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"Been Like This"
A blue-tinted image of a blond woman and a man in a hat with their hands intertwined. The text "Meghan Trainor T-Pain" stands above them and "Been Like This" below them.
Single by Meghan Trainor and T-Pain
from the album Timeless
ReleasedMarch 14, 2024 (2024-03-14)
GenreDoo-wop
Length2:25
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Gian Stone
  • Grant Boutin
Meghan Trainor singles chronology
"Wrap Me Up"
(2023) 		"Been Like This"
(2024)
T-Pain singles chronology
"Biggest Booty"
(2024) 		"Been Like This"
(2024)
Music video
"Been Like This" on YouTube

"Been Like This" is a song by American singer-songwriters Meghan Trainor and T-Pain. Written alongside Kurt Thum, Trainor's brother Ryan, and producers Gian Stone and Grant Boutin, the song was released by Epic Records on March 14, 2024 as the lead single from her upcoming sixth major-label studio album Timeless. With a doo‑wop sound, Trainor sings positively about herself and then T-Pain provides a verse.

Background

After rising to mainstream popularity, Meghan Trainor cited T-Pain as one of her biggest influences in a 2014 interview: "Everything is upbeat and happy; there's no ballads and it's catchy".[1] After Trainor's popularity waned in the lead-up to the release of her third major-label studio album, Treat Myself (2020),[2] she decided to return to the doo-wop sound of her song "Title" (2014) with her fifth major-label studio album, Takin' It Back (2022).[3] The album included the single "Made You Look", which went viral on TikTok.[4][5] It became Trainor's first song since 2016 to enter the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100[6] and reached the top 10 in several other countries.[7][8][9]

Trainor had been a fan of T-Pain for years, which he reciprocated. T-Pain began seeking out the help of her husband, Daryl Sabara, and her manager, to bring about a meeting in 2023: "I worked with Meghan's husband and manager for months trying to surprise her for her birthday."[10] Subsequently, Trainor wrote the song "Been Like This" with Faheem Najm, Kurt Thum, her brother Ryan, and its producers, Gian Stone and Grant Boutin.[11] T-Pain described the song as "the collab you never knew you wanted but needed" and further reflected on its creation: "I think we came together in a way that's a perfect mesh of styles that will get everybody ready for us to work together again real soon."[12] After teasing her upcoming sixth major-label studio album, Timeless (2024), in the lead-up to 2024, Trainor and T-Pain released "Been Like This" as a single on March 14, 2024.[13][14] Sony Music serviced the song for radio airplay in Italy on March 22.[15]

Composition

"Been Like This" is two minutes and 25 seconds long.[16] Stone and Boutin produced the song and provided background vocals, and they programmed it with Thum. Trainor's brother Justin handled engineering. Tom Norris mixed the song, and Randy Merrill mastered it.[17]

"Been Like This" begins with a jazz-influenced intro, which is contrasted by a "trumpet counter melody" through the rest of the song.[18] According to Uproxx's Derrick Rossignol, the song "brings vintage doo-wop sounds to present day in a poppy and fun way".[19]

In the lyrics of "Been Like This", Trainor compliments herself and asserts her confidence: "She's cute and she's classy, thick, bold and sassy/ She knows what she do when she moves". T-Pain rap sings the second verse included in the song.[18]

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from Spotify's metadata and YouTube.[11][17]

  • Gian Stone – producer, songwriter, programming, background vocals
  • Grant Boutin – producer, songwriter, programming, background vocals
  • Meghan Trainor – songwriter
  • Faheem Najm – songwriter
  • Kurt Thum – songwriter, programming
  • Ryan Trainor – songwriter
  • Justin Trainor – engineer
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Tom Norris – mixing

Charts

Chart performance for "Been Like This"
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA)[20] 29
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan)[21] 20
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[22] 3
South Korea Download (Circle)[23] 175
UK Singles (OCC)[24] 60
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[25] 32
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[26] 38

Release history

Release dates and format(s) for "Been Like This"
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various March 14, 2024
Epic [14]
Italy March 22, 2024 Radio airplay Sony [15]

References

  1. ^ Lambe, Stacy (September 10, 2014). "Meghan Trainor Is 'All About that Bass,' T-Pain & Drunk Texting". Out. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  2. ^ Maheshwari, Sapna (June 24, 2023). "TikTok Is Our DJ Now. It's Playing a Lot of Meghan Trainor". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 24, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  3. ^ Jones, Brian (May 12, 2022). "Meghan Trainor Reveals How She's Taking It Back for Upcoming Album". PopCulture.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  4. ^ Lipshutz, Jason (November 2, 2022). "Trending Up: Rihanna and Meghan Trainor Make Two Very Different Pop Comebacks". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  5. ^ Wert, Nicole (November 10, 2022). "Meghan Trainor 'Forces' Her Brother to Do TikTok Trend to Her Song". Parade. Archived from the original on November 26, 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  6. ^ "Meghan Trainor Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  7. ^ Griffiths, George (November 6, 2022). "Taylor Swift on Track for Third Week at Number 1 with 'Anti-Hero'". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  8. ^ "Meghan Trainor – Made You Look". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  9. ^ "Meghan Trainor – Made You Look". Top 40 Singles. Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  10. ^ Irvin, Jack (March 14, 2024). "Meghan Trainor Announces New Album Timeless and Tour with Natasha Bedingfield, Chris Olsen and More". People. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "'Been Like This' - Single by Meghan Trainor, T-Pain". Spotify. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  12. ^ Mier, Tomás (March 14, 2024). "Meghan Trainor Announces Timeless Album and First Tour in 7 Years". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  13. ^ "Meghan Trainor on Instagram". Instagram. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  14. ^ a b White, Logan (March 14, 2024). "Meghan Trainor Announces Album + Tour; Shares 'Been Like This'". Substream Magazine. Archived from the original on March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  15. ^ a b Micaletto, Ylenia. "Meghan Trainor 'Been Like This'" (Press release) (in Italian). Radio Airplay SRL. Retrieved March 16, 2024.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "'Been Like This' — Single by Meghan Trainor & T-Pain". Apple Music (US). Retrieved March 16, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ a b "'Been Like This'". Meghan Trainor. March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2024 – via YouTube.
  18. ^ a b Dailey, Hannah (March 14, 2024). "Meghan Trainor Announces New Album Timeless & North American Tour". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  19. ^ Rossignol, Derrick (March 14, 2024). "Meghan Trainor Launches Her Upcoming Album Timeless with the T-Pain Collab 'Been Like This'". Uproxx. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  20. ^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 25 March 2024". The ARIA Report. No. 1777. Australian Recording Industry Association. March 25, 2024. p. 9.
  21. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of March 27, 2024". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  22. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. March 25, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  23. ^ "Download Chart – Week 12 of 2024". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  24. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  25. ^ "Meghan Trainor Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  26. ^ "Meghan Trainor Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
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