‘All About That Bass’ Actually Sounds Really Horrible With ‘No Treble’

I heard Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass” for the first time last week, and from the first few notes, it became MY JAM! I loved it even before I started listening closely to the lyrics, which are extremely uplifting for young women.

An oft-repeated line in the song is ?all about that bass ? no treble.? But how would the song actually sound with “no treble”? A musician named Here Comes Brooklyn tested it.

Here it is without treble:

Here is the original version of All About That Bass:

all about that bass without treble
Screengrab via YouTube

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