Ariana Grande unrecognisable with curly hair before dramatic makeover and famous ponytail
The thank u, next singer may only be 27, but she's already transformed a lot over the years, looking totally different now to how she did in her Nickelodeon days and before she was famous
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Picture Ariana Grande and you immediately think of that iconic high ponytail, right?
But back before she was famous and adopted her signature style, she looked completely different.
Way back in the day, Ariana looked unrecognisable from the pop star we know and love with dark, bouncy curls.
Old snaps show the 27-year-old with stunning ringlet tresses hanging around her shoulders, in a time before we knew her.
One thing that's abundantly clear, is that Ariana has always been a stunning natural beauty with star quality.
Even before she was catapulted to fame and had a bit of a makeover, the 'girl next door' looked like a pop princess.
In 2008, Ariana began her showbusiness career in the Broadway cast of musical 13, and was pictured sporting her natural look alongside her castmates.
It was in 2010 when we really got to know Ariana.
She was cast as dim-witted but lovable Cat Valentine in Nickelodeon show Victorious, which followed a group of friends at school Hollywood Arts.
But then, she had a very different look that was just as iconic as her high pony - sleek bright red tresses.
Cat wore her hair in a variety of styles, but it was usually straight and hanging down past her shoulders and it was always bright red.
Her character was such a big hit that when the show ended in 2013, she teamed up with iCarly star Jennette McCurdy for show Sam & Cat.
Since then, she's done the odd bit of acting, appearing in the likes of Scream Queens and Family Guy, but it was as a popstar that she found her true passion in life ... and her iconic hairstyle.
Ariana's pop career began around the same time that Victorious came to an end, and it's when that high pony first took on a life of its own.
The singer, who will soon drop her new album Positions, was regularly pictured sporting an impossibly perfect ponytail that her fans were desperate to emulate.
Over the years, whether it was blonde or brunette, sans accessories or paired with some little kitty ears, it was the hottest look around.
It became such a signature for Ariana, that when she suddenly ditched the look in her 2018 music video for song No Tears Left To Cry, her fans practically broke the internet talking about it.
She'd previously said that she only ever wore her hair one way, so when she suddenly switched up her style, everybody lost it.
In her music video, Ariana was seen with a platinum blonde low ponytail and her fans were in disbelief over it.
One posted on Twitter at the time: "Ariana Grande’s low ponytail is giving me anxiety someone stop it"
"Ariana Grande‘s hair was in a slicked back high ponytail when she came out of the womb," another joked.
One fan wrote: "if ariana grande has a low ponytail but she’s upside down the whole time isn’t it technically still a high ponytail"
Another posted: "Y’all know this a different Ariana Grande when she has a low ponytail for the first time"
"I'm worried about her ponytail," one commented.
While one tweeted: "ariana grande’s new song caused my hair to spontaneously become a low platinum ponytail"
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