POP SONG REVIEW: "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor

Bass, how low can you go?
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[@CoryMck]

I dont know why nobody is talking about the inherent sexism in "it's okay to be fat because that's what guys actually like.". Or the idea that a little girl should be worried about what men like.

[@louise4778]

and how the semi-love interest just stands there like a literal plastic doll... that's a HUGE double standard. if the roles were reversed there would be a world wide outrage over the fact that she tAKES HIS MOUTH AND SHAPES IT INTO A SMILE *like she's the goddamn Joker*

[@mors134]

Well I mean the song isn't doing much for guys either, making it seem like every guy is exactly the same and like the same stuff, only interested in appearance. I mean the love interest guy just stood there like a robot, a prop for her to play with and it made it seem like guys where just a prize that's easily won as if they aren't complex human beings.

[@CoryMck]

@@louise4778 out of context, yes, but this song is about pleasing her life interest, and everyone is dressed as a toy doll (it's a reference to girls beauty standards being plastic/silicone/fake/ingenious etc.)

[@CoryMck]

@@mors134 okay, but Sione Kelepi (the male dancer) and the message of "women shouldn't feel shameful of their bodies" is more relevant than "men (half of the population) are unique individuals". The whole point is that people (primarily women) shouldn't feel ashamed for their bodies, and shouldn't feel judged (primarily by men)

[@mors134]

@@CoryMck But she makes that point while ripping on both men and any woman who doesn't hold to her standard of beauty aka the skinny bitches. A song can and should be empowering and meaningful without degrading those who are different. kinda a bad song if half of it is saying dont be judgmental while in the other half she is being judgmental.

[@noodlespoo]

I like how the guy who's 'liking that bass' in the video is tall, skinny, handsome and probably owns a country mansion with a name like "Chesterfordshire".

[@florencekellogg659]

That's probably a Christian with dark secrets like the one on the dream daddy game. Or closeted...either/or...he reminds me of the gay blonde character on American dad. So, not even gay...just the stereotype of a goody two-shoes Christian gay boy with a fairy tail American life. It's strange to have that aesthetic wanting any girl let alone a big girl.

[@saxbend]

"Chesterfordshire" perfectly represents the American idea of what England is.

[@colmryan9289]

Fun fact, Chesterfordshire was the name of a town in one of my Dungeons and Dragons Campaigns. I got it out of a name generator.

[@pyrpoi]

@@colmryan9289 also fun fact, it's now coming to one of my campaigns. All hail Chesterfordshire.

[@SALshaNoma]

It seemed to me all the males in this video were gay.

[@KyleRayner12]

The frustrating thing about Meghan Trainor for me is that I love the old-fashioned, doo-wop style, and it's honestly nice to see someone who gets it and can make upbeat, well-structured throwback songs. If she were *anyone* else, with even a *slightly* better understanding of gender, body image, or anything else she tries to talk about, I'd probably love her music. But as is, she's just an obstacle/threatened point of comparison for any artist trying to do something similar.

[@iamcasihart]

If you want a great "blue eyed soul" album from the past 10 or so years (aside from Adele & Amy Winehouse), may I recommend the Welsh singer Duffy? Her first album is one of my favorite albums of the past 15 or so years. Nothing about body pos stuff or whatever, but just some damn *GORGEOUS* vocals that are so Motown-esque & lush. So heartfelt & lovely. ♡

[@KyleRayner12]

Not bad. I'm not crazy about her voice, but her music certainly has the right sound. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@Nobody-uj8oo]

if this song had good lyrics to be honest I think I would love it

[@silvertamagachi]

Jumping in super late to second this: I first heard this song on the radio, assumed "bass" was talking about music, and instantly loved it. When I finally sat down and listened to the lyrics . . . that was a hell of a disappointment.

[@FunnyAnimatoFilms]

It is 2023. I'm listening to an I Heart Radio affiliate in central Arizona. All About that Bass comes on. This version rewrites the song a little bit to replace the word "booty" with "beauty." The fact that this was a radio edit to sanitize the word booty, which was already a sanitized version of butt, a word that's not taboo, takes so much of my attention that I almost rear end a Mitsubishi Mirage.

[@hafsaz4513]

I remember when this song first came out I was convinced it would be a one hit wonder... how wrong I was...

[@beneales]

I honestly hoped she WOULDN'T be a one hit wonder. I don't know what I think now.

[@nathaniel8186]

Hafsa Z more of a year 1/2 wonder she’s basically irrelevant now

[@malmal9184]

lol I thought she would disappear too...so don't feel bad

[@David-hd4et]

Basketball ListsNmore she had more than 2 hits but after 2016 she fell off

[@knowyourroleboulevard7119]

@@David-hd4et same with Fetty Wap. Aroind the same time to.

