--- title: Katy Perry 2017 Interview on Ellen VIDEO description: Katy Perry told the talk show host that her new, cropped haircut takes a page out of Ellen's boo on the Ellen Show. canonical: https://time.com/4781012/katy-perry-ellen-hair/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-16T18:24:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:32.240Z og:title: Here's Who Katy Perry Looked to For Hair Inspiration og:description: "I said, 'I want the Ellen.' And I got it!" og:url: https://time.com/4781012/katy-perry-ellen-hair/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Who Katy Perry Looked to For Hair Inspiration twitter:description: "I said, 'I want the Ellen.' 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You went to Ellen and past it,” DeGeneres noted, given that Perry’s new ‘do is especially closely shorn on the sides and spiky on top. But Perry didn’t seem concerned. “It’s a little Ellen and a little Alfalfa,” Perry admitted, mussing up her hair into the [_Little Rascals_](http://time.com/3264578/little-rascals-cast-recreates-movie-poster-for-20th-anniversary/) favorite’s signature cowlick. She further explained that she had gotten to the point of dying her hair “too blonde” and it was falling out, so she needed a solution, which precipitated the change. “This is the destination that I showed up to,” she concluded. Perry, of course, is known for going through a [number of different hair colors](http://time.com/3537210/see-how-katy-perry-has-changed-over-the-years/) and looks over the years, from pastel wigs to this current, [simpler iteration.](http://motto.time.com/4691700/katy-perry-haircut-feminine/) Her new album, [_Witness_](http://time.com/4779825/katy-perry-paris-hilton-house-party/), will be out June 9, which she’ll be following up with a tour. It’s unclear what hair color — or cut — the experimental pop star will have settled on by then. 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