Kelsea Ballerini Reveals Her Live performance Hair Isn’t Actual

Kelsea Ballerini is aware of how you can preserve her hair wholesome and appears good doing it!

The “Blindsided” singer, 31, made her followers do a double-take Thursday, April 17, when she revealed via a TikTok video that the hair on her head wasn’t technically hers.

“Protected my hair, felt like Hannah Montana, and bought the after-show nickname Rufus,” she captioned her submit, including a little bit of nostalgia with the Miley Cyrus Disney present reference.  

The fictional teen pop star’s track, “This Is the Life,” performed within the background as Ballerini added, “Final night time of tour shed 🫠.”

Her video started with the nation singer carrying a tie-dye T-shirt and sweatpants in full glam as a hairstylist used a Q-tip and adhesive remover on her hairline. 

Ballerini’s sped-up video confirmed the girl making use of the product and the wig turning into unfastened sufficient to take away because the seconds went on. 

As this was occurring, the “Higher Luck Subsequent Time” singer chatted with somebody off-camera, ultimately receiving a hug throughout the seamless hair removing course of. 

Lastly, the hairstylist eliminated the wig, forsaking solely a evenly coloured wig cap. As soon as the cap was taken off, it revealed that Ballerini had two pigtails braided beneath, tucked into each other to make her actual hair extra compact.

She additionally used a make-up wipe to take away her eyeshadow, blush and basis.

There have been extra hugs because the singer allowed her stylist to wipe the leftover residue from the adhesive clear from her brow. 

The transformation left followers shook within the remark part. 

“The hairstylist who put in this KILLED it. It was unclockable,” one person wrote. One other added, “IT WAS A WIG??? GURRLLL IT LOOKED SO REAL.”

One particular person, who claimed to have seen the star “up shut and private,” couldn’t consider what they have been seeing: “Whoever did this set up of the wig wants a elevate as a result of omg!! I noticed you up shut & private in Seattle & I might have NEVER guessed it wasn’t your actual hair😂.”

In January 2024, Ballerini spoke completely to PEOPLE about her hair for her partnership with Pantene.

The Patterns artist mentioned if her hair may speak, it will inform her, “I am glad you chop plenty of inches off a couple of 12 months in the past. For lots of causes.”

By no means miss a narrative — join PEOPLE’s free each day e-newsletter to remain up-to-date on the very best of what PEOPLE has to supply​​, from celeb information to driving human curiosity tales.

“Your hair grows what number of inches a 12 months? A pair? Take into consideration that. The hair right here has seen rather a lot, and I used to be like: you gotta go,” Ballerini added.

After debuting her lob (lengthy bob) the summer season earlier than, the singer referred to as her massive chop a part of her “therapeutic period.”  

“I actually put my hair via it. I’ve for a decade,” Ballerini instructed PEOPLE. “I am doing all of the issues. And it wanted a bit of consideration. She was like, ‘Me, my flip.’ I used to be like, ‘Honest sufficient.’”