Halsey shares a photo of her natural curls a year after defending her biracial identity.
The American singer took to Instagram on Thursday (Dec. 12) to post a selfie showing off her naturally curly short black hair.
โstrawberry fields ?โ Halsey wrote alongside the snap.
In the photo, the 25-year-old artistโ can be seen wearing high-waisted jeans, a faded Beatles band tee, and a printed jacket styled casually off-the-shoulder. The โBad At Loveโ singer paired the โ70s-inspired outfit with oversized sunglasses, a Western belt, a cross necklace, and her strawberry-print phone case.
Fans immediately took notice of Halseyโs head of flawless curls, taking to the comments section to praise her for her rare natural hair moment.
โPls keep this hair hals,โ one fan wrote.
โnatural locks !!! love them,โ another commented.
โi love your natural hair โค๏ธ you are beautiful ?โ a third fan added.
Halseyโs post, which has now garnered over one million likes, comes over a year after the โWithout Meโ singer, who is biracial, faced scrutiny over her biracial identity after she made headlines for voicing her frustrations about shampoos and conditioners that hotels typically provide on Twitter, saying that theyโre not adequate for a vast number of their customers.
โIโve been traveling for years now and itโs been so frustrating that the hotel toiletry industry entirely alienates people of color. I canโt use this perfumed watered down white people shampoo. Neither can 50% of ur customers. Annoyingโ she tweeted
in April 2018.
Her father is African American and her mother is Italian, Hungarian and Iris.
Social media users soon wondered whether Halsey was in a position to speak about the issue at all, questioning her bi-racial identity.
โYou are one of the white people sweetie,โ one user wrote, to which Halsey responded with a clap-back, โNo. I am Not.โ
After another follower asked her how shampoo can โbe racist,โ Halsey explained to her followers why having shampoo choices matters.
โHow can u have lived ur entire life without knowing that people of color and white people require different hair care products,โ she wrote.
Halsey acknowledged the while she has the luxury of being able to travel with her own shampoo, some people of color do not.
โThe point is that mass production of those products as the standard is part of a greater problem of disenfranchisement. If white ppl can enjoy the luxury/convenience, there should be an option for everyone to. Its an โinsignificantโ example of a bigger problem. Thatโs all!โ she added.
When some people tried to make the tired argument that hotel shampoo wasnโt good for anyoneโs hair, regardless of race, she again laid out her stance.
โIโve been to hotels with fucking Hermรจs toiletries. The point is, people think โoh they just use normal cheap shampooโ but thatโs because u associate โnormalโ with โwhite.โ Thatโs not everyoneโs standard. End of story. Iโm good on the shampoo debate now lol,โ she elaborated.
Last year August, the singer had a natural hair
โnew growth, new growth; all these fades I outgrew,โ she captioned the photo.
โI canโt believe I spent a whole damn year growing out my curls under those wigs for yโall to say my natural hair looks like a wigโฆ some fโd up shit lmao,โ Hasley responded to the critics who accused of wearing a wig and cultural appropriation.