description: <p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><em>This article is about the haircut. For other uses, see </em><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(disambiguation)"><em>Mullet (disambiguation)</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><em>"Hiplet" redirects here. Not to be confused with </em><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiplet_(dance_style)"><em>Hiplet (dance style)</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Modern_Mullet.jpg"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Modern_Mullet.jpg/220px-Modern_Mullet.jpg" /></a></p><p>A man with a modern mullet haircut</p><p>The <strong>mullet</strong> is a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairstyle">hairstyle</a> in which the hair is cut shorter at the front, top and sides, but is longer at the back.</p><h2 id="heading-14">Etymology<span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">[</span><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mullet_(haircut)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1">edit</a><span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">]</span></h2><p>According to the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary"><em>Oxford English Dictionary</em></a>, use of the term <em>mullet</em> to describe this hairstyle was "apparently coined, and certainly popularized, by American hip-hop group the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys">Beastie Boys</a>",<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-oed.com-1">[1]</a> who used "mullet" and "mullet head" as epithets in their 1994 song "Mullet Head", combining it with a description of the haircut: "<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_clipper#Blades">number one</a> on the side and don't touch the back, number six on the top and don't cut it wack, Jack."<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-2">[2]</a> They expounded on the subject at length in a six-page article entitled "Mulling Over The Mullet" in Issue 2 (1995) of their magazine <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Royal">Grand Royal</a>, offering a selection of alternative names for the cut, including "Hockey Player Haircut" and "Soccer Rocker".<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-3">[3]</a></p><h3 id="heading-15"><strong>False etymology<span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">[</span></strong><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mullet_(haircut)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2"><strong>edit</strong></a><strong><span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">]</span></strong></h3><p>On <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_(magazine)"><em>Slate</em></a><em>'</em>s <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoder_Ring_(Slate)"><em>Decoder Ring</em></a> podcast, Willa Paskin discussed the etymology of the term, noting that <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a> credited the Australian <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Machine_(magazine)"><em>Street Machine</em></a> automotive magazine with the first published description of the term in 1992, predating Beastie Boys.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-soun_TheM-4">[4]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-oupa_OEDA-5">[5]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-publ_Appe-6">[6]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-visu_Thin-7">[7]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-blog_The-8">[8]</a> <em>Decoder Ring</em> discovered that the magazine image had been faked; in a 2018 apology posted to <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur">imgur</a>, the creator had admitted to faking the text, adjusting the magazine dates, and shown proof.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-imgu_Anap-9">[9]</a></p><h2 id="heading-16">In popular culture claims<span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">[</span><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mullet_(haircut)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3">edit</a><span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">]</span></h2><p>In 2019, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiefer_Sutherland">Kiefer Sutherland</a> was widely reported,<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-11">[11]</a> based on an interview with <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!"><em>Yahoo!</em></a>,<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-12">[12]</a> to be the unwitting instigator of the style due to the director's requirements for his lead role in the 1987 film <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Boys"><em>The Lost Boys</em></a>. He also confirmed part of the inspiration for his hairstyle came from <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol">Billy Idol</a>. In 2022 press interviews marking the 35th anniversary of the film, Sutherland again recounted the story.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-13">[13]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-14">[14]</a></p><h2 id="heading-17">Fashion history<span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">[</span><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mullet_(haircut)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4">edit</a><span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">]</span></h2><h3 id="heading-18"><strong>Mullets in antiquity<span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">[</span></strong><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mullet_(haircut)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5"><strong>edit</strong></a><strong><span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">]</span></strong></h3><p>A metal figurine, dated back to the 1st-century AD and found during 2018 preparations for a new car park at the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimpole_Estate">Wimpole Estate</a>, England, was hypothesised by archaeologists to indicate that natives in ancient Britain during the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Britain">Roman occupation</a> could have worn their hair similarly to mullets.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-15">[15]</a></p><p>In the sixth century, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire">Byzantine</a> scholar <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procopius">Procopius</a> wrote that some factions of young males wore their hair long at the back and cut it short over the forehead. This non-Roman style was termed the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns">"Hunnic"</a> look.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-16">[16]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-17">[17]</a></p><p>Researcher Alan Henderson describes the ancient hairstyle as useful, as it kept the hair out of the eyes, yet provided warmth and protection for the neck.