Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass

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“All About That Bass”
A portrait of a woman posing in front of a pastel pink backdrop, wearing a light blue sleeveless top. She holds a picture that hides her face. On the picture there is an image of two speakers. Above the speakers, in green font, Meghan Trainor’s name is visible. Below it, in the same font, stands the title.

Meghan Trainor’s debut hit “All About That Bass” is more than a pop song with an infectious beat. Its message of self-acceptance is also helping it soar. “I’m here to tell you that every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top!,” Trainor sings in “Bass,” which mixes its moral with a satisfyingly complex tropical and retro-R&B/Motown blend.

Not since the Spinal Tap song “Big Bottom” has such an analog been made between the low end of the audio spectrum and the rear end of a woman. Unlike the Spinal Tap song, however, Trainor is celebrating her own posterior in this track, making it a song about confidence and positive body image.

This song has a very retro feel, but incorporates many modern musical elements to keep it contemporary. The backing “shoo-bop” vocals, the tremolo-drenched electric guitar, piano, hand claps, saxophone and organ all harken back to a ’60s girl group sound, but the song also contains electronic claps and a drum sound that is more typical of hip-hop. While Trainor’s voice sounds like it would work on a 1963 single, her delivery is in the rap vein and the lyrics were certainly not suitable for that era (they didn’t have Photoshop back then).

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