Sadly, MTV’s seminal music video countdown show TRL is no longer on the air, but ask any millennial and they’ll eagerly tell you how they ran home after school to see which stars would pop by to help Carson Daly and company ring in the top ten videos. If it were, Chappell Roan and her videos would be a mainstay, but we can pretend the show is still on the air with her latest hairstyle, which feels like pure time travel in the best way.
Roan joined fellow musicians Christina Aguilera and Tinashe at the National PrEP Day gathering at Los Angeles’s legendary the Abbey and looked like she stepped right out of the chunky highlights decade. Her trademark curls were nowhere to be seen, instead replaced by a pin-straight style in a vivid shade of crimson red, crafted by hairstylist Virginie Pineda. Chunky strawberry-blonde highlights were placed throughout the red base, similar to the trending hair color aesthetic of the early- to mid-2000s. (Paging Kelly Clarkson!) We’ve noticed a subtle return to chunkier highlights this year, with stars like Jennifer Lopez and Gabrielle Union experimenting with higher-contrast color.
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