Maybe our classmates have been updating their blogs but it's because they have TIME. And maybe we don't. We had a very hectic weekend (which was like, two WEEKS ago) and we still haven't got over it. Well, I still haven't gotten over it. Partly.
But anyway, we'd like to say sorry to anyone who has been sitting in front of their computer for days waiting for yet another post from us. You've wasted your time.
And that's about it! And onto our music video review...
P.S We had two birthdays this week! *cue confetti* Happy belated birthdays to both Bridget and Yon Ern! Thank you for making our lives full of laughter and more laughter!
|| music video review ||
The judges will be reviewing the following music video below by:
- Plot (according to the video)
- Lyrics
- Music
- Overall thoughts
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Okay, okay, so this was another project from our English teacher (shoutout to Miss Daphne!) to review a specific music video of our choice. After days of suggestions, we've finally decided on the one and only... Little Mix! 
❝Little Mix is an English group formed in 2011, consisting of (from left) Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall, Jesy Nelson and Leigh-Anne Pinnock. They were formed exclusively for the X Factor and became the first group to win the competition. Later they signed Simon Cowell's contract to work with his recording label Syco Music.❞
And now, ladies and gentlemen, we present to you... "Black Magic"!
Cow.
Honestly, I was paying more attention on the video then on the music. HMMM. I think the whole music video's content is quite clear, there's not much to explain further. But I will still point out a few things I noticed in both the lyrics and the video.The video starts with showing the four nerd friends and how they're loathing over a girl who is stealing their crushes. And then it proceeds to the scene in the library where Jade finds a magical book. Then they use the magic (with no hesitation or thought) and apparently gave each of them powers. All of a sudden, they became very attractive and beautiful. I wish I had that book.
Then, they made fun of the girl they disliked, made a boy who was being bullied very attractive to the girls and jinxed a teacher to dance.
The beginning verses basically talk about how boys don't find them appealing and they wished that they knew how to be more attractive. The chorus is about how they magically obtained love potions and unbreakable spells that can bewitch boys to 'belong' to them. The next verse is about how magic can turn Mr.Wrong to Mr.Right and how magic can get your boy on his knees.
And that is all about this music video. Not a lot interpretation to make but I think this song is very catchy and interesting and of course... MAGICAL!
Fish
To be honest, I kept on telling my friends to check out this song when I found out about it, that one of my friends asked me how the song goes. I blacked out for a second because I realized that the whole time, I was only concentrating on the video and not the song. Anyways, I think that this song is a really, really nice song.It's basically about a group of four girls liking a boy, but the girls are nerds so yeah. HOWEVER, in the next scene, a book dropped on Jade's head, and she found out that is about Black Magic, she then brought the book to her friends and showed them, while they were looking through the book, they found a spell that will make them look bea-u-ti-ful.
Of course the next thing they do, is the spell to make them beautiful and attractive. The next day, the perfect couple broke up because the boy found Little Mix attractive (Pshh, I wouldn't want a boy friend like that) and the four girls made a nerdy boy to be liked by a few girls.
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I find this MV great. Besides, I wish that a book would drop on my head. -_- If I had a book like that, the first thing I would do is, to make myself invisible, I've always wished that nobody can see me sometimes and so I can play some tricks in front of their eyes. :)○ Riceball ○
To be honest, I was scrolling through the comment section at 2:00 (in the music video) and I saw this girl voice my thoughts exactly.
Oh well.
Anyway, what I understand form the plot is that there are four nerdy girls that are probably fangirling over a popular guy, and when they assume he is waving to them, they get excited and wave back. Unfortunately for them, he is actually waving to his attractive girlfriend behind them, and she walks through, shoving them aside like trash-- a high school cliché.
The next scene is in the library, where Jade gets up to find a book when one magically drops from its shelf and falls onto her head. Sounds like something that would probably happen to me. The four come over to inspect it, and, what do you know-- they gain super cool magical powers: Perrie can turn her hair purple, Leigh-Anne and Jesy have yellow and blue powers, and Jade can levitate her glasses. I'd want to be able to levitate someone's glasses off their nose. *evil laughter*
They return to school the next day as the real Little Mix, where heads are once again turning and the popular girl is pissed. They then get their revenge on her by causing her to fart break wind. Continuously. She then runs away.
The girls then see yet another group of popular girls laughing at a nerdy kid who's just dropped his books. Out of sympathy and with style, they fire their spells to make them fall in love with him. The scene then switches to a boring study hall when the girls turn into an extreme dance party where the students (and teacher!) all dance on tables and chairs. Then they all move down the hall, papers flying.
I personally think that this plot was good and well-versed; although most people might mistake that girls make themselves pretty in order to be accepted. It's the confidence they find in looking good, not being pretty, because if it was for that, that's jut vanity.
As for the lyrics...
All the girls on the block knocking at my door!
Wanna know what it is make the boys want more!
The words the song starts off with tells us that other nerdy girls (like them before) want to learn the Secret of all secrets-- just kidding, the secret of their beauty, or should I say, confidence. Moving on, the lyrics somehow give off a advertisement vibe (or is it just me?)
Black magic, also known as dark magic, is a type of magic (THREE times now) which is used for selfish and evil purposes. And so it is! All girls want to be beautiful for their selfish purposes. They'd want to look beautiful for the boy they like.
Personally I think that the way they portrayed their message to watchers was slightly wrong because they would think that this video would be exploiting vanity. The real message is, in my opinion, to have confidence even without being beautiful and such.
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The Cow, the Fish and the Riceball have concluded the morals of this song:
1) Don't mess with black magic.
2) Don't mess with Little Mix.
P.S It's ok to fart. After all, they are just butt sneezes. But just in case, learn how to hide them NOW... from the one and only Ryan Higa. Enjoy!
And that's all for today.
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