's what it is, right,
living spa. Yeah, iconic, and I took pictures of everything,
and I need to. I don't have space for that,
but we're going to figure it out. There's a way
to put it all together, like you fountain of youth
(01:52):
and look like this forever. I just want to freeze.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Yes, me too. You've been twenty one for like many years.
You look so good. Thank you. It's crazy. You look
amazing too. Thank you so much. I love your off it.
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
I changed eight times, well, it worked eight times to
be here. I was really upset because I just wanted
something pink and I was like, but not like a
hoodie like I always wear, And I'm gonna hoodie.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I love it. The skirt's so cute.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
She's like me, like knee high boots that are amazing.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Yeah. She was like, what'd you get this? I was like,
I have no idea, and she was like, awesome.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
You don't know fashion yet, but I'm going to learn.
I'll teach you everything. S thank you.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Yes, So we're going to start talking about the past
and all the moments in your life that made you
the icon that you are today.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
My God is crazy.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
So starting with through childhood, when did you first realize
your love for music?
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Oh, I at a very young age. My dad was
a music teacher, like a band teacher, and they would
always play really good music at a house.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
And I had an older dad.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
So my dad was forty three when he started having
babies and my mom was twenty three. Scandal, they're twenty
years apart. So she would play like Madonna and like
Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys and didn't sync with me
and Christina Aguilera. And then my dad would play like
funk and soul and like he'd love James Brown and
(03:23):
Stevie Wonder and sometimes you'd play like really good gospel
songs and big choirs, and I was just like, oh,
this is the best sound ever, this is the best feeling.
We would have a lot of we saw videos of
like family party dance nights of just my mom and
dad and my two brothers, and I where we'd be
(03:44):
like in Pj's and we would just jam our right
before bed. And I can't wait to doe with my
kids someday. And Riley's already like he's like.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
I want to watch a music video. Yeah, And I'm like, what.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Do you always like Beyonce? And I'm like, absolutely you do.
You're a good boy.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
He was good taste, he was great.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
But I showed him your TikTok today and now he
can't stop staring at you. He loves a blonde. He
was like, oh my god, I play it again. And
I was like, not.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Again, We're good. Which TikTok?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
The one with you, the photo shoot, the last one
that you did, the photo shoot of the family.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, and it's playing see a song you guys have fame?
Won't Love You? Is that what it's called? I love it?
And yeah, he just wanted it over and over again.
I love him. Playdates with the cat.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
No, he's not good at sharing right now. Oh really,
We'll give me a minute.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
He's not. He's working on it.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
He's learning how to share, like because his little brother
finally is crawling and he wants to go right to
his toys and he sees him coming for his toys,
so he starts hoarding them all. He grabs them all
and collects him and he goes, Barry, no wanna play
right now? And I was like, yes, he does. He
wants to play, and he's like, blood, I don't want
him to.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
It's like we need to share.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Is he jealous with him?
Speaker 3 (04:59):
He's just it's just the sharing thing. He literally will
hoard all his toys like under a blanket and like,
no one gets to have them. I'm like, you could
play with him. He's like, no, no, they're mine.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
They're mine.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
And I was like literally talking about the point where
I'm like, we don't say mine anymore.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
We say hours. He's like, but it's mine.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
No, that's so fun. It's so cute when you do
it that I can't help but laugh.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
It's great.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Oh, so, tell me about your cover band Island Fusion.
No parents look like band.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
You weren't supposed to vine that I had a family band.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
That was awesome.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
I was like thirteen, I was at my most insecure
cell and I was but I was living my dreams
being a pop star with my auntie, my uncle from Trinidad,
and my dad was on keyboard he would play like
trumpets and everything on there, and then I would play guitar, piano,
bungos that point, the bongos, and I had a brittany mike,
(06:05):
and I was like, what's up, you know, like singing,
and my little brother played bass for us, and our
friend was our drummer, and we rocked the clubs in Nantucket.
We were at Children's Beach, We did the chicken Box.
