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  • ♪ (punk rock music) ♪

  • - ♪ Drop it low and shake it, girl

  • - "Sean Paul."

  • Oh, wait. Is this Little Mix?

  • - Little Mix.

  • - Oh my gosh!

  • I didn't even think that you guys were gonna show me this.

  • I'm so excited!

  • ♪ (dancehall music) ♪

  • - I don't know who it is so far.

  • - I have no idea who this is.

  • - ♪ I call my girl (hey) ♪

  • ♪ 'Cause I got a problem (what) ♪

  • Only a curl (mm-hmm) ♪

  • - Oh, I really like their hair.

  • - ♪ Then I don't really care

  • Just get him out of my hair

  • - I'm still not really sure what's happening.

  • - ♪ Gotta get him outta my hair

  • - Oh boy, there's a little cocktail party.

  • - ♪ ...outta my hair ♪ - Is this Fifth Harmony?

  • - ♪ Can't do it

  • - (sighing) They're so perfect!

  • - ♪ ...sittin' in this chair

  • - They all look like they're already done up.

  • (laughing) Quit playin'.

  • - ♪ Gotta get him outta my hair

  • ♪ I've tried everything but it's useless

  • He pushed me... ♪ - So it's like a girl's night.

  • Like they just broke up. She gotta get him out of her hair.

  • - ♪ Make him disappear ♪ - Is this just a hair advertisement?

  • Like, is this even a song?

  • - ♪ 'Cause he was just a [bleep] and I knew it

  • - Yes, girl!

  • Like, just watching them, you already feel empowered

  • 'cause you're like, "Damn! You're right. I am a great girl."

  • - It's pretty catchy. It's very poppy though.

  • (ladies giggle) - Aww, that was cute.

  • (ladies laugh)

  • - Man, this is really gonna get me back into them.

  • I miss Little Mix so much.

  • I feel so bad that I've abandoned them.

  • - It doesn't appeal to me really, but you go, girl.

  • Get him out yo' head. (chuckles)

  • (school bell rings)

  • - (whispering) I love this music video so much!

  • - "Black Magic."

  • - I've never actually seen this music video for this one.

  • ♪ ('80s dance music) ♪

  • - ♪ Wanna know what it is

  • Make the boys want more

  • - Oh, I've heard this song before.

  • - ♪ Is your lover playing... ♪

  • - That's gonna be me when I first walk into college.

  • - ♪ Said he loves you ♪ - Oh-- oh my god. He's so hot.

  • (swoons sarcastically)

  • - ♪ Here's the answer

  • Come and get it

  • At a knocked down price

  • (chuckling)

  • - ♪ ...he's been missin' ♪

  • So come and get it

  • While you still got time

  • - This music video is just so cute.

  • - ♪ Take a sip of my secret potion

  • ♪ I'll make you fall in love

  • For a spell that can't be broken

  • One drop... ♪ - This is adorable.

  • (giggling)

  • - Is this like a satanic ritual?

  • They're all holding hands and chanting around the book,

  • but they're singing so it seems a little better.

  • - ♪ Take a sip of my secret potion

  • - Oh yeah, that's really cool.

  • - Oh, so the black magic is gonna make them hot.

  • - ♪ It'll keep you up all night

  • - I feel like I've heard this before.

  • - ♪ I got the recipe

  • And it's called black magic

  • And it's called black magic

  • - They're just casually playing with black magic.

  • No big deal.

  • It makes them hot.

  • - ♪ Take a sip of my secret potion

  • - Did they just--? They just made that girl fart.

  • - ♪ Take a sip of my secret potion ♪ - (cracking up)

  • Oh, that's horrible!

  • - Is that an actual part of the video? They just made her fart?

  • - Oh, bro. She farted, bro. Break up with her.

  • Oh, she farted twice. It's over.

  • - ♪ And it's called black magic

  • Take a sip of my secret potion ♪ - (mouthing lyrics)

  • - ♪ One taste and you'll be mine

  • It's a spell that can't be broken

  • - Is this what college is gonna be like?

  • - It's like a school dance except in the classroom. (chuckling)

  • - ♪ And it's called black magic

  • - Oh, now the professor's getting it-- all right, cool.

  • - I feel like they'd get in huge trouble for magic all over the school.

  • - That was also really cute.

  • - I really like their music.

  • I mean, some of it kind of gets very poppy

  • to where I can only listen to it so much, but it's still good.

  • - I'm so happy!

  • I've been waiting for this day.

  • ♪ (punk rock music) ♪

  • - (FBE) Okay, so do you know who this girl group is?

  • - Beats me! (laughs) I have no idea.

  • - I have no idea who they are.

  • - I'm not sure. They look familiar.

  • - That was Little Mix.

  • - Little Mix.

  • I was a big One Direction fan-- well, I mean, I still am.

  • They both came from The X Factor, stuff like that, so...

  • similar story, just different gender.

  • - I know them because of One Direction.

  • Zayn was dating Perrie, and then I saw Little Mix,

  • and then I loved them 'cause they were just so cute.

  • - (FBE) This was the popular British girl group Little Mix.

  • - Okay.

  • - "Little Mix." Still never heard of 'em.

  • - (FBE) What'd you think of their music? - Not for me, personally.

  • Too, like, poppy. Like bubblegum pop.

