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Meghan Trainor defends Jennifer Lopez after Dr. Luke criticism

Meghan Trainor has backed Jennifer Lopez after she was criticised for working with Dr. Luke.

The singer unleashed her new track 'Ain't Your Mama' after performing it on American Idol on Thursday (April 7).

However, the US star has come under fire for working with Dr Luke, who is credited as a producer.

He has been embroiled in a legal battle recently with Kesha, who claims he raped her.

The song was written by Meghan Trainor and she told The Official Charts Company that Lopez didn't know about Dr. Luke's involvement at first.

She said: "[It was] not fair on her, not at all. I texted her the song and she had no idea – she thought I did it alone by myself at my house, which a lot of people think because I do do that.

"I sent it to her and said, 'do you like the song?' and she said 'I love the song, my kid loves the song – he’s made me play it five times already so I know it’s a hit, when can I cut it?', so I said immediately, whenever you want!"

Trainor added that she might also contribute other songs to Lopez's next album.

She said: "LA Reid wants me to work with her on this new record because we’ve had so much success. I gave her three songs so far, and ['Ain't Your Mama'] was one of them. For the American Idol [finale] they were like, this is the best one that mixes with 'Let’s Get Loud', so they combined it.

"But I felt terrible when Jennifer got all the hate for ['Ain't Your Mama'], and it’s just all ridiculous. It’s such a big song for her.

"After the last album, I’ve been listening to this new album and I’m like, it’s night and day. The music is there, the melodies are there and a lot of my songs are self-empowerment songs, and she loved that about my writing."

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