Little Combine gave followers a sip of their secret potion with their spellbinding 2015 music video for “Black Magic,” and the magic nonetheless exists in 2023 — because the clip has formally hit one billion views on YouTube.
Within the video, the group — consisting of Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall and Jesy Nelson — are faculty outcasts who dream of attracting a romantic companion. Late at night time, the women carry out a love spell that makes them irresistible to the boys on campus. “Take a sip of my secret potion / I’ll make you fall in love / For a spell that may’t be damaged / One drop needs to be sufficient,” they harmonize within the refrain.
Little Combine, who got here collectively in 2011 as a part of The X Issue, launched “Black Magic” in 2015 because the lead single off their third album, Get Bizarre. The tune topped the U.Okay. Singles Chart for 3 weeks in August of that 12 months.
The now-trio — Nelson left the band in 2020 — introduced their hiatus in 2021. “We wished to allow you to all know that after the Confetti tour in April/Might subsequent 12 months we’re going to be taking a break from Little Combine. It’s been 10 wonderful years, a beautiful continuous journey, and we really feel the time is true to take a break so we will recharge and work on another initiatives,” they wrote on the time. Nevertheless, they assured that they don’t seem to be splitting up — “Little Combine are right here to remain” — and that they’ve plans for the longer term. “We’ve made so many unbelievable reminiscences with you all, and we will’t wait to make so many extra.”
Watch the “Black Magic” music video under.