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♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH THE ARTIST BEHIND THE NEW ALBUM "GOOD NEWS"
MEGAN THEE STALLION.
NOW, THERE'S A NEW DANCE CRAZY.
IT'S ON TIKTOK.
IT'S-- IT USES YOUR SONG "BODY," THE BODY ODY CHALLENGE, FROM THE
NEW ALBUM ONCE AGAIN.
JIM LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A LITTLE OF THIS.
♪ ♪ ♪ BODY ODY ODY ODY ODY.
>> BODY ODY ODY ODY.
BODY ODY ODY ODY ODY.
BODY ODY ODY ODY ODY.
BODY ODY ODY ODY ODY.
BODY ODY ODY ODY ODY.
>> Stephen: WHAT-- WHAT DOES THE-- WHAT DOES THE BODY ODY
CHALLENGE MEAN TO YOU?
( LAUGHING ).
>> Stephen: WHERE DOES THAT SONG COME FROM, FIRST OF ALL?
>> OKAY, SO, FIRST OF ALL, IN THE BEGINNING OF QUARANTINE, I
FELT LIKE I DEFINITELY GAINED THE QUARANTINE FEN.
AND I WAS LITERALLY IN THE LIVING ROOM LOOKING AT MYSELF
LIKE, WOW, GIRL, YOU HAVE REALLY DONE IT.
WHAT ARE YOU EVEN EATING?
LIKE, WHY ARE YOU BAKING SO MUCH?
HOW MANY HONEY BUNS CAN WE EAT?
YOU KNOW, SO I WAS LOOKING AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR, AND I WAS
LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU LOOK GOOD, THOUGH.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD DANCE ABOUT IT.
SO I WROTE ALL THE VERSES TO THE SONG.
IT TOOK ME A MINUTE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO
SAY.
AND IT CAME FROM ME DANCING IN THE MIRROR.
AND THAT'S-- THAT'S HOW WE WROTE THE SONG.
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY ABOUT PEOPLE JUST CELEBRATING THEIR BODIES.
LIKE -- >> Stephen: THAT'S VERY NICE.
BECAUSE WHEN I'M IN FRONT OF A FULL-LENGTH MIRROR, I TRY TO
KEEP IT AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE THESE DAY.
>> NO!
YOU HAVE TO APPRECIATE.
LET IT MARINATE.
LET IT SIT, LIKE, I LIKE THIS.
I LIKE WHERE THIS IS GOING.
I WAS ALWAYS THE TALLEST GIRL IN CLASS SINCE, LIKE, SECOND GRADE,
I WAS PROBABLY ALREADY 5'7".
AND WHEN I FINALLY GOT TO NINTH GRADE, ALL THE BOYS CAUGHT UP.
BUT I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE PICKING ON ME, "OH, MY GOD,
YOU'RE SO TALL.
YOU'RE THE BIGGEST GIRL IN CLASS."
AND I WOULD BE LOOKING AT THEM LIKE, "NO, YOU'RE ALL REALLY
SMALL."
I HAD GOOD WOMEN IN MY LIFE TELL ME, "MEGAN, YOU'RE SO GREAT.
YOU'RE TALL LIKE A MODEL."
AND I WAS LIKE, "YEAH, WHAT ARE YOU KIDS TALKING ABOUT?"
I WANTED MY FANS AND MY SUPPORTERS TO FEEL LIKE, YOU
KNOW WHAT, GIRL, MEGAN THEE STALLION SAID I'M FINE SO I MUST
BE FINE.
>> Stephen: WELL, THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
AND THE ALBUM IS "GOOD NEWS," AND IT'S AVAILABLE NOW.
MEGAN THEE STALLION, EVERYBODY.
MEGAN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.