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" If you&amp;#039;ve been paying attention to what&amp;#039;s trending on Spotify or iTunes lately, then you know it&amp;#039;s all about Meghan Trainor and her bass right now. This majorly talented up-and-comer is topping the music charts with her hit &amp;quot;All About That Bass.&amp;quot; The track&amp;#039;s fun, fresh sound and body-positive message makes it the ultimate girl power jam. Here, Meghan shares how she overcame insecurities and found the confidence to go after her dreams.  Believe you&amp;#039;re good enough now It&amp;#039;s easy to push things off because you don&amp;#039;t feel enough. For Meghan, she didn&amp;#039;t think she could be a popstar until she looked a certain way. &amp;quot;I was always like &amp;#039;Well, when I&amp;#039;m 25, I&amp;#039;ll get skinny and perfect,&amp;#039;&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;I never thought I could do it because I didn&amp;#039;t look like Rihanna.&amp;quot; So she stayed behind-the-scenes and wrote music for other artists instead, but when she wrote &amp;quot;All About That Bass&amp;quot; came about, everyone told her it had to be her song, not just the one she wrote for someone else. &amp;quot;[Record producer L.A. Reid] told me I had the look now. They said, &amp;#039;you are the popstar&amp;#039; and that gave me the confidence to do it.&amp;quot; Go for it After record producer L.A. Reid fell in love with &amp;quot;All About That Bass,&amp;quot; Meghan was asked to perform it in front of him. Um, cue the butterflies! But Meghan handled it like a champ. &amp;quot;All I had with me was my [ukulele], so I sat in a hotel and learned it, and when I played it for them, they liked it,&amp;quot; she said.  Don&amp;#039;t doubt yourself In high school, sometimes the voice inside Meghan&amp;#039;s head was worse than any hater. &amp;quot;I used to be miserable in high school, but I should have looked in the mirror every day and said &amp;#039;you look so cute today,&amp;#039;&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;It was all in my brain. I was like &amp;#039;I know [girls at my high school] hate me,&amp;#039; but they probably weren&amp;#039;t even thinking about me.&amp;quot;  Find your support system Sometimes you&amp;#039;ve gotta get a little help from your girls. Meghan&amp;#039;s friends knew how amazing she was before she realized it herself. &amp;quot;My friends told me that I should be a singer way before I wrote this song,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I was like, &amp;#039;I don&amp;#039;t know, I&amp;#039;m going to do songwriting,&amp;#039; and they told me I should do this and give people confidence.&amp;quot;  Know how you deserve to be treated Except more girl power anthems from the &amp;quot;All About That Bass&amp;quot; singer. She&amp;#039;s got more inspiring hits in the works. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s one called &amp;#039;Dear Future Husband,&amp;#039; which is about a list a guy should have if he wants to marry you or call you his girlfriend,&amp;quot; Meghan said. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s like, &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m awesome, why would you not want to marry me and date me?&amp;#039;&amp;quot;  What tracks inspire you? Tell us in the comments! MORE: What&amp;#039;s Your Girl Power Anthem? 10 Super Inspiring Reasons To Follow Keke Palmer On Twitter Right Now Cimorelli&amp;#039;s Inspiring Advice On Loving Who You Are! Photo Credit: Epic Publicity "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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