[@jaydee4697]

When I first heard this song, I honestly thought Megan Trainor was singing about the bass frequency. Considering the song has virtually no base guitar in it whatsoever, you can imagine how confused I was.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

The song quite prominently features a double bass, which, as the name implies, is a bass instrument.

[@Jawesome1Shazam]

As an upright bassist, thank you Meghan Trainor for making it so people no longer say "I bet you wish you played the flute," and instead say "You must be all about that bass!"

[@amarabertelson9106]

Literally people always ask me to play this on my upright bass. It’s so annoying.

[@roguishpaladin]

You know what genre talks about hair a lot? Irish and Scottish folk music. Star of the County Down talks about the "sheen of her nut brown hair". Black is the Color is literally about hair (and originated in Scotland, even though Nina Simone took it and did a notable cover of it). The Black Velvet Band refers to a hair band. The Galway Girl's hair is black (not the Ed Sheeran song, but the folk song that existed before Ed's - though I do like Ed's song as well). There's also The Maid with the Bonny Brown Hair. Heck, even Loreena MacKennit gets into the spirit of things - her arrangement of the poem The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes involves Bess "plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair" and her hair is later described as a "black cascade of perfume". Perhaps the reason modern genres don't really talk about it is because it's seen as old-fashioned.

[@hew2356]

There's also "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair", a very old-fashioned love song.

[@Duplacorn]

Todd 2017: more songs on hair Todd 2019 (7 rings): never mind

[@garnetavi]

Anyone else notice almost every backup dancer in that video was skinnier than her? I understand that they are curvy, but why didn't she get a bit more size variety? The only person fatter than her was the male dancer who seemed like a joke. That's not to mention she puts down skinnier people as dolls then uses those same dancers in scenes showing them as dolls. It's pretty confusing.

[@maskedkitty7350]

i gotta be honest i was a big fan until it seemed like her msg was basically “only dogs go for bones” and at the time of this release i was around 85 pounds exactly, her song started to just make me feel gross, and i started off loving this song, but the more listened the more i started to hate it. i have trouble gaining weight, i tend to jump currently from 85 to 90 and never any higher, no matter what i try. also as a general girl i have to admit i have openly found kesha super sexy.

[@ironicdivinemandatestan4262]

Eh, so long as you're healthy, don't beat yourself up about it.

[@nicolaheekin4941]

I'm no connoisseur, but for me, Adele's voice is really impressive. She can sing powerful songs, not wobble on difficult notes, she's like somewhere between pop and opera (ok, slight exaggeration) but, what sets apart Adele from Meghan Trainor is that Adele has one heck of a voice.

[@PrincessZaire100]

I feel like the person you can compare to Adele is Jill Scott. That’s the only girl on the same level talent wise

[@gwenbrown4111]

insulting a fat person does not make them lose weight nor does being nice to them. but if you see a person who is overweight by your standards how do you know they aren't trying to lose weight? how do you know they haven't already lost a hundred pounds? people ought to just keep there opinions of other people's bodies to themselves.

[@BornRemaining]

Threaten to assault a medically healthy-sized woman with force-feeding, and nobody bats an eye. Kindly and quietly tell a morbidly obese person that you are genuinely concerned for their health because you care, and everyone loses their minds. I have a bit more than the recommended amount of bodyfat for someone my height, yet it's socially acceptable for actual fat people to ridicule me for being in the green zone on the BMI scale. People who are supposedly my friends laugh and join in when someone who weighs north of 300 pounds talks about how they want to strap me down and force-feed me burgers. Try to imagine what it would be like if I told that same person that I wanted to duct tape their arms to the handlebars of a treadmill set on 5mph and leave them like that. I don't give people crap for being fat, yet I get nonsense for being a size 4. When it's equally as taboo to ridicule people for being slim as it is for being obese, then maybe what you say will hold some water. As it is, you're just defending the side that's already stepping on my neck.

[@user-oy6hk1gn7l]

@@BornRemaining Hey bro? It's wrong to body-shame people, period. What you're basically saying is that because it's considered okay for bigger girls to ridicule you, then bigger girls should be okay with being body-shamed as well. But that's not how it works at all. I'm sorry people have made you feel bad about your body but that doesn't mean others aren't allowed to complain about being shamed (obviously not talking about those same girls though because that would just be hypocrisy, as it is in the song).

[@Hammerhead547]

The morbidly and super morbidly obese need to regarded with contempt because they have no self control, in fact I'd say that we should ban gastric bypass surgery and leave them to deal with the consequences of their choices with no help or compassion form anyone.

[@bigdaddychemster1201]

Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the world, just behind smoking. We shouldn't be celebrating death factories. We shouldn't be celebrating clogging up the healthcare system because you can't eat a salad. If smoking is disgusting, and it is, then so is shoving four burgers in your face.

[@thetijtij]

@@Hammerhead547 you good?

