Megan McKenna says 'it's been hard' to be accepted in music ahead of Glastonbury

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Glastonbury debut.The country music star is preparing to perform at the iconic festival, as well as watching her idol, Kacey Musgraves play a headline set.But Megan's journey to being recognised as a singer hasn't always been easy, with Brits often judging her on her reality past.READ MORE: Harry Styles tipped for surprise Glastonbury performance Sunday [June 26] will see the star become the first X Factor winner to ever perform at the global festival which has seen over 210,000 music lovers flock on to the idyllic village of Pilton.Speaking exclusively to the Daily Star at Radio 1's Big Weekend, Megan who released her latest single, Baby Talk, today said: "I am so excited, I have been working towards this."I've really worked my little bum off, I'm so happy, the fact that I'm doing country music and the acoustic stage, one of my idols is Kacey Musgraves."She started on the acoustic stage and now she's doing the main stage, that's obviously my aim."Reflecting on being taken seriously, Megan went on to say: "It's the best feeling, it's taken me a long time, it's been harder for me to be taken seriously."I feel like people are seeing that I'm working really hard, I'm in the studio every day, I'm going to be releasing music very soon."It's been long but I love it."The former The Only Way Is Essex star continued: "I feel like country music, it's all about my life and stories."I feel like you can't sing heartfelt country music if you haven't been through sh*t."I'm so excited for my new music, I'm really proud of it, it's proper country.""Country music is good music, people in the UK are a bit wary of country music but I think it's growing," she explained.The star added: "I feel like I'm going to be bringing it more, look at.