MAGIC READ THE STORY BEHIND THE SONGValtteri Bottas and Ilpo Kaikkonen united their power in the name of love ! Finnish F 1 race driver Valtteri Bottas and singersongwriter Ilpo Kaikkonen have been close friends ever since their childhood . One day Valtteri asked Ilpo to write and perform a love song at his wedding . Valtteri wanted to surprise his bride Emilia , an olympic swimmer , and he wanted to participate in the song writing process . Kaikkonen agreed to write a song about the love of these two Finnish athletes , but first he needed Valtteri to open his heart on paper . After a couple of days Ilpo received an email message from Valtteri . It told the beautiful story about how the love birds had met and fallen in love . Ilpo wrote the song based on Valtteri ' s email and named it Magic . The song premiered at Emilia and Valtteri ' s wedding reception in Helsinki on 10 September 2016 . Originally it was written and performed in Finnish . The song was such an instant success that Valtteri felt it needed to be recorded and released . He called Ilpo who felt the same . They also decided to make an English version of the song for all foreign fans to enjoy . Soon enough the record was made and ready to be introduced to the public .