Miley Cyrus is back to brunette.
The “Climb” singer showed off her new hair look at the Daily Front Row Fashion Awards 2023 in Los Angeles Sunday, where she was on hand to present her stylist, Bradley Kenneth, with the Music Stylist of the Year award.
This marks the first time in more than a decade that Cyrus has rocked a darker ‘do, having been blond ever since her “Bangerz” era in 2012.
In December, she revealed on the “Today” show that while she considered going brunette for her “Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party” special, her godmother, Dolly Parton, put the kibosh on that plan.
“I’ve never seen Dolly actually scared before … She acted like I told her the worst news you could imagine,” Cyrus said.
“She clutched her pearls, gasped and went back, and goes, ‘You can’t do that. You are me.’ So I’m somehow some extension of Dolly Parton, where she looked like I had just given her the worst news you’ve ever heard. So I will be blond.”
Regardless what Parton may think of her goddaughter’s major mane makeunder, Cyrus’ fans seemed thrilled, with many saying the look reminded them of the star’s “Hannah Montana” era.
One tweeted, “so miley cyrus is back to being a brunette? this just reminded me how every girl wanted to have her hair back in the early 2010s.”
“we’re living in 2009 again OMFG,” another added, while a third joked, “miley said ‘F*CK dolly’ and dyed her hair brunette anyway”.”
The star has experimented with her hair countless times over the years since shooting to fame in 2006 on “Hannah Montana” with loose, bouncy curls.
In recent years, Cyrus has tried out a “modern mullet,” a choppy pixie cut and an edgy “fauxhawk,” among other styles.
In 2020, the singer told Howard Stern that the public has been obsessed with her locks since her Disney days, even looking to her hair as a “reflection” of her sanity, sexuality and sobriety.
“The whole show’s premise was that when I had my normal hair and looked like myself, no one gave a s—t about me,” she said of “Hannah Montana” at the time.
“And then when I got all dolled up and put a wig on, all of a sudden, you know, I’m being chased by people chasing my tour bus. So, that’s a lot to put on a kid.”
Continued Cyrus, “The public really makes my hair, I guess, the kind of monitor of how I am doing, and it’s really not their fault that they associate my hair and my identity and my wellbeing so closely.”
