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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...

Roundhouse Bloggers' Project

On Saturday morning, I arrived at the Roundhouse, Camden, with no idea of what to expect. The weekend before, I had applied to take part in the Roundhouse Bloggers' Project, which is a course aimed at 16-25 year olds, who want to get into the competitive media industry. The workshop immediately appealed to me as an aspiring journalist, so I sent my application form, along with one blog post idea for the Roundhouse website, and hoped for the best. As I had applied at the last-minute, I didn't have to wait long to find out if I had been successful and, the next day, I was delighted to find out that my idea of a series of 'How to Get Into the... Industry' blog posts had won me a place on the project- yippee! Photo taken from the Roundhouse website: www.roundhouse.org.uk Famous for welcoming some of the world's most famous stars through its doors, the Roundhouse is currently staging the annual iTunes Festival, which music acts such as Kasabian, Kylie and Ed Shee...