The pop icon’s hair has long been a talking point, evolving from shaggy bowl cuts to sleek pompadours and beyond. Just months after debuting a shaved head look, Harry Styles seems to be growing his hair out. The "Late Night Talking" singer attended a Premier League match Feb. 18 at Kenilworth Road and was spotted in the crowd with a new haircut. In photos from the soccer game, Styles' signature brown hair appeared closely cropped to his head, with plenty of volume.
Styles previously debuted a buzz cut in November 2023 via an Instagram post shared by his beauty brand, Pleasing. An earlier photo of Styles' new cut went viral and caused fans to freak out online, and some left negative comments that had his mom jumping to his defense.
But this is not the first time the star has made headlines with a new hairstyle. Throughout the years, the pop super star has had a very public hair evolution, making news with his shocking new cuts every year. Here's a timeline of when the star created a stir online with his new look.
2012: The 1D classic look
Harry Styles from One Direction visits ET Canada studios on March 26, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. Two years after competing on the X Factor, the then 17-year-old boy band superstar sported his signature One Direction shag. Also dubbed his "Lego hair," Styles sported this classic messy bowl cut for the first few years of his music career. The band would later drop their second studio album, Take Me Home, in November.
2014: The fedora hat
In 2014, the "Fine Line" singer was pictured wearing a new fedora hat while on the AMAs red carpet with his fellow band mates. Styles began to grow his hair long, and his Mick Jagger inspired hairdo had fans screaming during the band's Where We Are world tour. "You grew your hair long / You got new icons."
2015: The Fabio look
Styles' hair only got longer, which helped to solidify his status as a pop superstar. His long locks also marked a new era for the band as a foursome, following Zayn Malik's exit after five years together according to TODAY. "You got that long hair, slicked back, white T-shirt."
2017: The Dunkirk debut
The "Harry's House" sensation teased a new hair cut on Instagram in May 2016, which caused some fans to mourn the loss of his flowing locks. But their laminations were cut short when Styles later unveiled a new, refined, James Bond inspired hairdo at the 2017 world premiere of Dunkirk, which marked his first starring role in a movie. Fans had plenty to say about Styles new cut. It's not the hair but the person behind the hair. Another fan wrote, "Dunkirk 2017 would have been a major flop if not for Harry Styles joining the cast and bravely getting a haircut." One user, who referred to themselves as the "CEO of all Harry Styles' haircuts," said that "Dunkirk Harry/2017 Harry just hits different."
2017: The lone artist
Harry Styles performs live on NBC's Today at Rockefeller Plaza on May 9, 2017 in New York City. 2017 was a big year for the "Sign of the Times" singer because it also marked his first year as a solo artist. The global superstar sported a straight and refined pompadour, minus his signature waves, while debuting his solo music live to screaming fans for the first time on Today.
2019: The mushroom cut
Harry Styles arrives for the 2019 Met Gala celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. A year later, Styles had regrown his luscious locks, to chop it all off again. In 2019, the singer sent fans into a frenzy when he donned a mushroom cut that featured his famous strands in a close cut fringe. While on a trip to Italy, the musician was captured debuting the new hairdo on Instagram in a picture with a fan's parent. Fans had a big response to the singer's surprise fringe cut. One posted their stunned reaction on X, writing, "I'M SORRY BUT WTF HAS HARRY STYLES JUST DONE TO HIS HAIR!" Another addressed some of the criticism Styles received from his new hairdo, defending the star by writing, "some people really unstanned harry styles because of his hair??? his HAIR???? why are y’all like this lmao." However, one X user called Styles new look their "favourite harry styles hair style."
2020: The "Dunkirk" Harry returns
Harry Styles performs on February 26, 2020 in NYC. Styles' fans went into shock after the singer was spotted sporting a similar look to the hairstyle he had during his "Dunkirk" debut. The icon's signature curls were on full display, with a little extra length, while he performed in NYC at the "TODAY" Show. Once again, fans had plenty to say about Styles' new sleek look. One fan on X wrote, “this is dunkirk harry but UPGRADED bc of the curls in top...im living.” Another fan, who had captured a shot with him a few months before his performance on the show, noted that Styles' new hairstyle had started a "whole entire new era." Meanwhile, one fan poked fun at Styles' hair evolution, writing on X that "in one week we've got frat boy harry, prince harry, and now dunkirk harry. HE CUT HIS HAIR."
2021: The "My Policeman" pompadour
Harry Styles seen on the film set for My Policeman on May 14, 2021 in Brighton, England. Styles was captured sporting a gelled up pompadour in 2021 on the set of "My Policeman," where he played Tom Burgess, a troubled police officer struggling to come to terms with his sexuality in 1957, a time when homosexuality was illegal in his town. The film was first announced in 2020, and was later released in 2022, but not before his 50s style hairdo made major headlines again, according to GQ.
2022: The Don't Worry Darling hairdo
Harry Styles attends the photocall for Don't Worry Darling at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 5, 2022 in Venice, Italy. The Love on Tour vocalist was photographed sporting a more effortless and laid back coiffed look for his lead role in Don't Worry Darling, which debuted in 2022. According to Variety, the star's hair posed a problem on the set while filming. The idea was to give Harry's hair an oily, stringy appearance. However both Jaime Leigh McIntosh, the hair department head, and Heba Thorisdottir, the makeup head, couldn't remove the volume in Styles' course hair despite flat-ironing it numerous times.
2023: The stubbled sensation
Harry Styles attends the 65th GRAMMY Awards on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Styles stole the show at the Grammys pairing a Gucci tinsel jumpsuit with a neatly trimmed coif. His single curl pays homage to former bandmate, Zayn Malik, who made headlines in 2014 after his signature single strand went viral at the AMAs, according to Buzzfeed. Aside from his fashion forward look, Styles took home the Grammy Award for album of the year, becoming the second male British solo artist to win since George Michael in 1989 for Faith.
Late 2023: The buzz cut
Styles’ beauty brand, Pleasing, posted a photo of the singer Nov. 15 on Instagram to announce the unveiling of his new fragrance line. In the pic, Styles wears a black-and-white sweater while staring into the camera. His normally long and wavy locks have been shaved down to a dark buzz cut. Facial stubble gives him the hint of a beard and mustache. “Our Founder, Harry Styles, toasts the launch of Pleasing Fragrance with friends in London. November, 2023,” the caption of the photo reads. While many of Styles’ fans applauded his bold new look in the comments of his post, some responded with less positive feedback.
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