Finally!!! The day has come where Meghan’s sophomore album, Thank You has finally come! I got to listen to the whole thing for the first time to today and I’m pretty impressed. I love the little ukulele tunes and the really catchy ones as well. There was this event I was invited to by Vevo last Friday to see Meghan perform new songs from her album (that haven’t been released yet at the time) on Monday, May 9th. My Mom had let me take a day off of school to go to the city with her to see her. She was an absolute gem in person. We even got to meet her afterwards and see her walk into the recording studio with her parents and crew!

During the event, she played ukulele and sang three songs acoustically, Hopeless Romantic, Just a Friend To You and NO. They were all great and the best part is, you don’t really get to appreciate an artist unless you see them up close and person in an intimate setting. And all the fans were so lovely to talk too, really. One of the nicest fandoms to be honest.

But anyways, back to the album. I have loved the album since the start with the release of a few singles, NO, Watch Me Do, Me Too, Better, Mom etc, etc. Just hearing these new songs, I wasn’t really sure what to expect with this new album. All I knew was that it was going to be really catchy and insanely amazing. What I love the most is when I heard those acoustic songs of Hopeless Romantic and Just a Friend To You and the exactly the same as the studio version. This morning, I checked to see if they sounded the same as I heard them and they were! I was so impressed and so in love with those songs especially since they both relate to me so much at the moment. Even heard a little violin in one of the songs which was a lovely twist to when I heard the studio version. Everything always sounds so better acoustically and in person because you get to appreciate it more and listen to the lyrics.

From really catchy, to acoustic with ukulele with violins, to slow piano songs and back to catchy, this is everything you could ever want in an album. One of my favorite lyrics is “Meghan says… touch your toes… Oh wait, I can’t touch my toes.” during the song, Dance Like Yo Daddy because I can’t touch my toes either so that made me laugh when I was listening to the song.

Some of my favorite songs are Woman Up, NO, Hopeless Romantic, Just A Friend To You and MOM. Another thing that I love about this album is that she has written a song about her Mom, which most artists don’t tend to do and have much meaning to their music. One of the only other artist that wrote about their Mom is Taylor Swift. But that song could relate to so much meaning who love their Mom’s as much as Meghan sings in the song and its very touching and her Mom is even featured in it! Which I thought was a cute, little twist.

Another song which is I Love Me, is another empowering song for girls because it basically states to love yourself and not care what anyone else things, which is one of the things that Meghan stands for and which is why she’s one of the most important role models for girls and for people in general. If your feeling down about yourself or just need a little upbeat to your day, then I suggest listen to this album because this album makes me happy when I listen to it so maybe it will make other people happy too.

I hate that on iTunes that this album only has three stars because they only base it off of the first singles that are released or the one song that is released when it comes out for pre order because people don’t have the chance to fully listen to the album yet to appreciate it. I know people have their opinions, but I think this album deserves 5 stars. Meghan is such a gem and a genuine person and lovely just meeting her. For those who haven’t listened to it yet, give it a try. You won’t be disappointed. If your reading this Meghan, I love you and hope you celebrate the release of your album for it being number 1 on the charts because it deserves it! Also below, is my picture of Meghan with me and my Mom when I met her at the exclusive Vevo event (that was invites-only). Hope you enjoy Meghan’s album as much as I do! 

–Zoe ❤