[@VelvetNeedle]

I don't like this song, mostly for its agressive positivity, but there is a part, that just pisses me off: >>Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top Yeah my mama she told me don't worry about your size She says, "Boys like a little more booty to hold at night." People are not perfect and will never be. Everybody understands it somewhere deep inside, and this thing is hardly unsane to fix, so words like "but my mom says i`m beautiful" and "ah there is somebody, who likes your sizes" look like a cruel joke. I don't know how to talk about this problem in mass culture, but that haha-just-love-yourself-you-already-perfect-way is obviously wrong in my opinion.

[@noonenowhere877]

I never noticed this until I saw you spell the lyrics out here but...isn't it already kind of fucked up to have the mother telling the daughter what boys like? I mean I realize sometimes mom's do share awkward details like that, but with the doll house in the music video it kinda implies this conversation happened...alittle early?

[@iamcasihart]

@@noonenowhere877 You nailed it. I don't have a problem with a person proclaiming they are "perfect" from top to bottom (as in perfectly how God made them to be...or Perfectly imperfect...or There's literally no such thing as human perfection, but you should really love yourself, be YOUR personal best & be happy with that which you have). What I *fucking detest* about this song & this whole narrative is that women are, as always, supposed to look to men for validation of their worth...especially with regard to their appearance, value, sex appeal & desirability. That is so gross & the antithesis of "empowering," in my opinion.

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

Here's the journey that I went through when I was first exposed to this song: The song starts with the hook, so I took it at face value. I thought she was talking about music. I wish I had been right. I mean, imagine if this track was about liking songs that have a dancing beat rather than tinny pop tunes? Frankly, I feel that a perfectly good hook was utterly wasted here. Instead, what we get is a catty "I'm not too fat, you're too skinny" song packaged as a feminist body acceptance message. It's a lasting unpleasant experience for the straight men in the audience; despite a couple sweeping generalizations about men's body preferences, the instant you open your mouth to say "That's a little reductive, I mean most guys are fine with a range of body shapes and sizes, and even men with particular tastes are just as likely do be into fat girls as skinny ones, take me for example I tend to like..." you get immediately told "Shut your goddamn hole, this isn't about you!" The video doesn't help matters; She's built like the average American white girl who would look great in blue jeans, a white tank top with like an unbuttoned plaid shirt, yet she spends the whole video in these strange layered dress outfits designed to make her look chubbier yet flatter than she really is while simultaneously having this creepy 1950's "a housewife's duty is to be attractive for her husband" vibe made all the weirder by the presence of that life size Ken doll. I rate this song/video an uncomfortable sigh out of ten.

[@PENGUINGIRL1210]

That is the problem with all of these acceptance and movement messages nowadays, though. It's always the "I'm better than you" alienating sort of thinking. Especially when the end message is comfort and validation for one group and (ideally) compromise and request for openness at the "opposing" group. We can't build bridges with this competitive-type thinking of "We're better than you" or "You hated on us, now we hate on you! How do you like it?" That puts people in the defensive--especially when targeting a wide group which contains individuals that may not even conform to that stereotypical opinion connected to them. Humans always return to egotistical thinking in the end when a message is presented to them in that way; it just evokes anger and frustration. Like no one's listening to us or offering us something. It boils down to the kids on the playground thinking. The whole "I'm better than you" will always elicit the "nuh uh I'm better than you" which will escalate to the "Well only girls are allowed in my clubhouse" or "no straights are allowed to join this club. It's absolutely banal thinking. It's extending an olive branch but by burning the whole tree and pristinely framing the branch. We can't build bridges by building pedestals thus inviting those to break them or to build taller ones in competition. I truly believe things like this would be better if they turned to the supposed "opposing" group and offered a compromise or even a polite request to understand. Instead of just "like you would know you sad excuses of vulgar garbage." Then it is a win-win. The targeted group is validated and comforted, and the listeners of other shades get a positive message as well as a better understanding. This has been a random essay.

[@M0b1us_118]

Dreaming About France & Chocolates You sir are 100% correct

[@rachelyoung1460]

I know you made this comment a while ago, but if you want a real body positivity song, I would suggest "Biggie Smalls" by Cupcakke

[@mariahhenderson1470]

This is so true

[@achair650]

Every word in here is true, and perfectly explains my problem with this song

[@GrandCorsair]

Tumblr their whole MO is "I'm going make you feel worthless if you're not part of our group". I never understood how that is empowerment. You're assigning blame to parties without knowing if they even participated in it. It only gives them fuel to now engage in hate because you went on the attack. It's a self fulfilling prophecy.

