I was going over the dance moves in my head, she says.
They loved it, I loved it, so I cant wait.
Not waiting around is kind of Trainors thing these days.
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We have an extra ukulele on the road so I can always be writing, she says.
Every time I take the day off Im writing.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Choreography has been a much bigger part of your live show with this album.
How has it been incorporating that into your performances?
I was too self conscious about my dance moves.
Its all my pop star dreams come true.
And now I get to.
When I was really young.
And then middle school came, the awkward phase in your life.
Thats when I stopped.
Do you have a squad of dancers with you on stage?
Weve got four girls, and theyre actually some of my best friends in L.A., which is nice.
One of them has been with me for every show since All About That Bass.
Two of them were in the video.
I wanted to tour with people I knew and were comfortable with.
How did you go about putting your setlist together?
We had two weeks to put together this show.
I was in Germany doing radio shows and was nervous about getting everything ready.
I had a long ride to my show and was like, You know what?
Im going to make my setlist right now!
I emailed it to everyone like, This is my dream setlist, lets attempt to make this real.
We kept all the songs I picked, but we changed the arrangements and where they should go.
Its pretty cool to see it come to life.
Are you remixing or rearranging your older material for the show?
Yeah, Baz [Halpin], whos an amazing creative director, brought in his whole team.
Dont reproduce it, but add some love to it!
He did exactly that.
Does that make you more excited about performing your older material?
Its so funny you said that.
They thought that was the best compliment.
Tell me about the costumes what will you be wearing?
Right now Im wearing a robe!
The outfits are the hardest parts for me.
I got the music down, I got two new horn players, whom I love.
Visually, they killed it I finally have a real screen were working with.
But outfits came last.
Were still building them in fact.
Im pretty positive my boots dont fit, and were trying to make them work.
But I love that everyone heard me out when I said Ive got to be comfortable.
Im not wearing a corset.
Ill put some Spanx on, but I aint gonna break my ribs.
Nobody needs to be seeingthat.
When I met my stylist, I warned him: Hey man, Im not like other pop stars.
I dont want to wear a bikini on stage.
I want long sleeves.
I know its summer, but I just have to be comfortable.
You had plans to play several instruments on this tour, including the trumpet.
Whats it like juggling all that?
I wanted to, man, I tried.
There was one week to realistically get the band ready with me.
I had this whole visual planned.
And then I was like, Let me play the piano then.
There were just too many technical things, but at least I have my ukulele.
I have my trumpet on the road, so I told them Im going to start practicing.
What can you not leave home without for this tour?
He almost didnt come on this tour because Ive been working him to death.
Hes been filming my life and making all my Instagram videos.
Hes up all night working his butt off.
I was like, You dont have to tour if you dont want to.
And he was like, No, I do!
I said, Good, because if you werent there, Id probably cry every day.
Hes also my DJ.
I was like, Ryan, thats all you, bro, hook it up!
He was up till 3 a.m. making it for me.
I wanted a mix of everything, because I know my fans range from 4-year-olds to 70-year-olds.
Youll hear T-Pain, and then youll hear Get Down on It [by Kool & the Gang].
You cut your last tour short after a vocal cord hemorrhage.
Are you doing anything special to take care of your voice?
I dont know how much I believe in all that stuff, but Im doing it just in case.
Ive got two humidifiers next to my bed.
I do 40 minutes of vocal warm-ups.
We try not to talk for the first two hours of the day.
We have all our throat sprays on the stage.
And I drink a lot of water.
What are your plans for your downtime?
We have an extra ukulele on the road so I can always be writing just in case.
Usually I have a studio set-up, but theres no time.
Ive got to make time.
I talked to Ryan Tedder about that.
He was like, Youve got to make time.
And Im like, We should write, shouldnt we?
Theyre like, No, no, no, youre going tostopworking.
Im like, Okay…maybe.
Every time I take the day off Im writing.
What are your pre-show rituals?
Im going to be comfy!
I always like to give my fist-pound to everyone around me in that moment.