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-18">[18]</a></p><h3 id="heading-19"><strong>Native America<span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">[</span></strong><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mullet_(haircut)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6"><strong>edit</strong></a><strong><span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">]</span></strong></h3><p>In <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourt%27s_Relation"><em>Mourt's Relation</em></a>, author <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Winslow">Edward Winslow</a> described the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Colony">Plymouth</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrims_(Plymouth_Colony)">pilgrims</a>' first encounter with the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States">Native Americans</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoset">Samoset</a> of the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenaki">Abenaki</a> in 1621:</p><p>He was a tall straight man, the hair of his head black, long behind, only short before, none on his face at all; …</p><p>— <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourt%27s_Relation">Mourt's Relation</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-19">[19]</a></p><h3 id="heading-20"><strong>1960s<span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">[</span></strong><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mullet_(haircut)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7"><strong>edit</strong></a><strong><span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">]</span></strong></h3><p><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)">Tom Jones</a> sported a mullet in two of his three 1965 performances of his hit song "<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Not_Unusual">It's Not Unusual</a>" on <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show"><em>The Ed Sullivan Show</em></a>, May 2, 1965 and June 13, 1965.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-20">[20]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-21">[21]</a></p><h3 id="heading-21"><strong>1970s<span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">[</span></strong><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mullet_(haircut)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8"><strong>edit</strong></a><strong><span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">]</span></strong></h3><p><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:David_Bowie_-_TopPop_1974_03.png"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/David_Bowie_-_TopPop_1974_03.png/170px-David_Bowie_-_TopPop_1974_03.png" /></a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie">David Bowie</a> with a mullet in 1974</p><p>Mullets were worn by rock stars <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie">David Bowie</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Stewart">Rod Stewart</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Richards">Keith Richards</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> in the early 1970s.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-22">[22]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-23">[23]</a> When writing <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Peart">Neil Peart</a>'s eulogy in January 2020, Greg Prato asserted Peart had a mullet, based on his observations of a 1974 video, further suggesting "he also may have been one of the first rockers to sport another hairstyle – the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattail_(hairstyle)">rattail</a>", based on a 1985 video, "<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Money">The Big Money</a>".<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-24">[24]</a></p><h3 id="heading-22"><strong>1980s<span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">[</span></strong><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mullet_(haircut)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9"><strong>edit</strong></a><strong><span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">]</span></strong></h3><p><em>See also: </em><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s"><em>1980s</em></a></p><p>In Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1980s, mullets were "everywhere", according to Tess Reidy writing at <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian"><em>The Guardian</em></a> in 2019.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-25">[25]</a> The 1980s were also the high point of the mullet's popularity in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Europe">continental Europe</a>.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-26">[26]</a></p><p>Also in the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s">1980s</a>, the mullet became part of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian_culture">lesbian culture</a>, where it came to be used as a way of identifying oneself as a member of that culture in public.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-27">[27]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-28">[28]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-29">[29]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-30">[30]</a></p><h3 id="heading-23"><strong>1990s<span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">[</span></strong><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mullet_(haircut)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10"><strong>edit</strong></a><strong><span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">]</span></strong></h3><p><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dual-mullet-closeup-1992.jpg"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Dual-mullet-closeup-1992.jpg/170px-Dual-mullet-closeup-1992.jpg" /></a></p><p>A man with a mullet in 1992</p><p>After the much-publicized 1992 <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics">DC Comics</a> storyline in which <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Superman">Superman apparently died</a>, the character returned to the 1993 follow-up storyline "<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_the_Supermen">Reign of the Supermen</a>", in which he was depicted with a mullet.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-31">[31]</a> The cancelled Superman film project, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_in_film#Superman_Lives"><em>Superman Lives</em></a>, would have depicted Superman with a mullet.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-32">[32]</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock">Punk rock</a> band the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vandals">Vandals</a> sang of the mullets worn by country music singers and guests of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jerry_Springer_Show"><em>The Jerry Springer Show</em></a> and listed regional names for the style in the 1998 song "I've Got an Ape Drape".<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-33">[33]</a></p><p>Vocalist <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Willis">Wesley Willis</a> wrote and released the track "Cut the Mullet" in 1998 and frequently performed it at live shows.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-34">[34]</a></p><h3 id="heading-24"><strong>2000s<span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">[</span></strong><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mullet_(haircut)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11"><strong>edit</strong></a><strong><span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">]</span></strong></h3><p>The 2001 film <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mullet"><em>American Mullet</em></a> documents the phenomenon of the mullet hairstyle and the people who wear it.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-35">[35]</a></p><p>The same year <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Records">Universal Records</a> (<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada">Canada</a>) released the album <em>Mullet Years: Power Ballads</em>, a collection of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_rock">hard rock</a> ballads.