[@amalphia63]

As a middle schooler it was hard for me to gain weight, I was under weight and pretty skinny, and I felt slightly bad about my difficulty in being a normal weight when I listened to this song. I’m not saying that women with wider and more muscular frames don’t need a confidence boost, in fact, I’m a big advocate for it because of my friend’s little sister with OUTSTANDING performing talent getting rejected for roles because her body “wasn’t right for the character”. However, I am saying that you should not have to step on one type of person’s self esteem to boost another’s, it doesn’t matter how much they are oppressed

[@PatriciaCross]

You kinda hit the point with Keisha and lost it at the end. Our culture at ever turn sends women mixed messages on everything. In one breath we are told to have a big booty and in the next told we are to fat, no matter what we weigh. We are both to sexy and not sexy enough. And so on. That is also a huge part of where Meghan fails as well. And you almost got there as well, in expressing it. Her entire point is all about how guys like her body; but she is still basically defining her value based on the opinion men have of her body (and the positive and negative go hand in hand, it all comes from the same place.) And when she strips down skinny girls, she maintaining the message as well (even if she has flipped it.) It is a cute song and I appreciate where it comes from and love that we seem to be having more movement away from "skinny white blonde girl" as the acceptable default for female musicians or movie stars. That makes the fact she is actually reinforcing the status quo on sexual objectification more problematic, though. It is not a body positivity song, it is just "cattiness." Compare to "Born This Way", which sings about acceptance of everyone. Or better yet; this song needed to be the new "Free Your Mind" (En Vogue) or "Unpretty" (TLC) These are both songs that are beautifully critical of the double-standards women face in society and are also extremely badass pop songs at the same time. "All About The Bass" is a candy coated teardown of skinny girls. Intended tongue-in-cheek; but there is a problem with tongue-in-cheek humor when it is basically punching down, you just wind up songs like "Blurred Lines" and "Funky Cold Medina" (which is basically about roofies and also transphobic.)

[@Nortarachanges]

Patricia Cross, thanks for reminding me those songs exist! You’ve done me a good turn this day (goes off to make that TLC playlist she’s been meaning to make) ^_^

[@no_peace]

Being fat and "punching" at skinny people isn't punching down This song is the worst but a lot of people liked the message because they're sick of the way they feel and the way they're treated in real life because they're fat

[@rawkhawk414]

People who describe making fun of skinny people when you're fat as punching down are seriously f****** delusional... it might not be nice but it's not punching down

[@rhodopisdenile8977]

Rawk Hawk I love making fun of other girls for their bodies 😍

[@melodysafo5437]

@@rhodopisdenile8977 How can you love making girls feel like crap about themselves? Would you like it if someone did the exact same thing to you? How would you ever be happy again?

[@tristanjohns5288]

I'm back again before it's taken down......again

[@tamonk9054]

Tristan Johns I know

[@kaileewalden3586]

+Tristan Johns All his reviews should still be up on his Vimeo page.

[@liamburke3279]

Just like most of the prediction made on this channel, that one didn't really hold up well did it?

[@boundsuper2974]

Second time today? I appreciate what you do for us Todd

[@boundsuper2974]

I know but this has been uploaded twice just today

[@oyster2746]

and the wiz kalifa one went up 3 times...i think that stuck now

[@KyeGuard]

12:27 There was one song that talked about hair. Specifically, the whipping back and forth of such. Wasn't really a fan.

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

Kye Guard I think he did a review of that one, although it's probably been nuked by KZbin like most of his videos.

[@M0b1us_118]

Kye Guard I know I’m maybe in the minority when it comes to this stuff, but am I the only guy (out those who will read this comment) who likes tits, mid-drift, hair, face over ass and legs? Like if I was a songwriter and if it happen to be about a girl, it’d be talking about everything above the waist, y’know?

[@gabe_s_videos]

My favorite memory of this song is a little girl at the playground I used to work at when I worked for Parks and Rec was always singing it. At some point, somehow, she heard me singing "The Bum Bum Song," so she started singing "My bum is on the rail, on the rail, no step." It was wonderful. XD

[@jeangentry6656]

For those who thought Todd was too nice here, go watch the Dear Future Husband video :-)

[@diamondaxestudios5591]

2:26 Behold! The singular moment in history where Meghan Trainor was described as "a force of positivity"

[@CoryMck]

That lasted till 9:30

[@bernebelmont1857]

"Bringing booty back" ... have you ever interneted

[@donkeyfacekilla1]

"for people who liked Amy Winehouse but were turned off by the Crack and the Tattoos.."

[@elizabethashley42]

I hate this song with the burning fire of a thousand suns.

[@karabearcomics]

When you mentioned songs about hair, I was reminded of India.Arie's song "I am Not My Hair". Good song with a positive message, and one not seen much in the pop culture atmosphere.