We were famous, but we weren't and no one showed up,
but it was great.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
My grandma showed up. Tell you what my name.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
I was like eighty up in these clubs, like hey,
it's not even like don't put your club. It's like
a small tiny room with a pretend stage, and like
they're like famous places to go out on Nantucket. So
we felt like royalty. We were like, oh my god,
we made it. And we would sing everything from Soca
and Calypso songs that were popular at the time, or
(06:49):
like big hits that my uncle taught me, so I
also grew up with that genre, which is my favorite.
And then I would be like my pop song, you know,
I'd be like you can't break my heart, you know,
at like sixteen, just writing the worst, like four chords,
and I would have my ukulele or my guitar and
(07:10):
we That's why they called it island fusion, because we
would fuse like pop music and cover songs of like
what's huge on the radio at the moment, with like.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Soka and Calypso songs.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Yeah, we were rocking, man, we were. We were well rehearsed.
But yeah, now I see pictures, I'm like, oh my god,
who let me wear that?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Why? But it was so great.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
My dad always tells me, like, you know, the more
you practice, the better you'll get. And so he was
always like, go out in public and sing because he
knew I wanted it so bad. But I was such
so good at being like a studio rat, like at
home just writing songs. He's like, you need to start
performing and practicing your craft in front of people. So
if we would go to church, you'd be like, it's
Mother's Day, write me a Mother's Day song and go
(07:54):
sing it. I'm like okay, And then like any holiday
on Christmas, he'd be.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Like, Megan, get your guitar, I'm sing for everyone. And
I was like, I'd rather not. Were you really shy?
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (08:05):
I was so shy, like I in school too, like
I didn't. I remember at the school dances, I was
always sitting down for the longest time, like I don't
want to participate, and then it took me to the
end of the night to be like okay, I'll dance
with my friends and had the best time. But or
like changing in the gym at school, I'd go in
the bathrooms and everyone else is like comfortable changing for everyone.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
I was like him shy, you know.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
I was so shy, and that's why I thought I
could never be a pop star and be like Okay,
I was like, how would I ever do a music video?
How would I take pictures? And doing all about that bass?
I was like so afraid. It was just me and
my mom and they were They put me in a corset,
which I didn't existed, and I was like, what what
does this do? And they're like, you're gonna love it,
(08:48):
and then strapped me in put like I've never had
fake lashes on or extensions, and I remember that came out.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Yeah, I'll about that bases video, dude. Now. I look
at him like, oh my god. She was so afraid
and I didn't know.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
I didn't know, makeup when on your eyebrows, Like that's
where I was coming from.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
This little girl from an island.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Dude.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
I was like, what are you doing?
Speaker 3 (09:12):
She's like, I'm doing your brows and I was like,
but why?
Speaker 1 (09:16):
And then I looked at the mirror. I was like, look,
I'm beautiful.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
She's like, you look great, and then I just faked
it till I made it forever every day.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Phil. Now I'm shy too, so I get it right.
A lot of people wouldn't believe that about me, but
I so shy.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
It's and it's all like all the photo shoots and videos,
there's always for some reason, like fifty people there watching
and I'm like, what does that person do? Why is
that one filming on their iPhone? Sending it to their family?
What is it?
Speaker 1 (09:47):
You know? Like I'm always confused at whether so many
people are. I get so shy. And then they're like
dance and sing and I'm.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Like, do you get tied during concerts?
Speaker 1 (10:04):
At first?
