3:09 - Hair cut talk.
Phil: Also in desperate need of a hair cut right now. Not going to apologize for my hair, but it's beyond the need for a cut. Fabrice did a rubbish job last time, and left like, this piece [picks up the front bit of fringe] really long. Look how long that is. So it keeps going really gap-y at the sides. Hopefully he's gonna fix it, I have a hair cut on Tuesday, uh, where I'm gonna shave the whole thing off before Playlist Live.
3:33 - Phil: If I didn't cut my hair, it wouldn't get longer, like old school Phil, it'd just mushroom out
3:42 - Chat: Cut off the fringe
Phil: Yeah. I actually experimented going fringe-less for the first time in about 7 years the other night, 'cause I went to a 1920s themed event called "Secret Cinema", where you had to dress up as if you were from the 1920s, first of all, and secondly, it turns out people didn't have emo fringes back then, so I had to hairspray it up and across, and there's a picture of me on my twitter [talks about where you can find his twitter] (
link to tweet)
4:20 - Chat: We have a Phil's forehead fandom
Phil: Really? [laughs] That's intimidating. Uh, yeah, so my forehead was very cold and exposed, it felt kind of naked.
6:21 - Interrupts himself as he's still talking about the Secret Cinema
Phil, fixing his fringe: Sorry, terrible hair today. If I touch my hair just deal with it, [silly deep voice] I'm not gonna stop! I'm not gonna stop for anyone.
6:53 - Chat: Your hair looks damn fine, so hush
Phil: Okay, that's the last time I'll [unintelligible] my hair. But when I have it cut, d'you reckon I should go full no fringe or is that just like, a terrible idea? Would everyone unsubscribe if I did that?
Chat: Do not!
Phil: Okay I won't.
Chat: Never!!
Phil: Maybe in like...2 years. Three years? Sometimes I wake up and I'm like "I really want to cut my hair off", especially today just because it's so annoying 'cause he cut it wrong, uh so it'd be cool to have a change at one point. But I quite like my look, I think I'd freak myself out in the mirror if I had really short hair. I remember once my brother completely shaved his head, and my parents were like [horrified face] "What have you done to yourself"...he looked so weird. He looked like a startled baby.
Phil spends a good bit at the start of this liveshow talking about his hair, and he brings it back after a couple topic changes too. His hair did look worse than usual in this liveshow, so I kind of don't blame him, though I find it difficult to watch someone repeatedly bring attention to an insecurity. That's something most people do though, so I get it, and it did make for some interesting thoughts from Phil.
When I first watched this, I found it funny that he dragged Fabrice through the mud since he held onto him as his hairdresser for so long, but I mean, if you're not getting what you paid for, makes sense (though Fabrice needs a career change anyway tbh). I can imagine how long he must have been trying to fix it up before the liveshow, just going off of how annoyed he seemed by his hair (didn't stop him from making it worse a couple times throughout).
What I found the most interesting was the mention of cutting it all off/getting a quiff. I'm not sure if there had been any other notable time before then or around that time where he mentioned wanting to cut his hair, and while maybe it was more of a product of his frustration at his bad hair cut, the fact that he asked if everyone would unsubscribe stood out to me. As it was a large part of his worry and reluctance to change his hair in early 2018, I think it's remarkable to see him four years earlier worrying about the same thing. I actually didn't even think he was considering it really back then, maybe more after Dan changed his, maybe a bit before then, but not as early as then (though we did get to see him with a quiff a few times, like in festive ditl, but still). I just see a lot of insecurity in the way he talks about his hair here, and I think comparing that to what we saw him be quite honest about last year, it's really interesting how long that's been mulling around in his head, probably festering a bit over the years. (also...if that was actually Phil reading from the chat, who are the people that hate themselves so much they'd want him to keep the fringe??)
That's 226 short videos! I bet there's plenty of ones you've completely forgotten about. Maybe share some of your faves here so that we can all relive the good times together?
2013 was a rough time.
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