[@52wbending52]

Yeah, this song doesn't live in a bubble either, the 'just kidding' hatred of skinny women is toxic too. As a 'skinny bitch' aka a conventionally attractive size 2 white girl, I've experienced the hateful bullshit from many other female 'friends' that is built entirely around the way others view my body. And this way of viewing weight and physique ignores the underlying components that affect weight. I've been skinny my whole life, and I've suffered from lack of appetite due to mental health issues, but every former friend who gave me shit for being pretty ignored these struggles. To them my figure was more important than the health crisis I was suffering, when I would have given anything to be mentally well again. So no, it's not just that this song messed up the message, it deliberately capitalizes on the toxic environment of body insecurity. Yes, larger women get more shit for their bodies than skinny ones, ad pretty people have life easier but vilifying one party doesn't eliminate hatred it just feeds it..

[@SuperStarr817]

You know what we need songs about? Backs. Backs are gorgeous.

[@IsiahTomas]

Or perpendicular.

[@gabe_s_videos]

I'm with Todd on the need for midriff songs. Bellies are sexy as hell. We need more belly love songs. EDIT: I just discovered a T-Pain song called 'Yo Stomach," and like all of T-Pain's solo stuff, it's amazing.

[@umbvixnymph4976]

I didn't care an ounce about this being a "Hey I like my curves" song until she was just actively trashing thin "conventionally attractive" people too. I feel like shit about being as skinny as I am and tbh being portrayed as some plastic, fake girl sucks ass. It's shitty enough hearing from family and friends "Real women have curves" and "Bones are for dogs, not men".

[@azdenabd2738]

That's toxic as fuck i'm sorry to hear that

[@idrk3707]

boohoo

[@alannahfisherman1321]

Not having songs about their body make performers like Adele stand out by not being characterized by their figure.

[@sugarbugx3564]

My boyfriend just said Megan Trainor is "Trad Wife" Amy Winehouse

[@somechray3718]

Looking back, the song really has a lot of problematic messages. But when I heard it when it came out, I was a little 14yo girl and the only one in my class who was bigger than an L (if you think that's unrealistic: I'm from Germany, the average female weight here is lower than in the US). That song was the first time I came in contact with any form of weight acceptance, and back then, it meant a lot to me. I know, that's no excuse and even back then I was conflicted about the "skinny bitches" line, but I also couldn't help but be a little bitter about how there's tons of media about skinny, "beautiful" girls, and the one song *I* had was being picked apart. But I'm also super glad that the body positivity movement has evolved (and expanded) a lot in the past 6 years and that many of us no longer need to tear others down in order to celebrate ourselves.

[@jaso4455]

I wonder how Nella felt about being shown as the "big fat friend". I mean obviously she was okay with it seeing as she appeared in the vid but I just wonder how that convo went.

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

Nella’s a very funny person, and it’s pretty clear Todd has reasonable gender ideas and meant it in jest.

[@noonenowhere877]

You realize Nella already did this act for Nchick by this point though? It would be a weird double standard to deny Todd the same skit wouldn't it?

[@CameronMetrejean]

I wonder if Nella somehow suggested it herself. That would be the least awkward route at least.

[@rachelmarieLMT]

It's not "pro body acceptance" it's just pro chubby girl. There's nothing wrong with thick girls, they are just as beautiful as thin women. But this song is actively against skinny women. Not all thin girls are anorexic or shallow. You cant hate on skinny people and then say "everyone is beautiful".

[@floydharper1216]

Oh no, the poor girls who are accepted by default aren't praised absolutely everywhere they go, how terrible

[@GamerGirlOfGotham]

Todd you handle sensitive topics so fantastically and with such ease

[@annietrinity1833]

"Kesha's manager kept telling her she was too fat" Fair point, but if you knew the rest of the story, you'd know that that dude doesn't work as a good example of what society or even most men think. "He was intentionally gaslighting her" is the PG-13 version of the story.

[@morphogenetic_]

"she thicc" I had never heard the "cc" being pronounced

[@samtinkle9076]

I mean she’s thi *kccch*

[@girliboi]

like you said, this song was intended for young girls.. stipulated, meghan wasn't bringing anything back, but getting body "positivity" messages from 30+yo male rappers just hits different than hearing it from a fun/cool big sister.. obviously the knock to thinner girls was ill-considered (i think even meghan would admit that in hindsight if she hasn't already), but i also thought there was some mixed-messaging from the video itself in how the "dream date" is still the conventionally "ideal" boy.. i guess points for featuring the larger queer-coded male dancer (since a lot of gay boys can start to experience the same self image challenges as girls), but notice he's only shown in cutaways.. . alone.. . while presenting the romantic interest as squarely within the ken doll bmi is something most ppl probably overlooked, but i can almost guarantee gay boys were picking up the messaging (whether intended or not).

[@larryknicks]

I can verify that this is not mom music. This is Uncle music. What I mean by that is, this was one of my uncles favorite songs unironically

[@bleh1569]

For my family it's aunt music

[@snitcheyes411]

Thanks for re-uploading this! I missed this one!