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Yeah, And I'm nervous because I'm touring soon Timeless store
check it out sometime in October. Yes, because I haven't
done that in seven years. Wow, Because like COVID put
a stop to everything. And then I I started having
babies and started doing like TV show jobs, and now
we're back here and I have no reason not to.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
And I'm like, oh, so we're bringing the kids.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
And I'm nervous but excited, like I know I'm gonna
get through and it's gonna be great. I'm excited to
sing songs I've never performed before to my fans that
they love already, so like made you look it's gonna
be such a magical moment.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
But uh yeah, I know of it's a wittle.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
I just go out there and I flip a switch,
and I always say, like, prove to everyone why you
deserve to be here.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
That one helps a lot.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
And then my Dad's like, people hear what they see,
so if you look uncomfortable and miserable, they're gonna be
uncomfortable and miserable.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
That's what they're gonna feel. And I'm like, oh so
then I'm like, I love it up. I love it
up here. I'm living the best, let you know.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
And then I trick myself and then I am having
the best time.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
I'm like, well, this is fun.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
It's exhausting, and you're doing like DJ and jumping, like, uh.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
That's so much fun compared to like singing and dancing.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
But I want to dance. They're like, you don't have
to do all this. I'm like, yes, I do.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
I want to.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
I want to dance. I always want to be a dancer.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
You look so cute. I was so cute. Thank you.
I'm gonna cry.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Yeah. It's like like at a young age, I always
wanted to dance. I just didn't do dance lessons. And
I yell at my mom every day. I'm like, why
why didn't we do dance lessons?
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Were doing football?
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Dude? I was playing bongos and I was playing football
with my two brothers. It makes a lot of sense
like that I didn't know what a hair straightener was,
and so sister, like my mom was like so she
was so pretty too, but didn't didn't need a lot
of makeups, so she would She's that mom that's in
the car with three kids slapping on CBS makeup like
(12:05):
like Patner face, like, we're good now I do my makeup,
but I say thank you, yes, do you know how
to do your makeup?
Speaker 1 (12:12):
I'm okay, you're okay.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Yeah. Like back in the day, I used to just
literally be in like the back of a cab, like
going to a club in New York, like teenagers, like
taking the black eye shadow and just snearing it all over.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
And now it's like.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
That hot like Smoky Cat I that everyone wears yep,
So yeah, I can do a Smoky Cat.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
I like, I'll never be able to do my hair though,
ye ha, it's so hard and there's the back, yeah,
my clippings, it's too hard.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
I've no hair. Sam.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
So in your early career, you wrote songs for a
lot of amazing artists, including Hunter Hayes, Rascal Flats, Sabrina Carpenter.
What did you like about writing songs for other artists.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
A lot of people don't know that I wrote sophena
Carfrin's first song on Disney. It was so cute. I
love those like memories that I get to have now
and I get to see superstars like her blow up
and be like I had a song with her once,
you know, it's like the biggest honor.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
It's so cool.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
And Rascal Flats, I have so many memories of listening to.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
My wish by them that.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
It was just I cried when I heard that they
were going to sing my song. I wrote it with
Shay from Dan and Shay, and he sounds just like them,
So that's I'm always like, that's why we got the cut.
Like the songs weren't even that good. That voice was
that good and they heard it and then I was like, oh,
these songs are good, but yeah that it's like a
dream come true. And then as soon as I heard
you were doing music, I was like, please, I will
(13:48):
do whatever it takes. I sent like fifteen songs. I
was like, please, let me write with her, let me
do something. That's my dream too. Now we are doing
a song I it will never make sense to me, yes,
but yeah, that's my dream.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
And I hope to do more of that.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
Like once this album's out and I do the tour,
my dream is my plan is to come back and
start doing sessions like I'm trying to do a session
with Rita Aura. I love her so much, she's so
much superstar. I love Zara Larson can Patress. I got
this stew with her. She's so good.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
She's the best.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
She's killing it though I can't do her awesome pop
though that she's doing right now. She's she's the pro
writing those songs.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
It's so good. Yeah. I love the songs that he
wrote me.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
I was like as soon as I got them, I
was just like, oh my god, these are epic and
they cannot get them out of your mind.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Yeah. So I was like, as a Paris Hilton super fan,
like what do I want, Paris?
Speaker 1 (14:45):
What do I want to hear her sing right now?
To put out? And I was like this song and
this song and this song.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
I was like, I got them, and that Chasing song
was so special that like people have wanted to cut
it and the producers wanted to pitch it for so
many for a couple of years now, and I'm like, no,
it needs to have the best home or I'm not
giving it away, Like that's my baby. And then I
was like, Paris, thank you for giving me your baby.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
You can have all my babies. Have the boys? Yes,
speaking of babies, do you want to have any more? Yes?
