Ariana Grande has made no secret of the fact she’s loath to be parted from her sleek high ponytail.
So when Grande revealed she’d visited the hairdressers to lose some of her signature length it sent shock waves through her fans.
However, there’s no need to mourn the high pony just yet, as Grande has freshened up her look while staying true to her (slicked back) roots.
Grande explained the origins of her signature hairstyle in an Instagram caption in 2014.
“I wear it in a ponytail because my actual hair is so broken that it looks absolutely ratchet and absurd when I let it down,” Us Weekly reported that she wrote,
“So as annoying as it is for y’all to have to look at the same hairstyle all the time, it’s all that works for now (and I’m comfortable for the first time in years).”
And on Sunday 24 July, Grande revealed on Instagram that we no longer have to “look at the same hairstyle all the time.”
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Open Image ModalAriana first shot to fame in the Nickelodeon series 'Victorious', which earned her character Cat her own spinoff, 'Sam & Cat'. (credit:Ethan Miller via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalIn pre-school, Ariana was sent to the principal's office everyday for kissing boys in the playground. (credit:Mark Davis via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAriana's trademark ponytail hairstyle is actually the result of over-processing, which she claims has left her reliant on extensions because her "actual hair is so broken that it looks absolutely ratchet and absurd". (credit:Jamie McCarthy via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAriana once broke not one but three of her toes after slipping on her dog Ophelia's urine at a party. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAlthough she was raised Catholic, Ariana reportedly gave up her faith when Pope Benedict claimed gay people and working women were 'sinners', claiming: "I lost faith when the Pope decided to tell me that everything I loved and believed in was wrong". (credit:Larry Marano via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA girl after our own heart, she once claimed she could eat an entire jar of Nutella all to herself. (credit:Ethan Miller via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAriana's forthcoming album 'My Everything', features a song called 'Just a Little Bit of Your Heart', co-written by none other than One Direction's Harry Styles. Not bad going, eh? (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalShe may be about to become one of the most sought after women in the world, but Ariana reckons if she could marry anyone it would be the Cookie Monster from 'Sesame Street'. (credit:Jamie McCarthy via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAriana has said in the past that her style inspiration is Céline Dion, so we can no doubt look forward to seeing her step out in a back-to-front blazer any day now. (credit:Mike Coppola via Getty Images)