Meghan Trainor might not have scored a spot at the MTV VMAs, but she managed to best most of the pop stars in attendance, shooting up the Billboard charts to No. 2 with her out-of-nowhere hit All About That Bass. What’s got everyone so worked up about the body image anthem? The National Post’s David Berry put on his best Bootsy Collins costume and dove in to find out.  

Reading suggestion: Listen to All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor, below, then follow along with the lyrical play-by-play.