Pop industry's current top two ranking artists are delightfully awkward. I think that means that we can be too. 

I noticed yesterday that the two top singles on itunes wereT-Swift’s newest single “Shake it Off” and pop-industry’s latest newcomer Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass”.  Of course, me being my wonderful procrastinating self, I just had to watch the music videos instead of doing my Physics homework.  As I was doing so, I realized that these two chart-topping artists were just like me—wonderfully and painfully AWKWARD. 

Let me just go back a little bit and preface by saying that I have no dancing ability whatsoever. I cannot twerk, or shake very much of anything. My style is what most people describe as devastatingly “white girl”.  I exert zero sexiness on not only the dance floor, but in any part of life. So watching Taylor and Meghan fumble to dance like Nicki Minaj (and fully acknowledge that they don’t even come close to accomplishing this goal) resonated deeply within me.  I give them total props for having the confidence to shake what they don’t have.     

I feel as though there is such a heightened sense of need being thin and/or sexy. I can honestly say that T-Swift’s amazed face as she crawled beneath a line of twerkers is the exact same one I wear whenever I go out with my unfairly talented girlfriends.  I am both jealous of and enthralled by their movements.  Because of this, I tend to stand in the corner and let them do their thing and miss out on the fun because I feel inadequate.     

And so I watched these two amazingly talented singers—instead of hiring a whole team of hot booty shakers to distract from their lack of talent—stand front and center and work it. It made me realize that being un-sexy is kind of sexy in it’s own right.  They look like they’re having the time of their lives and couldn’t give a damn about what the rest of us thinks. Meghan preaches in her song that everyone’s “perfect from the bottom to the top” despite how they look. Taylor falls on her ass and laughs at herself. Their sexiness comes from the infallible confidence they hold within themselves. I think we can all take a page out of their book and embrace our awkwardness and shortcomings. Just because I can’t dance in a way that’s traditionally alluring doesn’t mean I should miss out on the chance to have a fun time on the dance floor. And the same reasoning applies to any situation in life. Just because I’m not the best doesn’t necessarily mean I look stupid for trying. 

Confidence in their ability is what makes good dancers sexy, so why can’t confidence in awkwardness be just as great?