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Blake Shelton Recalls Why He Ditched His Mullet

Blake Shelton is in full throwback mode in his new video for “No Body,” with the video going back to the 1990s and Blake donning a mullet once again, just…

Blake Shelton Recalls Why He Ditched His Mullet
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Blake Shelton is in full throwback mode in his new video for "No Body," with the video going back to the 1990s and Blake donning a mullet once again, just like he did when he first came to Nashville in the 1990s.

As Shelton told People, he now recalls why he dumped the mullet, "(Wearing the mullet) felt completely natural to me, especially making the video in this particular bar. The air conditioning wasn't on. It was hot in there. Hair was sticking to my neck and the side of my face. And I remember thinking, 'Oh yeah, this is why I ended up cutting my mullet off.' Not because it wasn't cool anymore or trendy, just because it was physically irritating."

Blake added, "I guess I don't care about trends because when I had the mullet, it wasn't cool. And now that mullets are cool, I don't have one. So I guess I don't follow. I should. I'm not against them. I'm just always a little bit late."

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.