Grammy winner and pop star Meghan Trainor says her life didn’t end after having her children. In fact, her boys Riley, 3, and Barry, 1, were the biggest inspiration for her newest album “Timeless.” The two are currently on the road with Trainor for the “Timeless” tour and will be there when she performs at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre on Oct.
2. “Yes, life is all about them now, but also it's about making the best version of me for them, so I can take care of them the best I can,” Trainor says. Trainor released the deluxe version of her album “Timeless” in August.
The album draws on her experiences as a new mother and wife, who is also juggling stardom. It celebrates Trainor’s musical influences with hints of bebop, funk and R&B shining through her pop-forward, bubbly lyricism. Her song “Criminals” is currently going viral as the theme song on the Netflix miniseries “The Perfect Couple.
” Although Trainor wrote the song six years ago, she’s happy it’s finally having its moment in the spotlight. She started working on the other songs for “Timeless” about a year ago, 11 days after having a C-section with her youngest, Barry. Looking back on the album’s creative process, Trainor says her kids both influenced her new music and helped her decide which songs would make the album cut.
During bath time, Trainor would sing her new songs to her sons to see which ones they gravitated toward. If they remembered the song after she sang the second .
