What's wrong with my Earpods?

I just got my Iphone 5c today, and it came with a pair of Apple Earpods.So, I open Pandora and listen to music, but audio is terrible with the earpods in. So I press the center button and everything sounds amazing, and when I let go, it goes back to distorted and grainy. Do I need to toggle something or is it something else?

It's definitely the earpods. I would suggest taking them back if you really want new ones but otherwise if I were you just buy a decent pair of headphones to use the earpods aren't that great.

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