Justin Bieber Becomes a Blonde Bombshell

“I’ve got to see this hair up close.” @tamronhall to @justinbieber #BieberTODAY #TODAYShow (Photo: Getty Images)

Justin Bieber has always been a trendsetter for his hairstyles — starting from the iconic “swoop” of his adolescence that made tweenage girls swoon. This morning, he debuted platinum blonde hair, swept to the side, on set at the Today Show. Originally, the 21-year-old hid his hair under a black baseball cap before taking it off during the show. “I’ve got to see this hair up close,” Today Show co-host Tamron Hall said, speaking on behalf of adolescents everywhere.

The international star and god of the Beliebers, who was discovered on YouTube in 2007, has been making resurgence in his career recently, performing “What Do You Mean?” at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards and breaking down on stage while the audience was applauding. On The Tonight Show, he explained to Jimmy Fallon: “I just wasn’t expecting them to support me in the way that they did. Last time I was at an award show, I was booed…That’s what’s so special about the emotional moment at the end. It was authentic, it was real. I was really just wanting it so bad.” As any female performer (Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, or even Miley Cyrus, for example) can tell Bieber, nothing tells the public that you want a fresh start more than switching up your beauty look.

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