The Voice’s Blake Shelton looks unrecognizable with mullet from ‘country boy’ days in throwback photo

THE Voice coach Blake Shelton looked unrecognizable in a resurfaced photo from his “country boy” days.

After more than 20 years in the country music industry, the singer shared a throwback on Wednesday of his past signature mullet hairstyle.

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Blake Shelton looked unrecognizable in a new throwback photoCredit: Twitter/Blake Shelton

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The Voice coach shared a snap of himself rocking a mullet from when he was youngerCredit: Getty
In the old snap, which was shared to Blake’s Twitter, he wore a bright, multi-colored polo shirt with vertical stripes.

While the vibrant shirt was front and center, the singer’s hair also pulled major focus.

The Voice coach rocked a mullet hairstyle, which is known for being shorter on top and longer in the back.

The unique look earned the phrase: “Business in the front, party in the back.”

Blake gave a big smile for the camera as he held onto his guitar and stood in front of a microphone while he appeared to be hanging out inside of a home.

The Twitter caption read: “Our faces when we hear y’all are streaming #ComeBackAsACountryBoy.”

The throwback photo had the country star looking completely unrecognizable with his 2000s fashion, mullet hairstyle, and his youthful baby face.

Now, Blake wears his salt and pepper hair cropped much closer and lets the stubble grow out on his face.

While speaking about his old style with TODAY a few years back, he couldn’t believe he ever wanted that look.

“I mean, that is ridiculous,” Blake said. “Why didn’t my family or friends or somebody tell me how stupid I looked?

“What time period did that look cool?”

He jokingly added: “There were no girls in my life at that point — I can promise you that.”

There have since been a few women in his life, including first wife Kaynette Gern and second wife Miranda Lambert.

Last year, Blake married his longtime girlfriend Gwen Stefani after a few years of dating.

Amid the early days of the pandemic, she even helped him try to get his mullet back.

Blake tweeted in March 2020: “With basically EVERYTHING I had scheduled being canceled for the foreseeable further @gwenstefani, and I have made a decision together.

“I am growing my mullet back as a symbol of hope or some s**t like that.

“Anyway it’s coming back! For real. Stay tuned…”

A few weeks later, tweeted out a “quarantine mullet update,” which featured a video of Gwen pulling her fingers through his hair.

Last year, though, Blake told People that he never should’ve had the hairstyle when he was younger, only as a joke during the pandemic.

While speaking to the outlet about advice for his younger self, he said: ”I would have told that kid, ‘Hey man, the mullet’s not as cool as you think it is.’

”And I would have told myself to get more rest back then. When I started I was 24 and lived life to the max back then.

“It’s probably why I ran out of battery so soon.”

After seeing fellow country artist Morgan Wallen’s mullet, Blake joked while speaking on New 100.3 the Wolf in 2021 that “it’s pretty weak.”

He added: “His mullet is kind of like a bob haircut.

“I wanna see it get down to about the middle of his back, like me and you know, Tracy Lawrence.

“Toby Keith even had some kind of a weird mullet back then. I wanna see some length on that thing.”

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The country singer used to wear a longer hairstyle when he first started out in his careerCredit: Getty

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Gwen Stefani’s husband now wears his hair cropped shorterCredit: Getty

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