Speaker 3 (15:20):
I want two more girls. Oh wow, how's a daughter?
You got both?
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I love it. It's just they're so cute together. They're
so close in age, so they're like growing up together.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
And I know I want that dear all year that
they're so close in age.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
How close. Are they like not two months apart?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
I was like, wow, one is sixteen months and one
is six months, so ten months.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Oh my god, that's cute.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
My brother and I were a year and five days
apart and it was really hard at first, but then
he's my best friend. He like live with me till
he was thirty one. Yes, just moved out, but nah,
we had a deal. Yeah, so they'll we best friends forever.
But yeah, I'm my kids right now are two years apart,
and I want a daughter, two daughters, And Darryl's like,
(16:08):
can we wait until Barry's at least three?
Speaker 1 (16:10):
And I'm like three years apart.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
No, I want to get out of the diaper phrase
that we can all go to Disney, like I wanna.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
I want to pack up the car, get a van
like the sprinter. I want to travel with them.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
That's the other thing too, Like they're if I do
travel trips, like I'm sure you do all the time.
They're like, it's too short of a trip to just
drag this baby there and torture them and bring them back.
And I'm like, so I just don't get to see
my kids, like oh no, And I.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
Agree, like that's a lot on a baby.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
So then I go, Okay, I'll pass on this one
and I'll pass on the next one. And then I'm like,
I'm not seeing them a lot, you.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Know, Yeah, so it's so important to try and do that.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
I tell them like, I won't go one more than
one week without seeing them, Like figure it out.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
So hard, dude, I hate it.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
And then my husband used to like stay home on
those trips, so then I didn't get to see my
husband or my kids, and I'd be facetiming him and
I was like it's too soul crushing, like it's too
much for me. And so now he comes on the
trips with me. I'm like, if I don't go to
see the kids, notither do you?
Speaker 1 (17:13):
So and now I.
Speaker 3 (17:15):
Can have like romantic time with him, but it's still
so brutal.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
For face time as well. No, you think they didn't
have FaceTime back then.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
I know.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
I'm like, I'll call you as soon as I get
in the car.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
And he loves it. Riley loves it. So you feel
like you're together almost, yeah, and.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
He goes where are you in?
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Like, like, where are you I'm in a car, I'm
all my way to work.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
Does he know what you do for a living.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
He goes like, are you going on TV? And I'm like,
not today, but probably tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
And then he.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
Or he was like, you singing dance on stage and
everyone say yay to you? Like yep, everyone say yay
to me. He's so cute. I don't know if it.
I think he thinks every mama has a music video
on YouTube, you know, or like our wedding videos on
YouTube as well, and he's like, watch mom and dad
get married. And I'm like, okay, Like how sick is
(18:10):
this dude? And then my mom was like, when you're grandma,
you could be like look at Grandma, look at Grandma's video,
Like okay, she was.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
I'm like, that's bizarre, killed sick. Can you share a
story you had one of your favorite songs that you've
ever written. I got to send you this song. Oh
there's too many, I like, hmm.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
To the Moon is like, I'm most proud of that
song right now, like top to bottom pop song, creative
and unique and special and simple enough you could learn
it in one take.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
But I'm just really proud of her.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
I'd give her any plus plus yes, but proud of
a song I did a song with Dan Wilson, who
did never Mind out some Life Yeah, and I went
I walked in and was like, you're my bad right,
and he's like, yeah, I'm the valid guy. And I
was like, I have this idea Superwoman where everyone interviews
me and they're like, how are you so happy and
(19:09):
body confident and can do everything?
Speaker 1 (19:12):
Like you're a mom, you're a superstar, You're on TV.
