![]() ![]() “I have a very womanly physique and I love the juxtaposition with the buzz cut. “Afterwards, I put my hair in a bag and took it with me from set-I couldn't just throw it away!” Still, the dramatic hair shift has been liberating for Towley as a performer: “I’ve never felt a stronger sense of femininity,” she explains. ![]() “With all the love and care I'd given my curls, I surprised myself with how ready I was for the cut,” she says. "It was the first time I really took ownership of my body." She'd go on to spend the next decade diligently nurturing her curl pattern, flexing its versatility by wearing a halo of glossy ringlets or a picked out afro. “I was done spending hours trying to maintain a look that wasn’t me," she recalls. At 15, she transitioned her hair from straightened back to its natural kinky texture. I only had one head to shave." Believe it or not, it wasn't the 26-year-old Minnesota native's first beauty transformation. "It was a once in a lifetime experience,” says Towley, a member of Pharrell's dance squad since 2014. The there's-no-turning-back-now transformation plays into the video's "no one ever really dies" theme (a play on the N.E.R.D acronym) by suggesting: If you want a new lease on life, radically shearing off your lengths is a fruitful first step. The video opens with the singer-wearing a sleek fringed bob, silver chain necklace and Raf Simons' "Nebraska" sweatshirt-wielding clippers in a hotel, giving pause with a laser-like stare into the camera before shaving off Towley's cloud of natural curls. Last week, N.E.R.D, the funk hip-hop band fronted by Pharrell, dropped their music video for their comeback single "Lemon," featuring none other than Bad Gal RiRi. If Rihanna wanted to shave your head, would you let her? If your answer is a resounding yes, you have at least one thing in common with dancer Mette Towley. ![]()
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