Niall Horan has shocked One Direction fans with a rather startling new hairstyle - a purple rinse.
The singer, 18, showed off his new look in a photo uploaded to Twitter by hairdressing salon Bleach London.
'Just doing some funki highlights for @NiallOfficial,' Tweeted staff at the salon.
Luckily for fans of Niall's signature blond 'do, his violet style isn't a permanent one - hair often turns that colour when bleach is put on it.
But the Irish star - who's back in the studio with his bandmates today - has been considering changing his barnet for a while.
'My natural hair colour is nearly black,' Niall told Channel 955 last month.
'So I'm thinking about heading towards that kind of thing, because I've been doing this for a while.'
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