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So, Little Mix: Glasses are Only for Geeks?

Whilst flicking through music channels on the TV the other day, I came across a video that I had not seen before by Little Mix. The video was of their latest single, 'Black Magic', which is their first taken from their forthcoming album, 'Get Weird'. The song itself is one of those 'mehh' tunes: not one of those tunes that makes you want to grab the radio (or TV, in this case) and hammer against a wall until the machine is entirely dysfunctional, but not one that you just cannot resist whacking on full volume and belting out the lyrics to when you're in the car. However, what really caught my attention was the characterisation in the video. 'Black Magic' is based at a college. Perrie, Leigh-anne, Jade and Jesy are the college's 'uncool' girls. In fact, they're so uncool that two of the clan are glasses-wearers. Stumbling (literally) out of the school entrance, the girls are wearing some shocking outfits as, obviously, every girl w