The day nobody ever thought would come has come at last. "What day is that, Brooke?" you must be thinking. "Is it the Second Coming? They finally made a sequel to 'The Incredibles?' You wrote an article that actually has meaning and substance?" The answers are no, not yet, and that's very rude (but also no). Instead, we're going to indulge Brooke From 2012 and discuss something extremely important in the pop culture community. A topic that's been sweeping the nation, blowing up the Internet, and making headlines around the world. Yes, you guessed it, this is going to be all about the hottest topic on everyone's minds: Harry Styles' haircut.
If you were a One Direction fan (a Directioner, if you will) back in the day, you will remember the prime time for the classic Harry hair. You know, the beautiful curls with the classic swoopy boy band bangs in front. It was, and continues to be, one of my favorite Styles styles (See what I did there? That's called comedy). However, over the years, Harry has been growing out his luscious mane to what, up until recently, was kind of an actual mane. There have been varying responses to the Tarzan look, both in favor of it and aggressively against it. Personally, I found it too be a little too long for my liking. Of course, my opinion means nothing. If Harry was diggin' the look and feeling himself, then all the power to him. The long-haired Harry has become iconic, though. Just as his Saint Laurent heavy wardrobe has become a staple, everyone knew that hot Tarzan was the current look, whether they secretly longed for the shorter curls of the past or not.
The planets must have been aligned, or maybe Mercury was in retrograde, or some other nonsense that people blame big changes on, but last week, Harry posted a picture of his chopped off braid on Instagram.
Whoops. #Littleprincesstrust
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Harry's post immediately broke the Internet. Every news outlet, fan, Facebook feed, and even your grandma went nuts because change tends to scare a lot of people. It's amazing to think that with just a few scissors snips, we lost such an iconic figure (Harry Style's ponytail). It was truly the end of an era. In the post, Harry hashtagged the Little Princess Trust, which is a UK-based organization (similar to Locks of Love in the US) that collects hair donations in order to make wigs for children who have lost their hair because of cancer treatments. So not only is Harry Styles a perfect looking man, he's also a perfect example of human kindness. Does it get any better, folks? Answer: no, it does not.
You must be wondering, "Brooke, this is all very interesting, and extremely well-written, and we understand that Harry is pretty great–" I would cut you off here and say, "Not pretty great. Perfect. But continue." "Anyway... we get that Harry is... perfect... but how does his new hair look?" I'm glad you asked, because I have been wondering the same thing. Sadly, there isn't a picture of our boy's new cut yet, so there are a surplus of reactions but not many opinions on the actual style quite yet. There is only one picture of Harry since The Great Haircut of 2016, but to the disappointment of every person on the planet, Harry's wearing a hat in it. That sneaky guy. Observe:
Photo: AKM-GSI
We can gather two things from this imagine. The first is that his hair has definitely been cut. There is no room for conspiracy theories on this one. Unlike the debates over the existence of Louis Tomlinson's child, we have enough evidence to know that this rumor is true. And also not a rumor, because Harry has confirmed it himself. Ignore everything I just said. Second, we see that Harry has questionable taste in hats. I saw a really funny tweet today comparing him to a poor boy from the 20s.
Harry Styles' new hair makes him look like a third class passenger on the Titanic pic.twitter.com/ESkpP34wDq
— Jordan The Scammer (@jordansdiamonds) May 10, 2016
But as goofy as the hat is, and as much as everyone is dying to see the actual hair, you've got to admit that Harry will look great regardless. RIP Harry's ponytail.
