Ella Hooper doesn’t look like this anymore! Killing Heidi singer is unrecognisable as she swaps her famous dreads for a mullet
She has long been known as the dreadlocked lead singer of Killing Heidi.
But during an appearance on the Today show on Thursday, Ella Hooper looked unrecognisable as she showed off her new mullet haircut during an interview.
The 37-year-old was promoting her part in the upcoming Carols by Candlelight special.
All grown up! During an appearance on the Today show on Thursday, Ella Hooper looked unrecognisable as she showed off her new mullet haircut during an interview
In addition to her bold new hairstyle, the songstress also wore a conservative fuchsia top and jewellery.
It was a far cry from the grungy ensembles she rocked during her days as a Killing Heidi frontwoman.
Last year, Ella spoke to Today Extra about starting the band at age 13, and also revealed how she decided upon her bold makeup look.
Flashback: It was a far cry from the grungy ensembles she rocked during her days as a Killing Heidi frontwoman (pictured in 2000)
She explained she would smudge red lipstick on her eyelids as makeshift eyeshadow during the band’s heyday in the ’90s as she ‘wasn’t a big makeup girl growing up’.
‘Things were so much more naive back then,’ she added. ‘We didn’t really have a team of makeup artists and stylists following us around. Believe it or not, I actually made a lot of those clothes myself with the help of some friends who could sew!’
Killing Heidi temporarily split in 2006, before reforming in 2016 after a 10-year hiatus.
New look: In addition to her bold new hairstyle, the songstress also wore a conservative fuchsia top and jewellery
Ella recently competed against nine other acts to represent Australia as a solo artist at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with her song Data Dust.
Unfortunately for Ella, Kate Miller-Heidke ended up entering the competition with her track Zero Gravity.
Killing Heidi rose to fame as the winners of Triple J’s Unearthed competition in 1996 with their single Kettle.
The band went on to release three albums, and are currently on a headline tour around Australia, which concludes in November.
They will also appear on the Red Hot Summer Tour in January and February alongside special guests James Reyne, The Living End and The Angels.
Remember us? Killing Heidi rose to fame as the winners of Triple J’s Unearthed competition in 1996 with their single Kettle (pictured 2000)