[@CzlowiekDrzewo]

Where can I order a friend?

[@thegayghost872]

Craigslist

[@nikolaipetrichor2065]

Nowhere

[@chandlerbooth5314]

Amazon

[@oof-rr5nf]

I'm here. You called?

[@keelanbarron928]

I'll help. 50 an hour.

[@jazzyquack7905]

I wish I knew what Todd looked like. His voice is nice and apparently is tall❤

[@jayden8107]

Jazmyn Escobar google it. He looks super different than imagineation

[@CNWhatImSaiyan]

He's a cyberman?

[@LolaPopente]

I googled him. My hopes and dreams are now crushed

[@justcallmecaligula]

check out the drinking around epcot video from chez lindsey, he's in that one a little bit

[@user-fz7ju6wt9j]

what are you talking about, he's amazing, this is how looks the man of my dreams

[@lunayoshi]

"Why don't more songs talk about hair?" Well, they don't specifically talk about them on purpose, but if you listen to a lot of pop songs, when the guy sings about how beautiful his crush is, she always has blonde hair and blue eyes. You never hear about a brown-eyed, black-haired beauty. None that I've heard on the radio, at least. And being called a skinny bitch while also trying to conform to society's idea that skinny is ideal, it makes me feel like I can't win. Can we not make positive body-image songs that DON'T diss the other end of the spectrum?

[@Ninjafossils]

lunayoshi brown eyed girl? Van Morrison?

[@flyingbird433]

lunayoshi Just because they prefer blond hair blue eyes doesn't mean it's a diss. Its just what they prefer

[@g40rc378]

Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young No. 13 Baby - The Pixies (this probably did not get much radio play)

[@iamcasihart]

You must not listen to the very best music ever created- R&B, specifically from the 70s-early 2000s. I'm as pale white & blue eyed as they come (not blonde, but still), but so many of my favorite songs by so many of my favorite R&B artists talk about beautiful brown eyes & more skin with far more melanin than I'll ever have. It doesn't make me feel bad. It never did. And though I hear what you are saying (for as long as- *ALWAYS* - Hollywood has favored blonde, blue eyed, fair skinned WASP types). Luckily for me, I just don't give a shit or need a song to make me feel & know I am beautiful. I look in the mirror & I see my beauty JUST AS much or more than I see my flaws. I wish more of my fellow women could feel this way. I realize it is difficult. Hmm...I will say that, with age & some time spent of self-reflection & self love, many ladies grow to better accept & love themselves as they are. When I hit mid 30s a few years back, I certainly came into my own. Ironically, in retrospect, my appearance & specifically, my body looked damn near perfect in those years I was most insecure & self-conscious. Now, I am FAR more flawed & yet, oddly, I feel great about myself. But back to my original point, do give a listen to more R&B (especially the 90s stuff). The amazing group, Mint Condition, have a song called "Pretty Brown Eyes." That's just ONE song. ♡

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

Asleep at the Wheel sang a nostalgic song about having fallen in love with three women over his life, one with blue eyes, one with green eyes, and one with brown eyes. Jet's Are You Gonna Be My Girl features the line "Big black boots, long brown hair." Van Morrison sang "Brown Eyed Girl" There's "I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair" There have been plenty, though yes I can name quite a few songs about blue eyed blondes as well.

[@haandotexe]

I was about 12 when this song came out and I was insecure cause I was "bigger" than all my friends (my body was like Meghan's- not really that big, but of course I thought it was.) as I got older and expressed my discomfort with my body image to my parents, they would tell me similar messages like "it's ok, guys like girls that are a little bigger" and that just made me hate my body even more. As someone that's asexual the idea of being seen as an object of sexual desire by anyone is terrifying to me, and being told that my body type was inherently attractive made me extremely uncomfortable. Though this song resonated with me when I first heard it and it helped me overcome a lot of my body issues at the time, it doesn't make me feel nearly as good now as it did when i was 12

[@lefromage2001]

the inspirational message is great, until it becomes shaming others to bring yourself up. im not particularly fat, and i wasnt offended by this song, but i can see why so many would be offended. A lot of girls struggle with being too skinny, and having eating disorders, just as many girls struggle with obesity. Both problems are equally unhealthy but skinny girls get equal amounts of bullying/hate. someone making an offhand comment about "are you sure you wouldn't like double fries? looks like you need it..." hurts just as much as someone shouting "Hey walrus! The Zoo is down the street!" (not a great insult but you get my point). Not every girl understands her worth, and we as a society need to stop pretending that positivity is an easy thing to accomplish. I dont know about others, but i have a very negative self image. Not about my body, though it is there (i have large thighs and hips, and lots of extra fat there i cant get rid of) I have a negative veiw on my personality and its gotten so bad i doubt my own thoughts/opinons. I have tried for years to be positive about myself (i still am trying) but its like recovering from a real illness, its difficult and takes a long time especially if you are in the habit of being negative about yourself. We need to all just keep our negative thoghts to ourselves because mentioning how fat/skinny someone is and then backpedaling and saying youre trying to help them is making things worse/harder for these people. thanks for listening to my tedtalk lol have a good day/night :)

[@kk8490]

“Women of size” Is this.... is this a thing?