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-36">[36]</a></p><p>This hairstyle became popular with the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogan">bogan</a> subculture in Australia and New Zealand.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-37">[37]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-38">[38]</a></p><h3 id="heading-25"><strong>2010s<span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">[</span></strong><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mullet_(haircut)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12"><strong>edit</strong></a><strong><span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">]</span></strong></h3><p>The mullet was banned in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran">Iran</a> as one style on a list of "un-Islamic", "decadent Western cuts".<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-40">[40]</a></p><p>The mullet was returned to the spotlight in 2015 by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Pop_idol">K-pop idol</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-Dragon">G-Dragon</a> during his band <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIGBANG">BIGBANG</a>'s <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_World_Tour">Made World Tour</a>.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-41">[41]</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byun_Baekhyun">Byun Baekhyun</a> of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exo_(band)">EXO</a> also sported a mullet in promotion for the group's 2017 song "<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_Ko_Bop">Ko Ko Bop</a>". K-pop artists who have worn mullets include <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_B">Block B</a>'s <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zico_(rapper)">Zico</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Min-ho">Song Min-ho</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_Joo-hyuk">Nam Joo-hyuk</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_(South_Korean_singer)">Dean</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray_Kids">Stray Kids</a>' Chan and Han, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIXX">VIXX</a>'s <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N_(singer)">N</a>,<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-42">[42]</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A.P.">B.A.P.</a>'s Himchan,<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-43">[43]</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_(South_Korean_band)">Seventeen</a>'s Woozi and The8, and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTS">BTS</a>'s <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_(singer)">V</a>.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-44">[44]</a></p><p>The mullet has also experienced a revival within <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_in_the_United_States">American sports</a>. After winning back-to-back Stanley Cups, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Kessel">Phil Kessel</a> was spotted in Pittsburgh Penguins training camp in September 2017 bringing the mullet back to its native roots of Pittsburgh hockey (<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaromir_Jagr">Jaromir Jagr</a> wore a mullet with the Penguins in the 1990s).[<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"><em>citation needed</em></a>] Similarly, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_State_Cowboys_and_Cowgirls">Oklahoma State</a> head football coach <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gundy">Mike Gundy</a> wore a mullet starting in early 2017; the popularity of his mullet supposedly earned Oklahoma State millions of dollars in marketing revenue.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-45">[45]</a> In addition, from 2010 to 2015, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kane">Patrick Kane</a> of the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks">Chicago Blackhawks</a> popularized the "playoff mullet," an alternative to the traditional NHL <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playoff_beard">playoff beard</a>.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-46">[46]</a> Then-<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> running back <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Conner_(American_football)">James Conner</a> began sporting a mullet in 2018, continuing the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinzer">Yinzer</a> tradition of the hairstyle in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania">Western Pennsylvania</a>.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-47">[47]</a> The revival also extended to Australia in the late 2010's, with Australian soccer player <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyan_Grant">Rhyan Grant</a> becoming widely known for his mullet haircut to the point that it was included within the video game <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_20">FIFA 20</a>.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-48">[48]</a></p><h3 id="heading-26"><strong>2020s<span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">[</span></strong><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mullet_(haircut)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13"><strong>edit</strong></a><strong><span style="color:rgb(84, 89, 93)">]</span></strong></h3><p>In September 2020, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-D">i-D</a> called 2020 "the year of the mullet", attributing its boom in popularity to <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_lockdowns">COVID-19 lockdowns</a> and the extended closure of hair salons.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-49">[49]</a> In an article for <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_Media">Vice Media</a>, the mullet-wearing teenagers interviewed all described getting the haircut as a joke, with one stating "There's an irony to the mullet haircut. It's this disgustingly gross haircut, which means it's definitely worn in an ironic way".<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-50">[50]</a> Mullets have also seen a great revival by way of the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer">queer</a> community. Magda Ryczko, founder of a barbershop in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, notes that mullets allow for a professional front-facing look for COVID-19 era Zoom meetings, while maintaining a messier, more fun look off-camera, when the longer back section of hair may be revealed.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-51">[51]</a> An annual national USA Mullet Championship began in 2020.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-52">[52]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-53">[53]</a> The versatility of the taper fade has modernized the classic mullet, giving it a cleaner look.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-54">[54]</a></p><p>58-year-old Tami Manis from Tennessee was awarded a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Record">Guinness World Record</a> for a 172.72 cm-long (68.00 in) mullet in August 2023, a result of not having her hair cut for 33 years.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-55">[55]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)#cite_note-56">[56]</a></p>
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