--- description: So classy. title: Here's 'All About That Bass' Played on an Actual Upright Bass image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96f096fcd2465365/6986a27e169ab04b0827b111/screen-shot-2014-09-09-at-10-42-10-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's 'All About That Bass' Played on an Actual Upright Bass by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 9, 2014 3:11 PM CUT  by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 9, 2014 3:11 PM CUT Last week, we heard Meghan Trainor’s increasingly popular hit “All About That Bass” performed on [kazoos and xylophones](http://time.com/3273928/jimmy-fallon-meghan-trainor-the-roots-perform-all-about-that-bass/ "undefined"). Now, we get to hear it played on an actual upright bass — and it’s rather lovely. This is the latest video from Postmodern Jukebox, the [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCORIeT1hk6tYBuntEXsguLg "undefined") known for putting vintage, jazzy spins on today’s Top 40 hits. (Remember their surprisingly great [doo-wop cover ](http://time.com/5971/doo-wop-timber-kesha-pitbull/ "undefined")of Pitbull and Kesha’s “Timber?”) The videos feature a variety of talented performers. In this case, the star is musician [Kate Davis](http://www.facebook.com/katedavismusic "undefined"). As Postmodern Jukebox’s Scott Bradlee writes: --- > “” --- If you’re craving more vintage versions of this summer’s biggest hits, here are 1920s flapper versions of Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” and Jason Derulo’s “Wiggle”: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3309856/all-about-that-bass-performed-on-a-bass/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3309856/all-about-that-bass-performed-on-a-bass/"},"headline":"Here's 'All About That Bass' Played on an Actual Upright Bass","datePublished":"2014-09-09T15:11:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:04.153Z","description":"So classy.","url":"https://time.com/3309856/all-about-that-bass-performed-on-a-bass/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","meghan trainor"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96f096fcd2465365/6986a27e169ab04b0827b111/screen-shot-2014-09-09-at-10-42-10-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96f096fcd2465365/6986a27e169ab04b0827b111/screen-shot-2014-09-09-at-10-42-10-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-09-09 at 10.42.10 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3309856/all-about-that-bass-performed-on-a-bass/","name":"Here's 'All About That Bass' Played on an Actual Upright Bass"}}]}] ```