Meghan Trainor, Blink | Track Review 🎵

Although “Blink” is a respectable, enjoyable-enough single from Grammy winner Meghan Trainor, it’s not the least bit groundbreaking.

For a while, it was smooth sailing for Meghan Trainor.  She ended up winning the Grammy award for Best New Artist – quite a feat.  Her playful style of pop, with retro cues incorporated in, hasn’t been for everybody.  Many critics had a field day with her song “Me Too,” while her collaboration with Charlie Puth, “Marvin Gaye” is incredibly, um… white.  Anyways, Trainor, who last released a full-length album in 2017, was supposed to make her return with her third full length album much sooner than 2020 (2018 first, then 2019…).  Let’s just say, um, things didn’t go according to plan and Treat Myself finally sees the light of day in 2020.  With sufficient background, let’s focus on the single at hand, “Blink.”

“Blink” appears as the ninth track on Treat Myself.  Like many Meghan Trainor songs of old, there are some retro elements in play – the vocal harmonies and overall harmonic progression.  That said, “Blink” is actually pretty modern overall, with Sigala and Steve Manovski giving Trainor a fine backdrop to work with overall.  As usual, there’s an element of tongue-in-cheek when it comes to Meghan’s performance and songwriting.  The chorus is gimmicky and quite repetitive, typical of many a pop song:

“Better not blink
You better not blink, blink
Better not blink
‘Cause you don’t wanna miss this.”

Honestly, that’s about the size of that. While the chorus isn’t profound in the least, it’s undeniably catchy.  Meghan Trainor does manage to throw in some sexual innuendo that’s definitely ‘not that innocent’:

“…I’m a shootin’ star
I’ma make you come quick, then I break your heart.”

Can you say savage? Hard to envision there is such a thing as an “Innocent bad bitch,” which is how Trainor characterizes herself on the second verse.  Also, just so you know, she’s “A rocket ship, I’ma rock this / Yeah, I rock this shit.” Okay…

Final Thoughts

Meghan Trainor is back.  Whether you think that is a good or bad thing, well, that’s up for you to decide.  “Blink” is respectable, but certainly not the second coming.  Will this be a single we talk about for years to come? Nope.  It’s okay, but ultimately lacks staying power by my estimations.

Meghan Trainor • Treat Myself • Epic • Release: 1.31.2020

Photo Credit: Epic