Taylor Swift Bleachella Hair Look Is Sparking A Debate

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Back in 2016, when our news feeds weren't constantly inundated with headlines that raise our blood pressure in two seconds flat, Taylor Swift was able to stop the world with a brand-new hair color.

On the May cover of Vogue, Swift appeared with her hair cropped short in a shaggy bob and dyed platinum blonde — and her fans went ballistic. The drastic change from her signature honey-blonde ringlets was brought on at the behest of fashion icon Anna Wintour. "We very much wanted to give Taylor a new look, make her into a sort of a rock 'n' roll chick," Vogue's editor-in-chief told Today at the time.

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And though she reverted back to her natural, soft blonde color by June, the platinum hairstyle was something that Swift embraced, coining the look "Bleachella," a term she tweeted out as she worked the Coachella grounds that April. And she even rocked the new look at the 2016 Met Gala.

But in a new interview with Elle, Swift admits that she now regrets that color change. While listing the lessons that she's learned in her 29 years, Swift said: "If you don’t look back at pictures of some of your old looks and cringe, you’re doing it wrong. See: Bleachella." Ouch.

To that, the internet firestorm that swirled around Bleachella was awoken once more. While some fans wholeheartedly agreed that Bleachella wasn't, you know, the greatest moment in Swift hair history...

Am I the only one who hated Bleachella. I literally look back and barely recognize Taylor. That was a messy time and that’s the tea
— Rep Tour Dublin ?????????? Fan account since 2010 (@Swiftness13) March 6, 2019

Taylor hates Bleachella as much as the rest of us intellectuals pic.twitter.com/3Iom920NRH
— Charles Entertainment Cheese (@kellytheprice) March 6, 2019

glad taylor cleared up the fact that we do not like bleachella
— baby god (@wedontevenkiss) March 6, 2019

Its what bleachella deserves pic.twitter.com/RuZbspj0bw
— Higher? Further? Faster? #captainmarvel (@AmericanQueen18) March 6, 2019

... many others remain hardcore fans of the edgier look.

BLEACHELLA HAD RIGHTS TAYLOR pic.twitter.com/uhjSOdsjLp
— ts7 literally at midnight (@bleachellastan) March 6, 2019

Am I the only one who loved Bleachella? pic.twitter.com/KkHHQCSUOL
— Ben ?(Fan Acc) (@TS7Track3) March 6, 2019

Bleachella had some moments and I’m sad some of y’all don’t realize that. pic.twitter.com/TnE6raYrwl
— Maranda (@drUnkONTaYtAy) March 4, 2019

imagine saying bleachella wasnt a serve pic.twitter.com/koP96Lkrfp
— swift (@delicatevinyI) March 6, 2019

unpopular opinion but bleachella was a LOOK. underappreciated in her time and still hated, but shes appreciated and loved all the same in my heart... ✊? pic.twitter.com/zEOUxtN613
— sarah™ ?WAITING TO MEET TAYLOR? (@staytaytxt) March 6, 2019

But with Swift publicly denouncing this bleached look, we doubt it'll ever resurface. But for fans hungry for another dramatic hair-color change for Swift, remember that there are so many other colors she could try. Taylor is a huge fan of surprises, after all.

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