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Katharine McPhee: New Album is UNBROKEN; Hair Color Not?

Katharine McPhee before she went blonde, with her beautiful bruenette hair.



American Idol Season 5 Contestant Katharine McPhee is promoting her new album, “Unbroken,” and is stirring up the headlines. But not because of a new sound, or a hit single. All of the buzz is over her new hair color: blonde (see the video above of McPhee promoting her new album). Not to mention she cut off quite a bit of length.

For those of you familiar with Katharine McPhee, it comes as a surprise that she would change her beautiful look and throw it out the window for something less feminine. Either way, it’s not like she doesn’t look good – but I don’t think she will get the same “head turn” reactions that she used to get with her old look.

“I’ve never dyed my hair before so this was a pretty drastic change,” Katharine said. “I’ve always been known as a brunette but I’ve been thinking about it for a long time and it kind of just fit with all of the searching with the music and experimenting that I would do the same thing with my look.”

What do you think of Katharine’s new look? Should she go back to being a brunette?

Kevin Brackett

Kevin Brackett is a professional film and theatre critic. He is also a member of the St. Louis Film Critics Association (SLFCA). Since founding Review St. Louis in 2008, he remains editor and operator of the online publication. Kevin is also a co-host of the Reel Spoilers podcast, and former National Vice President of the Technology Student Association (TSA), comprised of over 200,000 members worldwide. E-mail: kevin [at] reviewstl.com.

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  • She looks fine how she is! She's gonna go back to brown at some point soon, so enjoy the blonde for once! You're right; it's not like she looks bad. You could have posted a picture from one of her NYC events this past week to show people what it looks like rather than that video when it used to be really short.

  • Is this supposed to be a music review??? She is a singer/songwriter. What does her hair style have to do with it???

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