August 17, 2022
Watch: Fans React to JoJo Siwa's New 'Do
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
It was only last April that JoJo Siwa changed up her look, losing her famous ponytail and going with a short crop. Now the "Dancing with the Stars" alum has grown her hair out into an '80s-style mullet, according to People Magazine.
The 18-year-old entertainer revealed the new look in an Aug. 15 TikTok post. The video showed her lip-syncing to the Quackity recording and looking like she still possessed the pixie cut before unleashing her longer hair with a shake of her head.
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In a second post, Siwa lip-synced to the same "TikTok soundbite that refers to being a 'mullet daddy' (the audio is originally from YouTube gamer Quackity)," People recounted.
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Naturally, her fans lost no time in weighing in, comparing Siwa "to Billy Ray Cyrus (the frontman of mullet fashion) and 'Tiger King''s Joe Exotic (who also sports a platinum blonde mullet) while also calling her 'JoJo Dirt,'" People relayed.
"billy ray called, he wants his mullet back," one user posted to the first clip.
"Maybe no flame emojis for this hair. Still love ya tho," another offered.
"Girl just summoned a whole fandom," a third enthused, posting a row of three black hearts.
Responses to the second clip, in which Siwa wore an orange fringe vest, were similar.
"So wait... THIS is the HAIR that is getting NO HATE???" one user queried. "I'm seriously lost here ppl"
"That's not jojo," a user declared. "That's joejoe"
"It's giving tiger king," another said.
The comments continued: "Is this Jojo or is this Billy Ray Cyrus?!"
"Siwa is known for breaking the internet with her 360 hair transformations as much as she is for her dance moves," People noted.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
