[Article] All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor

[Brad]

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This new hit is coming fast up the charts, and I must give an applause to this fantastic artist that is bringing a new meaning to the word, "bass." Meghan Trainor is a youtuber that has brought a major light to those whose image is not your typical model's body with her new hit, All About That Bass. Since the release of this song there has been much debate on whether or not she is become very judgmental towards those who are skinny.
Many lyrics bring around a mentality that only men will love you based upon your size.



Yeah, my mama she told me don't worry about your size
She says, "Boys like a little more booty to hold at night."
You know I won't be no stick figure silicone Barbie doll
So if that's what you're into then go ahead and move along


I'm bringing booty back
Go ahead and tell them skinny b****** that

I personally don't think that she made this song to get back at those who are a size two, or those who are considered skinny in the eyes of the world. I honestly feel there is a deeper meaning to this song which she portrays in the bridge of the song. She brings around a truth that we should all (both men and women) should be taking into our thoughts as we go throughout our days.


No I'm just playing. I know you think you're fat
But I'm here to tell ya
Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top

In all Meghan did a fantastic job with the song. I am a personal fan of it, and I cannot wait to see some more songs from her to come out.

What do you think of the song? Do you like it?
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[Krazybethw]

I like it.... :)

[Bloop]

I actually like it
When I first heard it on radio, I just went wtf by the chorus but now despite the mv being slightly disturbing because I love to see fat people prance around what I dnt even dare to look at myself in the mirror

But I like the every inch of you is perfect part yay

Quite catchy and stuff tho but people r saying its promoting obesity hello wanna complain go to that with the senseless anaconda

[buttons]

well no its skinny shaming and it literally about men liking her body more than anyone elses. i don't see why it's good or how it's not about getting back at 'size twos' when the video depicits a skinny girl being shoved to the side and being a sterotypical plastic girl..
its terrible lyrics

[Brad]

Even if it was, then we can say that our world depicts the larger population as inferior, so she's singing about the fact that larger women can and will fight back. Let's be honest- it's one song that looks at the perspective of a larger woman.

[scottish]

They're not inferior, just the majority of the world find skinnier girls more attractive than fat girls.

Singing a song about it isn't going to change that, nothing will.

[Empired]

Even if it was, then we can say that our world depicts the larger population as inferior, so she's singing about the fact that larger women can and will fight back. Let's be honest- it's one song that looks at the perspective of a larger woman.
There is a difference between fighting back and shaming the people who have it better than you.

How can we ever strive for equality if all we try to do is shame everyone who is not like us?

[buttons]

i agree empired but there is this stupid stupid misconception that thin people have it better than fat people
its not true
a fat white women will be privileged over a black women, over a mentally ill person (eg ME so i hate when people say im so privileged being thin, I AM MORE THAN A THIN BODY), disabled women, lbgt's etc.
its not like thin girls get songs for them... no 1 like "i love your flatchest and skinny thighs. tell em fat ******* that", it all about booty butt and skinny waists. which barely anyone has.

i find these songs rly shallow in a way that they're saying society should love them over thin girls. some girls are thin bc they dont have enough money/resources for food unlike u or they cant physically eat.

[Judas]

imagine if it was the other way around. there would be a ******* **** storm. yeah i get the intention blah blah blah but it's just awfully written... she could promote a healthy body image and equality without coming across as so dismissive of people that are skinny. it just defeats the point for me and it just makes her look like an idiot.

literally the entire song is about why it's better to have meat on your bones than to be skinny. as the OP said maybe she's just 'fighting back' against the idea that being large is bad, but is shaming another body type really the way to go about it? should racial minorities fight back against discrimination by saying white people are bad and disgusting? should gay people fight back against homophobia by saying straight people are wrong? should women fight against sexism by saying all men are complete idiots?

it's great to have something other than the norm or what is accepted as beautiful represented like this in mainstream media, but this song is a mess and i do find it quite worrying that people are so okay with the lyrics and that it's so popular.

oh and BY THE WAY is it only me that thinks she isn't even big??

[Drewar]

Love this song :)(

[Jazz]

its upbeat, catchy and now overplayed but I like it.