How do you did it? And I'm like, well I am.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
He posts the great you know, I'm not posting like
some nights if I'm crying or like the hard times,
I'm not like chock it out.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
You know.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
I'm not good at posting that stuff. And I don't
want to remember those moments, you know. So I wanted
to tell him, like, I want to write a song
called Superwoman about how everyone calls me a superwoman and sure,
I'm superwoman and I'm doing something amazing, but sometimes I
have a bad day at work. Sometimes I fly in
(19:46):
the rain and I didn't get the bad guy today,
and I you know, and so on my last album
Taking It Back, sorry to not promote the new album
on my last album Taking It Back, Superwoman, you got
to listen to it, especially your mama, Like this song
will hate you and you will soab in the shower
listening to it.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
You will love it, Superwoman.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
I can already feel it, just like you're describing it,
Like how I could relate to that?
Speaker 1 (20:10):
So and it starts as like I wanted to do everything.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
I want to sing on stage, I want to buy houses,
and I want to like be the best mom there
is that I can't do it all because I'm only
one person, you know, and it's a lot.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
It's relatable.
Speaker 3 (20:25):
Yeah, just like being a working mom anyway. Yeah, is
it's a tough balance. I'm like, how sick is it
that we have to be like, bye, love of my
life all day, I'm gonna go make a living.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
It's crazy.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
That's why I try to do as much as possible
from home. That's why I love doing the podcast. Here
at looks like it's run up to the.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
Next and they're like, don't worry of zooms all day
at home. I'm like, whoa, And each time Riley can
come in and stay on your lap. Yeah, that's sick
A lot of Yeah, a lot of moms don't get that,
or they have to go back to work, right away.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
I know, it's terrible, very blessed. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Can you describe how you felt when all about the
bass hit number one?
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Oh man?
Speaker 3 (21:11):
I was in Australia. I'll never forget it. I didn't
really understand what was happening, but I cried. I cried
in the airport. I just landed and they told me
the news and I cried, and I called my dad
and my mom. I says number one, and people started
looking at me like I was crazy because I was
like scream crying on the phone.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
They're like, oh no, and I was like, it's number one.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
And I didn't even like I grew up loving music,
but I didn't grow up studying charts and knowing about
like magazines and all the accomplishments you could get as
an artist. I was just like singing on stage and
doing big concerts and being on TV on the war shows,
like that's where you shine, that's like how it works.
I didn't know anything about the charts and learned as
(21:55):
I was on them, and I was like, WHOA getting
a number one? It's pretty easy, dude, like first song
just and they were like, this does not happen. And
that's what everyone was saying to me every day They're like,
just so you know, this is rare, and I was
like yeah, yeah, whatever.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
And then I never got a number one everyone ever since.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
But yeah that so now looking back, I'm like, oh
my god, I had no idea.
Speaker 1 (22:18):
What was going on. That songs icon it she is something,
she has something else.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
I remember being my family out of all my songs,
was like, this is the one. This is the one
we're gonna go out with, because like I knew I
could write in different genres and duop and that lane
was like fun for me. But I wasn't like, oh,
I'm Megan Trainer, the duop pop star and I'm gonna
change the game like I I was like, ah, sing
(22:44):
it whatever. I was like, I'll write this funny song
that no one will hear, and like I wish this
would play on the radio.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
That's how I wrote it.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
I was like, I wish I heard songs like this,
because at the time it was all EDM love songs
and I was like, I don't really to any of this.
I'm single and sad. And then when I put the
song out, like I did the music video with no
management at the time, Like that's how early I was.
I was still meeting people and I was trying to
sign a deal that was just the song, but they're
(23:14):
like no, no, no, we want five albums. And I
was like, oh me, you don't even know if I'm
good yet, like okay. And then I did the music
video Terrified, and it came out and I remember being
like I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed, so my friends are gonna
see this. Like I was wearing all black, like hoodies,
and then I was like in a dress all of
a sudden, with fake care and a bone and I
(23:35):
was like, this is like a character, right, like this
isn't who I am now, and they're like, yeah, sing
and I was like okay and they tried to they was,
and I was like always lost, but now I found
my way in fashion and comfiness and being cute.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
But I was like embarrassed that my friends would see it.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
And then my older brother was in college and he said, dude,
my friends watched this and they say You're gonna be
so famous, and I.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Was like what. I was like. They then recreate it.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
Then it was like shared everywhere on Facebook and I
saw I got like I was like if anyone sees
it like I win.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
That's it done. I got a record deal. I already won.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
Like in my head, I was like, that's all I
wanted was someone to look at me and say, oh,
you could be a pop star. I was like, really,
for real, that's my dream. And then when the song
started blowing up, I was like, uh, too many people.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
Are watching this like oh yo.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
And then Justin Bieber remixed the song while I was
still living in Nashville, and I was like, it's a rap.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
We gotta go.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
I gotta go to La about it was so famous
all and I called my brother, was like, you got
to drop out of college.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
You need to come with me. I need a roommate.
