{"id":68095,"date":"2022-07-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nursingstudybay.com\/2022\/07\/05\/all-about-that-bass-by-meghan-trainor\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T00:00:00","slug":"all-about-that-bass-by-meghan-trainor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/all-about-that-bass-by-meghan-trainor\/","title":{"rendered":"All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you\u2019ve recently heard Meghan Trainor\u2019s hit single \u201cAll About That Bass,\u201d you\u2019d know it\u2019s a ridiculously captivating and upbeat song. Its infectious beat and killer vocals steal everyone\u2019s attention, but the message about body acceptance fueled the song\u2019s quick rise to the top of the charts. In her song, Trainor sings about accepting people whose body types aren\u2019t exactly \u201csize two.\u201d This song is meant to be an uplifting, feel-good song about loving your body, no matter what size you are. However, the song\u2019s fumbling attempt at promoting body acceptance hits some major snags along the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see the magazines workin\u2019 that Photoshop\/We know that s**t ain\u2019t real, C\u2019mon now, make it stop\/If you got beauty beauty, just raise \u2018em up\/
Cause every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top.\u201d
This verse is perfect.<\/p>\n

It conveys the message that no one needs to do anything to hide their true bodies and faces because everyone is perfect \u201cfrom the bottom to the top.\u201d Had Trainor just stopped there, there would have been no errors of which one could complain about. However, she bravely, or foolishly, plows on..<\/p>\n

These days in music and pop culture, women are often judged based on their \u201cdesirability\u201d to men, rather than their personality or character. \u201cAll About That Bass\u201d also gets dangerously close to this. Trainor says:
\u201cCause I got that boom boom that all the boys chase\/And all the right junk in all the right places.\u201d
These lyrics already approach that deep abyss of judging women based on their sex appeal that many songs before it have fallen into. The lyrics imply that the \u201cboom boom\u201d or extra fat of these women are more desirable towards men, as if that\u2019s all the value this extra fat has. The next lyrics shine an even clearer light on it:
\u201cYeah, my mama she told me don\u2019t worry about your size\/She says boys like a little more booty to hold tonight.\u201d
Trainor sings about how heavier women don\u2019t need to worry about being too fat, and that is a very honorable message. However, she goes on to say that \u201cboys like a little more booty to hold at night.\u201d This is once again devaluing women and judging them solely based on their appeal to men. She is saying that the reason girls don\u2019t have to worry about their size is because men like a little extra plumpness to hold at night. These lyrics make it seem like all that matters about women\u2019s sizes are whether or not men are attracted to them, and it objectifies women.<\/br><\/p>\n

However, the main issue with this song is that Trainor attempts to boost the confidence of overweight people, but in doing so, she lowers the confidence of thin people. What she should have been doing was getting the message across that everyone should embrace people of all sizes, be it svelte, or curvaceous.
\u201cYou know I won\u2019t be no stick figure silicone Barbie doll\/So if that\u2019s what you\u2019re into then go ahead and move along\u201d
\u201cI\u2019m bringing booty back\/Go ahead and tell them skinny b**ches that.\u201d
These two verses clearly attack thin people. They give the impression that not only are overweight people equal to skinnier people, but what\u2019s more, overweight people are superior. Although her intent was honest and lucid, Trainor puts thin people down in order to lift up heavier people. If she wanted the world to understand that people shouldn\u2019t judge women based on their physique, she has succeeded in doing so for overweight people, but not for the people who are of the \u201csize two\u201d. That is highly hypocritical, and the main reason this song doesn\u2019t get the unanimous support it deserves.<\/p>\n

Although clearly Meghan Trainor attemptedto stick up for overweight women, and allow them to feel comfortable with themselves, it was an awkward attempt that caused more problems than it solved. It was like plucking a weed only to have two more grow in its place. \u201cAll About That Bass\u201d is a catchy song that gained a lot of popularity very quickly, but the song wasn\u2019t very inspiring on a deeper level. If we stay in the shallow end, the song was spectacular. However, it\u2019s when we delve deeper into the meaning behind the upbeat song, that the true message is shown. And behind the pretty little bows and myriad of fun beats and melodies is an ugly theme that objectifies women and discriminates body types.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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