The message is good and it might not have been the best choice of lyric but the underlying message is still really good.

What I don't really get is a newer artist makes a feel good song and says 1 controversial line which isn't actually controversial but everyone wants it to be = horrible, shaming, bullying
But rappers like Nicki Minaj, rapping about how skinny people should be killed and how fat people should be killed and how people should be killed if they dont have huge butts
Iggy Azelekerhaskfnla rapping about how she will kill anyone who cheats on her or leaves her,
or pitbul rapping about rape
or quite a few artists talking/singing/rapping about drugs, murder, assault, prostitution, homophobia, gun crime & racism
and ****/fat/skinny/sexuality/etc shaming mindless parodies bullying and making a fool out of any artists and generally spreading negative messages

"oh thats just their music style"
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[James]

Cute review x

[Judas]

its upbeat, catchy and now overplayed but I like it.

The message is good and it might not have been the best choice of lyric but the underlying message is still really good.

What I don't really get is a newer artist makes a feel good song and says 1 controversial line which isn't actually controversial but everyone wants it to be = horrible, shaming, bullying
But rappers like Nicki Minaj, rapping about how skinny people should be killed and how fat people should be killed and how people should be killed if they dont have huge butts
Iggy Azelekerhaskfnla rapping about how she will kill anyone who cheats on her or leaves her,
or pitbul rapping about rape
or quite a few artists talking/singing/rapping about drugs, murder, assault, prostitution, homophobia, gun crime & racism
and ****/fat/skinny/sexuality/etc shaming mindless parodies bullying and making a fool out of any artists and generally spreading negative messages

"oh thats just their music style"
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it's not one line tho. the entire song is about how it's better to be "fat". where does nicki minaj say skinny/fat people should be killed? the last part of anaconda is equally as ridiculous as AATB but i'm pretty sure she doesn't say anyone should be killed... the rest of the song is fine because she's just celebrating that part of herself but it all goes wrong when she starts with the whole "**** them skinny *******". which is funny cos trainor uses the "skinny *******" phrase in her song too but you wanna defend that?

as for iggy and pitbull i don't know what songs you're referring to but they're both awful anyway

in that list of things you mentioned i don't see an issue with artists using them as subject matter unless they are promoting things like violence or being racist/homophobic/sexist etc. and no one in this thread has drawn a comparison to another song and said "oh that's just their music style" so i don't understand your point. regardless of how many other artists are also singing about bad stuff, that doesn't cancel out the fact that this song actually (perhaps unintentionally, but still) sends out a bad message.

[Jazz]

it's not one line tho. the entire song is about how it's better to be "fat". where does nicki minaj say skinny/fat people should be killed? the last part of anaconda is equally as ridiculous as AATB but i'm pretty sure she doesn't say anyone should be killed... the rest of the song is fine because she's just celebrating that part of herself but it all goes wrong when she starts with the whole "**** them skinny *******". which is funny cos trainor uses the "skinny *******" phrase in her song too but you wanna defend that?

as for iggy and pitbull i don't know what songs you're referring to but they're both awful anyway

in that list of things you mentioned i don't see an issue with artists using them as subject matter unless they are promoting things like violence or being racist/homophobic/sexist etc. and no one in this thread has drawn a comparison to another song and said "oh that's just their music style" so i don't understand your point. regardless of how many other artists are also singing about bad stuff, that doesn't cancel out the fact that this song actually (perhaps unintentionally, but still) sends out a bad message.

Haven't got the effort to reply to all of your post maybe tomorrow but 2 points:

oh the nicki minaj thing, I tried to edit my original post but I was too late, I got mix up with another song soz

and my post was a point and a wide generalisation of what kind of comments are on the video, if I was referring to someone on the forum I would have quoted them (because thats the point of a quote post???). The article asked for my opinion on the video and I wasn't talking about any member of the forum, did I mention a member of the forum? did I quote someones comment?

I think the comments on this thread are very valid, and everyone takes song lyrics differently to others and thats fine. I was personally referring to ott comments I've seen on the original video and on critic websites since its release, sorry I didn't make that clear.