It has become common nowadays for males to have long hair. Long hair tends to be found attractive these days and also implies that men having it could be that they are of good health. They could challenge society's gender norms as the belief goes only women must have long hair. They also indicate that we dress for ourselves and not for others. However, this tradition is now the past. In current trends, there are a variety of hairstyles and cuts for long hair. This article lists the top 10 male idols in the K-Pop industry who had or have long hair.
1. Hyunjin
Hyunjin of Stray Kids currently has long hair. He is famous for his blonde hair tied back with front bangs. He also has this type of hairstyle in black hair in the Thunderous and Scars Era. Hyunjin has the nickname "The Prince of 4th Generation" as he looks royal in this hairstyle, adding more beauty to his features. Hyunjin is also a great dancer.
2. Jeonghan
Jeonghan is one of the eldest members and a part of the Vocal Team in Seventeen. He had long hair for a very long time. Jeonghan's hair was long till his shoulders during that time. From his debut era of Adore U to the Very Nice Era, Jeonghan had his long hair dyed in various colors and distinct hairstyles. He then cut his hair and now maintains his short hair.
3. Taemin
Taemin is the leading dancer and the maknae of Shinee. Taemin, when he debuted, had a mushroom cut and later grew his hair long till his shoulders in 2010. Frequently he cut his hair and grew them long after 2010 till 2014. Taemin then grew his hair long in 2021 for his solo album Advice' before he cut them to enlist in the military.
4. Beomgyu
Beomgyu of Tomorrow X Together is an excellent singer, dancer, and rapper. He had brought a new kind of hairstyle into the industry known as the wolf cut, a mixture of mullet and a tousled shag when he made his debut in 2019. He has his hair length till his neck and still maintains the hair length from time to time.
5. Jungkook
Jungkook, the golden maknae of BTS, is currently styling his hair long. The idol started his journey of 'long hair' in his Love Yourself concerts with a perm hairstyle. In 2020, he had man buns, and later, in their comeback in 2021, Butter, Jungkook was seen with long purple hair. He currently maintains a black mullet with length till his neck.
6. Xion
Xion of ONEUS is a visual, a sub-vocalist, and the youngest of the group. Xion had long hair for his photo shoots in Full Moon, their 6th mini album. He was with apple hair in their Plastic Flower Live. Also, Xion's iconic long hairstyle would be his half down- half up braided hair, medium length till his neck, and pearl accessories.
7. Junji
OnlyOneOf's Junji is a dancer and a vocalist. He debuted with long hair covering his face and eyes, till a year when he finally decided to cut some hair to show his eyes. He stated in an interview that it was hard for him to see with his eyes covered, and he would often seek the member's help for daily activities. Junji maintains his long hair to date.
8. JayB
JayB is the leader, vocalist, and songwriter of GOT7. He had grown his hair in their Turbulence era at the beginning of 2016. Later in 2018, his hair had grown to a mullet in The New era. JayB had long hair lengths up to his shoulder in 2020 until he decided to chop them off. Fans were sad when JayB chose to cut his hair.
9. Hyungwon
Hyungwon is a dancer, singer, model, DJ, actor, and member of Monsta X. He is well-known for his long, straight, and silky mullet hair. Sometimes, he also hurls his hair. He cuts his hair short and frequently grows them long to his neck. Hyungwon dyes his hair often, and his renowned colors would be blonde, pink, and color streaks on his front bangs.
10. Jooyeon
Jooyeon is the leading vocalist, visual, bass guitarist, and youngest member of the boy band Xdinary Heroes under JYP Entertainment. The group is an upcoming and promising boy band. The group members got introduced to the public late in 2021, and Jooyeon had long hair since his pre-debut. He has black hair with color streaks on them. In some of his childhood pics, Jooyeon seems to have short hair.