[@blgarage9519]

i actually like this song because of its 1960s-ish sound though I do prefer Postmodern Jukebox's version

[@jazzyquack7905]

Just wanna say how cool and amazing you are!!! I love your videos. I know you will probably never read this or reply but your channel is by far my favorite. 😊

[@Xxxbluebirdxxx]

this is bringing alot of videos I hadn't seen yet out

[@leannezezeski-sass2773]

It figures back in the 2000s when you were only considered hot if you were skinny, I had to be fat and then when I finally lost weight and became a size 0, it was now the 2010s where hating skinny girls was now cool and everyone was into being "thick"

[@natchnieni0]

The flower headband is a Traditional Slavic accessory. Polish, specifically. Is she singling out Poles? We can be a bit hefty... but not all of us. 😜

[@Min-xh8ho]

Three uploads in a day? You're spoiling us!

[@camotophat]

most guys don't care THAT much about looks, as long as you don't smell like a foot and or resemble his linebacker buddy from high school. What matters is the connection.

[@marshmallowsontop]

Okay, sure. . .

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

Clearly you've never been to a high school and listened to a jock talk about the girl next door.

[@JohnDoe-nq4du]

He said "most". Most guys aren't the asshole jock from your high school.

[@M0b1us_118]

Terrel .Coleman To be fair @John Doe, they’re probably your friendly, neighborhood gamer, to be fair

[@SALshaNoma]

My father falls into the category of superficial. Though makes no sense to me, he's not that much of a catch. But on the other side of it my husband doesn't judge me by my looks, clearly or he wouldn't have married me lol. I'm very average.

[@cassandralyris4918]

Much more fun songs about big booties: That Spinal Tap song Todd mentioned, Big Bottom, Queen's Fat Bottomed Girls, AC/DC's Whole Lotta Rosie, Sir Mixalot's Baby Got Back, hell even Back That Thang Up is better than All About That Bass in fun factor. Don't even get me started on the neutered version of the song where they removed all of the "potentially" offensive parts shitting on thin women. We can all like ourselves, it shouldn't come at the expense of someone else hating their self. If she didn't mean it "like that" it wouldn't have been written that way in the first place.

[@spinestealer8129]

A lot of people don’t know this, but for a lot of people, it’s just as difficult to gain weight as it is for another person to lose weight. Skinny people can be insecure about their bodies too, and “body positivity” shouldn’t be raising one body type by bringing another one down...

[@TuesdaysArt]

I've been struggling to gain back the weight I lost when I first went off to college...it's been over three years.

[@WiiMan25]

About her dropping the ball about not having the song be very bassy, Straight No Chaser picked it up. At their live shows, they always do a parody about bass SINGERS called All About That Bass (No Tenors), and it's sung entirely in bass.

[@HSMiyamoto]

"I'm All About that Bass" had the best melody of any super smash hit that year. Good rendition on piano, too, Todd!

[@GoTE_DocShock]

This review aged horribly and Todd acknowledges it. This song BLOOOOWS!

[@PorkchopGMX]

Why did it take me so long to realize that she's saying "treble" instead of "trouble"

[@zz55jf]

Came here from "Dear future husband" video. I subbed! Because your so funny and then was delighted for the Nella cameo!

[@ZachDeCotis]

Man, my first Todd review

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

I thought I was losing weight for guys until one day I mentioned to my man that I’m on a diet and he was like: why? You don’t need to be on a diet. There’s nothing wrong with having a little meat on your bones. Honestly I was really touched but in that moment I also realized that I still wanted to lose weight even though he didn’t want me to.

[@lithepear9129]

Todd: where are the songs about hair? 7 Rings: let me introduce myself

[@SpyHunter89]

Be careful what you wish for...

[@MensisMoment]

I don’t care what anyone says about Stupid Hoe, I absolutely adore it. I can rap the entire thing, not well but I know it all by heart.

[@crustpunkjesuschrist]

Great. This is the throwback song of the decade. We couldn't even get a Chuck Berry or Miles Davis style song. I love the sound of this too, but the lyrics relate to a conservative 50s mom, with the seeking of acceptance from guys. Maybe the lyrics fit better than I thought

[@vwestlife]

I don't know what's worse, Meghan Trainor calling it a "boom boom" or Ricky Martin calling it a "bon bon"...