I can't live out there alone. Like what am I
going to do? And he did that for me. Sounds
a lot more fun, Yeah, more fun in LA. It's great.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
And what was the message you're hoping for your listeners
when they listened to that song?
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (24:56):
With that song I was writing for my young, insecure
set that like, I wanted that to be on the
radio and I never thought it would be so when
it was, it was just too cool.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
And then.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
I noticed when I would do shows that parents would
come up to me first in the meet and greet
and would be like.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
Hey, you're about to meet my kid.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
They wouldn't leave their room until you put out this song,
and I was like, what, Like then this my daughter
was upset until you released the song. And I was like,
this three minute song that took me forty five minutes
to write, I changed her whole life. They're like m hm,
and I was like, got it. And then she showed
up or each kid like I would just hug them
and be like you are so needed and important and
(25:41):
I'm so glad you're here, and like made sure they
knew they were loved and heard, and I saw like
the superpower that I had in that moment. I was like,
oh God, I got to use my powers for good.
And so every time I got in the studio, my
first initial thought is like, how can we write a
self love anthem?
Speaker 1 (26:00):
It's like what I do best.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
It's my bread and butter's because I need it the most,
you know, I need it for myself. A lot of
songs on this new record, Timeless, there's a song called Bestie.
It's like I want to be my bestie. I want
to love myself like that. And another song is like
I'm crushing on me. It's like, oh, I'm crushing on me.
I look good, you know. So I found cute, cool
(26:23):
ways to say love yourself, like what I want people
to write on the mirror. I have another one with
Nissi Nash that says I want to thank me, inspired
by her amazing speech at the Emmys, and I've seen
fans like put notes on their mirror.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
This says, I want to thank me for looking like.
Speaker 3 (26:39):
This, and it's so cute and yeah, it's amazing what you.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
Can do through music and just right how much it
could impact someone.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
It's like for a song, yeah I could do that again.
No prob, that took me a day. Let's do it.
Speaker 1 (26:55):
What's epic?
Speaker 2 (26:57):
And I love that about I always say that as well,
like I feel like it feels like having a superpower,
like having this platform and this fame and being able
to like make people feel so good inside right just
from smiling with them from me in there or just
you with your music.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
Just I don't know.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
I've always been inspired by you, and I think that
you're amazing and you're so kind and sweet and you're beautiful.
Speaker 1 (27:23):
You always inspired by are you.
Speaker 3 (27:24):
You're always there for your fans, dude, You're like your
love for your fans and the relationship y'all have, I'm
like jealous of it, dude. It is above and beyond,
and you like show up and you take pictures forever
and I stand out there and I do that, and
my husband's like, we gotta do and I'm like, I'm
(27:45):
not leaving because I think of you, and I'm like,
Paris will stand out there, Paris will take pics, Paris
will show up and you travel the world for them,
and that's sick.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
I love my little Hilton's means so much people to
do that, Like I I will feel so bad if
I don't get a picture of each person, Like I
need to make sure that everyone.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
They're like, we have to go, We're going to do it.
You literally have a flight waiting. We have to go.
And I'm like, we'll figure it out. Let's go do
a big heart like me. Yeah, you inspire me. We're forever. Yes,
loves it, loves it.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
So in the next episode, we're gonna catch up on
what's going on right now. So stay tuned for the
next episode. If I am Paris, thanks for listening to
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