{"id":1472,"date":"2026-04-17T22:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/billie-eilishs-roots-are-brighter-again-but-not-like-you-might-expect-see-photos\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T22:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:35:52","slug":"billie-eilishs-roots-are-brighter-again-but-not-like-you-might-expect-see-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/billie-eilishs-roots-are-brighter-again-but-not-like-you-might-expect-see-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Billie Eilish&#8217;s Roots Are Brighter Again, But Not Like You Might Expect\u2014See Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Since the masses first met <strong>Billie Eilish<\/strong> via \u201cBad Guy,\u201d the singer-songwriter has spent a good chunk of her seven years of celebrity wearing what has become something of a signature look: brightly colored roots contrasting with nearly black hair. We&#8217;ve been ready for her to bring it back in a new hue, and it seems like she&#8217;s done just that\u2014just not the way we would&#8217;ve thought.<\/p>\n<p>Eilish attended CinemaCon on Thursday, April 16, to promote her new film, co-directed by James Cameron, <em>Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D).<\/em> She appeared onstage in a Polo Ralph Lauren Big Pony Polo Shirt and baggy jeans, briefly sporting a pair of 3D glasses that could honestly pass as designer sunglasses. But upon closer inspection, she also introduced a subtle hair change.<\/p>\n<p>It appears Eilish is growing out her darkly dyed hair, revealing several middle-parted inches of light brown hair\u2014most likely her natural color. The line of demarcation isn&#8217;t harsh, suggesting a pro might have helped blend it, but even so, it&#8217;s truly not every day that we see a celebrity let their roots go this long, especially since lighter roots haven&#8217;t gained the kind of cool reputation that dark roots have over the years. (We welcome Eilish to usher in the era of this look being trendy!)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iJvQnD cOWUYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-fnduJP iaVSwI asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-kFnjvc eKnjjD responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-jKunQM gjCCFj AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Billie Eilish talking into a microphone wearing a navy polo shirt\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241043abaf31f304d0b2d\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/billie%20eilish%20roots.jpg 120w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241043abaf31f304d0b2d\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/billie%20eilish%20roots.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241043abaf31f304d0b2d\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/billie%20eilish%20roots.jpg 320w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241043abaf31f304d0b2d\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/billie%20eilish%20roots.jpg 640w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241043abaf31f304d0b2d\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/billie%20eilish%20roots.jpg 960w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241043abaf31f304d0b2d\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/billie%20eilish%20roots.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241043abaf31f304d0b2d\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/billie%20eilish%20roots.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241043abaf31f304d0b2d\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/billie%2520eilish%2520roots.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionCredit-cUgOGk foWpck hRFzlA caption__credit\">Photo: Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As you probably know, Eilish wore her roots neon-green for about two years\u20142019 to 2021\u2014and after dabbling in blonde for a bit, she went back to brunette, eventually opting back into black hair and neon roots, that time in red.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iJvQnD cOWUYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-fnduJP iaVSwI asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-kFnjvc eKnjjD responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-jKunQM gjCCFj AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Billie Eilish talking into a microphone wearing a navy polo shirt\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241517e8a3e478147b8b3\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/billie%20eilish%20light%20brown%20roots.jpg 120w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241517e8a3e478147b8b3\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/billie%20eilish%20light%20brown%20roots.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241517e8a3e478147b8b3\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/billie%20eilish%20light%20brown%20roots.jpg 320w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241517e8a3e478147b8b3\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/billie%20eilish%20light%20brown%20roots.jpg 640w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241517e8a3e478147b8b3\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/billie%20eilish%20light%20brown%20roots.jpg 960w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241517e8a3e478147b8b3\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/billie%20eilish%20light%20brown%20roots.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241517e8a3e478147b8b3\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/billie%20eilish%20light%20brown%20roots.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69e241517e8a3e478147b8b3\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/billie%2520eilish%2520light%2520brown%2520roots.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionCredit-cUgOGk foWpck hRFzlA caption__credit\">Photo: Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the masses first met Billie Eilish via \u201cBad Guy,\u201d the singer-songwriter has spent a good chunk of her seven years of celebrity wearing what has become something of a signature look: brightly colored roots contrasting with nearly black hair. We&#8217;ve been ready for her to bring it back in a new hue, and it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beauty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}