[@ghostofabulletproducciones5748]

I think it's a Spanish lyric that doesn't translate that well to English

[@butterflyslinky]

Rewatching this video, I find it funny that Todd says it's a coincidence it reminds him of Hairspray when the dude in the music video is very clearly modelled off Zefron in that movie.

[@AuroraIceFlame]

"hair is important" OMG i'm not insane... like seriously if a girl has attractive hair thats the part i'm looking at over everything else

[@jamiekamihachi3135]

Funny thing, the ad I got for this video was for exercise and weight loss... I’m not kidding.

[@SamLyn]

I know Todd hates Meagan trainor but I love her songs-they’re so poppy and happy, as he says “chipper”.

[@quizzicalsphinx]

This is one of my favorites. It sucks that they keep doing this to you, Todd. Keep raging against automated flagging machine.

[@dieSchreckschraube]

Meghan Trainer is not a plus sized person by any stretch of the imagination, which makes the "positive" part of this song even stranger to me.

[@gaiusoctavius6107]

Yeah she’s just heavily built

[@akittylover2784]

Honestly, when I heard this song for this first (proper) time in this vid, I thought that the Daniel Cormier Parody song was the original! 🤣 So yeah, I know nothing about music, and am still watching through your large back catalogue anyway, for funsies. It feels nice to rehear songs I had maybe heard once or twice many years ago again, and I remember some of them, faintly. Not by name though- I'm horrid with names.

[@KristofskiKabuki]

As far as I'm concerned the best thing about this song is that it reminded me of "Addicted to Bass" by Puretone, which is a fantastic song

[@scottdaniels8129]

It's catchy and I liked the throwback style of it. On her second album she did stuff that sounded like everyone else and started crossing the line between sassy and bitchy.

[@silvanalucas3520]

this song makes me feel weird I don't think this song really helps at all

[@Djarra]

It samples 'Margarita Time' by Status Quo, Which reminds me 'Back to Back' should be a Trainwracords.

[@BornRemaining]

I find it quite hypocritical when overweight individuals brag about how hot they are for being overweight, even going so far as to insult anyone who's not also overweight... and then they only really lust after people who are of healthy size proportions. Is it part of that mind-game where someone tries to degrade you until you think you're so worthless that you'll be desperate enough to feel lucky that they want you? I thought we were beyond all of that.

[@kattapp]

Man I remember despising this song the moment it came out

[@aiberlane3390]

Fro some reason the director made this look like a kpop video for some rookie group from a no name company. I don't like the song, but this girl deserved a higher budget video. But the song ended up being a hit and the video was popular, so I guess it worked for her.

[@trucetruce335]

I just really like the aesthetic in her music videos.

[@TheWolfkit]

Try "Hair" by Lady Gaga from the Born This Way album. It's a song about hair.

[@eggsandfibsh8846]

I dont know if it's just me, but I think it's less guys shaming woman about their size and more often women. Atleast in 2020. Closest thing was all the Lizzo jokes and those were mostly harmless. "Mostly"

[@mrmacguff1n]

Lizzo is Morbidly Obese and constantly praised. That's as bad as Anorexia

[@saxbend]

I thought Bass represented arse because it's ass with a B in front of it, and treble is just trouble but said by a Scotsman.

[@MrCreeper1O2]

Music like this is why I like apocalyptic Cold War era metal.

[@maisumcriticonainternet4351]

Reuploads kind of screwed the order of your episodes didn't it? Hey Todd, I'm on a quest to watch every single one of your videos. Watching a few every day and commenting on the last one I watched.

[@Nullsparta2]

alright I got 10min before it's taken down

[@DC4260Productions]

Man, this song was absolutely inescapable when it was first released. I remember watching the music video (for whatever reason), and even today it still makes very little sense.

[@danieldb631]

No. I Hhhhhhhhate this song. Try listening to part of this song to babies stumbling around in their diapers. I would mute the channel every time the blasted commercial came on. Yet, I highly suspected you would review the song associated with it. I would have thought Weird Al's "Fat" would have made for a good outro song, honestly.

[@sketchyjulia]

Or Queen’s Fat Bottomed Girls

[@RobRandomVids]

@@sketchyjulia Or bicycle races FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS WILL BE RIDING TODAY So look out for those beauties all year/oh yeah...

[@AliKandirr]

Postmodern Jukebox version is great, if you don't like her

[@byakuyatogami2905]

Is it just me, or does the backing track of All About that Bass sound a lot like Cooties from the 2007 hairspray soundtrack

[@Siarosebell]

I Think The Song’s Actually One Of My Favourite Songs

[@nooneexpectsthespanishinqu9282]

first time I ever heard mama Cass being mentioned on youtube.

[@krishacz]

We👏need👏more👏tiddy👏songs

[@liv.s.]

I hate how some body positivity things diss skinny people. Skinny people have body image issues too!

[@venusinverted]

Time to rewatch it

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