I’ve never had more screams! It made me feel so confident, and like a queen.
It was just so magical because my setlist was one of the best I’ve ever had: I threw in “Dancing Queen” by ABBA, and that really got the crowd going, and I performed “Can’t Dance” for the first time and did this amazing dance with it (laughs).Īnd the big reveal was my booty! My butt was out and about, and the only audience I would be comfortable showing off my body and my ass for is my LGBTQ community because they accept and love me for who I am. It felt like a birthday that I’ll never forget. This one was really special on many different levels. Pride last year during the 50th anniversary of Stonewall standout from other Prides you’ve performed at? I love being in a place where it’s fully accepted, and I keep saying this in every interview, but my entire team is gay.
(The LGBTQ community) wasn’t as big as it is in Los Angeles, obviously. Now he dresses like a girl sometimes and he’s the prettiest woman ever. I knew one friend that came out, but he came out when I moved away, so I never got to celebrate it with him. (Laughs.) A lot of people weren’t coming out in high school back in Nantucket that I knew of. I was so new and so not famous.ĭid you have this many queer fans as a kid growing up in Nantucket? I did that and a gay club in Florida, I think, in the early, early days and I remember that was the night this father yelled out, “You saved my daughter’s life,” and that has been with me ever since, because that’s not something you hear every day. It was, like, 9,000 people on this big lawn and just the coolest thing ever. I had no fans, I was so new, and they made me feel like a superstar. (That Pride) Atlanta show (in 2014), I’ll never forget it. When were you first aware of your LGBTQ fanbase? In fact, she got so much off her chest during our phone calls that at the end of our second one she raved, “Such great therapy!” It’s also all about that time Sam Smith – yes, that Sam Smith – slipped Meghan Trainor some singles so she could tip some Meghan Trainor drag queens.īecause even before Trainor captured adoration from the Grammy voting academy, who named her Best New Artist in 2016, the 26-year-old pop star had arguably already won an artist’s most valuable asset: the LGBTQ community’s enduring affection.īefore dropping her third full-length, “Treat Myself,” Trainor rang to talk about the LGBTQ community’s influence on her new body-positive mentality, lesbians who want to go down on her for a very specific amount of time, and finally being old enough to go to the gay bars that play her songs. It’s not necessarily all about that bass.