Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletterA lot of people got Meghan Trainor all wrong. A 2020 interview with The Independent noted how the bona fide pop phenomenon had become a byword for “a certain kind of pop star, an image of ditsiness”. Yet there’s an assertiveness behind the sincerity; a knowing, ironic wink. That might be key to her endurance.When she bopped onto the charts in 2015 with “All About That Bass” – a doo-wop-influenced celebration of body confidence – Trainor was dismissed as a one-hit wonder. But since then she’s scooped a Grammy award and released five albums, including this year’s Takin’ It Back and its inescapable single “Made You Look”. If you haven’t seen the official music video, you might have seen actors Penn Badgley and Kevin Bacon attempting its signature dance routine on TikTok. It feels naive now to ever have counted her out.
In person, Trainor is delightfully candid. For this “day in the life” feature, she spoke about her life at home with husband Daryl Sabara (of Spy Kids fame) and baby son Riley, along with her feelings about how the media has changed since she first launched her career.Every morning, I wake up with my husband. He wakes me up by kissing my face which is so sweet because most nights I have a nightmare. Then we rush to get our clothes on and brush our teeth… so we can go get our boy Riley, who we can hear in the monitor going “dada… mama”. He’s extra adorable in the morning… am I supposed to tell you this? Detail? OK, and then we change his diaper and get him dressed in his outfit for the day. Next, we go downstairs and Daryl makes breakfast for all of us, this healthy oatmeal that we love. He makes the same for me that he does for Riley, and we sit at this little table where I feed Riley while Daryl makes coffee. Then I feed the dogs – I have four dogs. And that’s our mornings!
We live in Los Angeles. We moved to this new house while I was pregnant and it’s been under a lot of construction, which has been crazy. It was a lot of space but it was all old and spooky and had mould in it, so we had to rebuild, which took forever. But when we look at our house now it’s like – wow, we created this! Every morning we get this awesome view and we admire all of the work that we have been doing. Having construction every day for years is hard but it’s worth it – our kids are gonna grow up in this beautiful home. I want four children, so we’re really building it for them. My favourite part of the house is probably that dining area, at my little boy’s table. It’s so cute, because we get to look out at the view, I can see my husband in the kitchen… it’s great.
Heck yeah, the Christmas tree’s up already! It would have been up earlier but I got a seven-footer and it wasn’t big enough, so I got a nine-footer and put the other one in my bedroom. I got married on my birthday (22 December), I love December! You know how you hype up your birthday, and if you have a lame one you cry? So now it can’t be lame, because it’s also my wedding anniversary, and if all else fails at least I’m in love with my husband.
Daryl is good at cooking my special meals and popcorn. There’s a certain way I like it that he’s mastered. I’m not a great chef but I know yummy meals that I like, so I’ll make snacks and stuff. We’re both… not the best at cooking. And in the evenings, we’re on the couch watching TV. I finally got him to watch The Following, and Dateline… true crime is my s***.
We freaked out when Penn Badgley did the dance to “Made You Look”, because we love the show YOU. Also Kevin Bacon and his daughter, Sosie, they did the dance and sent it to a friend of mine, and then they posted it and I was screaming and freaking out. Also Rosie O’Donnell used it for one of her TikToks and I was over the moon, because I love her. The TikTok dance basically became the official dance for the song, and it was because of two girls from the UK – Brookie and Jessie. They are amazing. I was really hoping someone would make a dance and then I saw theirs and thought they looked so cool. I will never look as cool as them, but I tried pretty hard!
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