10 Songs About Body Image

Body image refers to how an individual sees their own body and how attractive they feel themselves to be. It will range from positive or satisfaction to negative or dissatisfaction with their body. It is a big concern among most people and the beauty of the human body has been given huge importance throughout history. Below is a list of songs that talk about body image:

1. Anne-Marie – Perfect To Me

The song is off the album ‘Speak Your Mind’ and it talks about being satisfied with your own body from top to bottom despite it not being perfect or resembling a supermodel.

 

2. Beyonce – Brown Skin Girl

Beyonce includes her daughter in the song for the 4th time in her career and the main message is to tell young “brown-skinned” girls to be proud of their skin and embrace it.

 

3. J Cole – Crooked Smile

J Cole uses his own imperfect set of teeth as an example that no one is perfect so worrying is basically pointless. He encourages people to accept themselves and not try to change who they are because they are beautiful when they believe it.

 

4. Lady Gaga – Born This Way

The song is basically about self-liberation and loving every part of yourself fully. She wants people to know that society hasn’t changed her and she was born exactly the way she is today.

 

5. Sean Kingston – Face Drop

Sean Kingston sings about how his then girlfriend made him feel belittled because of his weight and kept telling him he would look better if he was thinner.

 

6. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass

This is an empowering anthem about being a thick girl and encourages one to love themself, love their body, insecurities and have fun with it. It was a debut single by Meghan and immediately launched her to stardom.

 

7. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful

The song is from her debut album Know It All. Alessia said that the song is about body image and it is mainly directed at women. It talks about things that women go through on a daily basis in order to feel loved or in order to love themselves.

 

8. Melanie Martinez – Orange Juice

The track discusses eating disorders and specifically bulimia (this is a mental disorder usually classified by the act of eating large amounts of foods then purging them through various methods) which she portrays in the chorus using ‘you turn oranges to orange juice’ as the oranges won’t be able to come back up whole.

 

9. Lizzo – My Skin

The general message of the song is self-acceptance. It encourages people, more specifically women, to learn to love their bodies and to celebrate themselves.

 

10. Little Mix – Strip

This is the fourth single off their debut studio album LM5. It is about body positivity and embracing parts of yourself that you can’t change.