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Imagine, if you will, a malicious gerbil living inside Justin Bieber s skull. Every once in a while, this tiny, nefarious rodent pushes the part of Bieber s brain that triggers a deep and abiding urge to style his hair in locs. The gerbil has lived in the pop star s skull since at least 2016, the first time Bieber succumbed to the urge. It slumbered for years, but last month, it crawled back out of hibernation, pushed the gray matter, and scurried back into its hidey hole.
Luckily, this past weekend, Bieber (or his barber) picked up the clippers and fashioned his hair into nice new buzzcut. But the gerbil is the only reason I can fathom for why Bieber who, last year, shared a post in which he vowed to educate himself on racial dynamics and Black culture thought in April that it was a good idea to wear his very white hair in a traditionally Black hairstyle yet again. Because while some of his famous friends were into the look, a number of crit
Justin Bieber sparks cultural appropriation row with new haircut
This is the second time that Bieber has experimented with the hairstyle, even though he had faced severe criticism for it last time.
April 28, 2021 10:22 BST
Justin Bieber recently took to his Instagram account to share a picture of his new hairstyle, but ended up being accused of cultural appropriation. People have been taking to social media since then to slam the pop star, who had previously also sparked a controversy over his dreadlocks around five years ago.
Bieber debuted his new do on Instagram on Sunday, with a picture of himself and his wife Hailey Bieber, captioning it Back in action. He shared other photographs of his matted locks the next day, and followed up with a picture of a ponied hairstyle on Tuesday.
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