Solange dropped some heat on her Instagram in the form of an edgy new haircut.
On Tuesday (April 21), the When I Get Home singer-songwriter posted a black and white carousel of her hair being cut into a symmetrical grid-like pattern. Two pictures appear to show the beginning of the process, with Solange’s hair being parted into four sections, while the remaining photos show her hair being further divided and shaved. The vocalist and composer left the post captionless, leading fans to speculate whether she’s ushering in a new musical era since her last album was released in 2019.
Solange has shaved her hair several times throughout her life and has grown it in its natural state. In 2009, the now-39-year-old did the big chop, later revealing on The Oprah Winfrey Show that she was previously spending an exorbitant amount of money on hair maintenance. Solange’s mother, Tina Knowles, formerly owned Houston hair salon Headliners, which was one of the inspirations behind her big sister, Beyoncé, starting hair care line Cécred.
“Realistically I was spending about $40,000-$50,000 [on hair]” Solange told Winfrey, per The BoomBox. “A year and probably half of my life, I grew up in a hair salon, my mom owned a hair salon. There was always this feeling of always wanting to be in the salon once or twice a week and I got a perm pretty early — I was four.”
In a tweet that same year, the “Don’t Touch My Hair” singer said she “wanted to be free from the bondage that Black women sometimes put on themselves with hair.”
“I’m not mad at all of you that have made your opinions [known] and have sent negative energy my way. I expected this of you,” she continued.
Ms. Tina also dedicated an Instagram post to her youngest daughter with a reference to Egypt, where Solange was conceived.
“I always said you could shave your head and wear a garbage bag and still look gorgeous,” Ms. Tina wrote. “Well “Viola “! !!! You turn everything into Art❤️
I love your boldness!❤️”
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