Thanks to an addictive retro R&B beat, lyrics about a healthy body image, and an equally viral music video, Meghan Trainor is "All About that Bass" became an unexpected hit of the summer. Not bad considering Trainor is a 20-year-old Nashville singer-songwriter from Nantucket, Massachusetts, who got her start penning tracks for Rascal Flatts. Yet, if the record industry had its way, no one would have heard her debut single. With its throwback soul beat, its body-positive message couched in a cute metaphor, and its dance-filled, candy-colored video, Trainor's "All About That Bass" couldn't have been better designed to go viral.
Now Trainor has officially reached the top of Billboard's Hot 100 with "All About That Bass," which dethrones Taylor's Swift's "Shake It Off." This makes her the second female artist this year to do so with a debut song. (The other would be Iggy Azalea with her song of the summer "Fancy.") In a recent interview with ET, Trainor opened up about the positive-body image message behind the song: It doesn't matter what your body type is, as long as you know how to work what you've got. "I'm glad a lot of the comments I've gotten are about [girls'] eating disorders and how my song saved them - which is crazy, but amazing."
With its blend of country, pop, early '60s girl-group harmonies and throwback rock 'n' roll ode, has just the type of unique sound to break through the EDM rut radio seems to be stuck in. "All About That Bass" reinforces the idea that female bodies exist for men's pleasure, and that being desired by a man is crucial to a woman's self-worth. It says it's all about that bass, but it seems it's really all about the boys. "I wrote this song because I myself struggle with this concept of self-acceptance. It was written from a real place so I’m glad that other people can relate to it," Trainor sayd.
Directed by Fatima Robinson, the adorable pastel-ridden-pink video stars Trainor and a sassy troupe of dancers who have no trouble flaunting "all the right junk in all the right places." It also features Vine celebrity Sione Maraschino, a guy who has no problem shaking it along with the best of the ladies. They groove and flaunt what they've got as they campaign to "bring the booty back," and put an end to the unattainable standards of the beauty industry. Watch below, and let Trainor assure you, she "won't be no stick figure silicon Barbie doll, so if that's what you're into then go on and move along."
Now Trainor has officially reached the top of Billboard's Hot 100 with "All About That Bass," which dethrones Taylor's Swift's "Shake It Off." This makes her the second female artist this year to do so with a debut song. (The other would be Iggy Azalea with her song of the summer "Fancy.") In a recent interview with ET, Trainor opened up about the positive-body image message behind the song: It doesn't matter what your body type is, as long as you know how to work what you've got. "I'm glad a lot of the comments I've gotten are about [girls'] eating disorders and how my song saved them - which is crazy, but amazing."
With its blend of country, pop, early '60s girl-group harmonies and throwback rock 'n' roll ode, has just the type of unique sound to break through the EDM rut radio seems to be stuck in. "All About That Bass" reinforces the idea that female bodies exist for men's pleasure, and that being desired by a man is crucial to a woman's self-worth. It says it's all about that bass, but it seems it's really all about the boys. "I wrote this song because I myself struggle with this concept of self-acceptance. It was written from a real place so I’m glad that other people can relate to it," Trainor sayd.
Directed by Fatima Robinson, the adorable pastel-ridden-pink video stars Trainor and a sassy troupe of dancers who have no trouble flaunting "all the right junk in all the right places." It also features Vine celebrity Sione Maraschino, a guy who has no problem shaking it along with the best of the ladies. They groove and flaunt what they've got as they campaign to "bring the booty back," and put an end to the unattainable standards of the beauty industry. Watch below, and let Trainor assure you, she "won't be no stick figure silicon Barbie doll, so if that's what you're into then go on and move along."
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