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Bowen Yang [2] with blond hair? My oh my, do we stan. The actor and comedian kicked off the new year by going platinum blond [3], and we can't help but wonder if this means he'll finally be guest starring in a Californians skit on Saturday Night Live [4] when this season returns. A natural brunette, Yang recently visited Salon87 Brooklyn hairstylist Yu Nakata [5] for the bleach and colour job and debuted his new look on Instagram on Sunday. He's worn his fair share of wigs on SNL through the years — remember that horrid green Oompa Loompa wig [6] he slipped into for a Weekend Update segment last October? — but this is the first time we've seen him dye his hair.

Going blond, both permanently and temporarily, was a popular choice in 2021 for celebrities galore, including Billie Eilish [7], Ciara [8], Florence Pugh [9], and Naomi Osaka [10], to name just a few who took the plunge. What better person to lead the charge for 2022 than the Titanic-sinking iceberg king himself [11]?