While many may remember certain years by cultural events or fond memories, I used Rihanna’s varying hair shades in the noughties as a barometer to gauge what year it was. She was the hair chameleon of the decade, after all. Riri with a jet black gradient bob haircut? Well, that’s 2007, duh. Her firey red lob meant it was 2010 – I could go on forever. But the 20s so far have been disappointing, to say the least; no new hair and no new music. Riri has clearly been too busy building her dents beauty empire to sit in a hairdresser’s chair, but that changed today because the megastar just stepped out with the brightest blonde shade we’ve seen her with since 2012.
The singer may have been teasing a lighter hue since we spotted (with a microscope, I might add) that she had one single high lighted strand back in June of this year, but if we thought that was news, we weren’t prepared for Riri stepping out with poker-straight waist-skimming blonde hair just mere hours ago.
That’s right, Rihanna has officially re-entered her blonde hair era, and we couldn’t be more here for it. The dark roots seem to prove that this is a legit hair transformation and not just a temporary wig.
As an avid Riri stan, it’s hard not to jump to conclusions that this new hair might mean that she may be ready to *finally* drop that new music she’s been teasing us with for the last seven years or so, but who’s counting? Me, I am.
We’re keeping our fingers crossed that Rihanna has more news in store for us than just switching up her hair shade, but for now, let’s all celebrate her blonde revival.