  • - They sounded like any other girl group.

  • - There's not really much substance to it.

  • I don't like the music necessarily,

  • but I'll watch their singles for the music videos.

  • - The first one, I liked.

  • The second one was kind of unfortunate

  • 'cause there's the whole thing where they used magic

  • to make themselves super sexy and attractive.

  • You don't have to be hot to be accepted.

  • - All their stuff is very light-hearted and fun.

  • And they're all incredibly talented women.

  • - I love it.

  • It's always so cute and fun.

  • And a lot of it is pretty empowering.

  • - Pop music tends to be frowned upon 'cause it's like,

  • "Oh, it's not real music though."

  • But it's like pop music is still that fun dancing music,

  • and that's exactly what they make.

  • It's that happy music that makes you feel good.

  • - (FBE) What do you think has made Little Mix stand out

  • amongst other girl groups to get this level of popularity?

  • - Uh, well, I mean, they aren't ugly. (laughs)

  • - They look really pretty. I'd like to look like some of them.

  • - I think the ethnic diversity might be part of it

  • because a lot of girl groups aren't.

  • - They work really well together and I think it's cool

  • 'cause they didn't start off together.

  • They were put together.

  • I really like the chemistry when they sing.

  • - Their vocals are amazing and their style is great

  • and it's just-- they have so much talent,

  • and that's exactly what the fans see.

  • - (FBE) So Little Mix was first formed on the UK version of The X Factor,

  • where they won the competition.

  • And another girl group, Fifth Harmony, were formed similarly

  • on the American version of the show, just months after this happened.

  • - Oh, really?

  • - That's why they sounded so similar.

  • - So they're like a girl version of One Direction.

  • - (FBE) Why is the forming of groups in this way something that works?

  • - I guess it's because it's taking multiple people that have talent already

  • and putting them together.

  • - You already have exposure from the show,

  • and then you get four people together.

  • That's four times the exposure.

  • You start making music and it starts to be shared

  • and it's just-- it's kind of perfect, you know?

  • It's the perfect formula.

  • - (FBE) So speaking of Fifth Harmony, there's a pretty heated rivalry

  • on social media between the two fan bases of the groups,

  • the Mixers and the Harmonizers, over who is better,

  • even though the members of the actual bands

  • seem to get along really well. - I think it's dumb.

  • Why can't we just appreciate them both?

  • - I think I kind of did that at one point too

  • just because I was liking Little Mix, and then Fifth Harmony came out

  • and I was like, "No! But they're not gonna get that big."

  • And then Fifth Harmony got SO big that a lot of the Mixers

  • were sort of like, "Wait, what the heck?"

  • - (FBE) Why do you think that fandoms end up at odds with each other like this?

  • - Probably because they think their fandom is better

  • than everyone else's fandom.

  • - It's just kind of like a petty rivalry.

  • It's fun when you're part of it.

  • - It's just like sports, where people get so invested

  • into these groups of people

  • and they feel like they've become part of them.

  • - It's like the mentality that if they don't stay on top,

  • then they might fall and break up and you don't ever want that happening,

  • so you just try your best to make sure nobody can interfere.

  • - It's always a competition of who's better,

  • but I don't feel like the artists really go into that

  • because they just respect each other's craft.

  • - In the end, it just comes down to both of these girl groups

  • are just really good,

  • and music, in general, is just really good.

  • And I feel like it's that sort of support to both that needs to happen.

  • - (FBE) Little Mix often speaks in their music and out in public

  • about female empowerment and the issue of body shaming

  • as one of their members, Jessie, has been criticized online

  • and in the media for her size. - I love Jessie.

  • She is so amazing and she always looks so good all the time.

  • I don't know what people are talking about.

  • - (FBE) She's been vocal in encouraging people to stand up

  • and be proud of what they look like.

  • What do you think about this? - I think that's really good.

  • - What does her appearance even have to do with anything?

  • Just let her sing her music.

  • - That's great.

  • We need a lot more of that.

  • I've been called fat

  • and told that I don't have an ideal body for this or that.

  • - Everyone is so much harder on women.

  • There are so many women who want to make that change,

  • and they want to speak out against it, but you can only do so much.

  • - What you are and what you look like should matter to one person,

  • and one person only, and that person's you.

  • You should never, ever change yourself

  • based on what somebody else wants to see out of you.

  • ♪ (guitar riff) ♪

  • - (FBE) So, finally, Little Mix is planning on releasing

  • their fourth album sometime later this year

  • and they've said that it's another step from anything

  • they've ever done before.

  • Do you think you're gonna check out the new album?

  • - Probably not.

  • - Probably not.

  • I'm into classic rock.

  • - Definitely.

  • - I'm definitely gonna look at that album.

  • - Oh yeah, of course, 'cause I think they're phenomenal singers.

  • - It sounds exciting that they're taking this step away

  • from what they're used to, so it's gonna be different

  • and cool and I think I'm starting to become a Mixer again,

  • and I feel-- I still feel really bad that I abandoned them

  • in the first place.

  • - Thanks for watching this episode of Teens React.

  • - It's not magic!

  • Just subscribe for new content every week.

  • - Let us know in the comments what music we should react to next.

  • - Goodbye to all my fellow Mixers out there.

  • ♪ (punk rock music) ♪

♪ (punk rock music) ♪

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