If you cast your mind back about a decade, you might recall Ariana Grande’s iconic ponytail era.

Almost every time Ari stepped out , she rocked a signature high ponytail, which turned out to be a deliberate style choice to help mask the severe damage she’d endured from consistently dyeing her hair red while starring on the Nickelodeon series Victorious .

“I had to bleach my hair and dye it red every other week for the first 4 years of playing Cat… as one would assume, that completely destroyed my hair. ... I wear it in a ponytail because my actual hair is so broken that it looks absolutely ratchet and absurd when I let it down,” she explained in 2014.

In recent years, Ari has ditched the ponytail and rocked a series of other hairstyles — including a blonde ‘do during the Wicked press tour , and, momentarily, her natural, short curls .

At the 2026 Golden Globes in January, Ari wowed fans by bringing back her signature pony .

And this week, she sent internet users into a frenzy once again after posting a…