Some grooming notes to chart a path to success: pay extra attention to the crowns you wear on your head. For if there’s anything we’ve learnt from our favourite heartthrobs over the years—it’s that a man’s hair is equally pivotal in instigating transformation. The biggest names in pop culture would doubtlessly have to agree. There was the eternal David Beckham, ever the pinnacle of effortless cool as he flitted from bleached-blonde curtain tips to the experimental mohawk and that first buzzcut during his heydays in the ‘00s. Over in teenage territory (aka the now-millennial crush), we had the likes of Zac Efron and Logan Lerman, the leading men who came swooping in with their side-swept bangs and face-framing layers—a look that held our hearts for the earlier part of the last decade.
It was also a time when we adored the dorky, nerdy friend to the main character. When Adam Brody’s Seth Cohen in The O.C. and Dylan O’Brien’s Stiles Stilinski from Teen Wolf came trotting in, accosting us with their boyish cuts, sometimes with softer waves, other times cut short, albeit texture weaved in.
In recent years, however, much of our attention has shifted. Longer, permed and explicitly stylised cuts have taken over the zeitgeist, in part due to the growing interest in Asian culture. Be it wavy bangs, sharp and boyish cuts, or the shorter version of the ever-controversial mullet, the hair styles one could explore ran the gamut.
In the heat of 2025, these are the trending men’s hair styles holding our attention (and being worn on our favourite heartthrobs)? Sure enough, the Internet has already spoken. Behold, the ones we’re adding to our mood oards and have compiled here exclusively for your viewing pleasure. We’re sure they’re bound to come in handy some day…
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Stylised tousles: Robert Pattinson
It’s all about giving off that air of effortless cool. From Robert Pattinson (looking dapper at Cannes) to South Korean stars like Jay B of GOT7, the brief is working a sense of purposeful disarray into that mane—like you care, but not too much.
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Stylised tousles: Jay B of GOT7
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Stylised tousles: Zhang Linghe
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Spiky and spunky: G-Dragon
Anything G-Dragon does, the K-pop fanboys are sure to follow. Since he dropped his Übermensch teaser image for the album, the spiky hairdo has been a surefire favourite within the industry—lending its wearers with veritable charisma when they hit the stage.
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Spiky and spunky: Hoshi of Seventeen
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Spiky and spunky: Choi Hyun Suk of Treasure
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Wavy bangs: Park Bo-gum
Not everyone can pull it off, but working these frizzy waves into your volume automatically lends its wearer a more approachable yet stylish feel.
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Wavy bangs: Bright Vachirawit
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Wavy bangs: Hongjoong of Ateez
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Longer layers: Felix of Stray Kids
There’s just something about the way these face-framing layers fall slightly over the eyes. As seen on Felix at the recent Louis Vuitton show, it’s a stylish outing that’s bound to turn heads.
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Longer layers: Kento Yamazaki
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The mini mullet: Yugyeom of GOT7
The mullet’s appeal continues—only this time its neater, less shaggy cousin has earned its own appeal.
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The mini mullet: Wang Yibo
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Curtain bangs: Beomgyu of TXT
Let’s face it: curtain bangs requires upkeep. Yet it’s a style that works with both short and longer styles, and feels effortless no matter the occasion.
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Curtain bangs: Wooyoung of Ateez
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Curtain bangs: Youngjae of GOT7
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Short and side-swept: Force Jiratchapong
A failsafe look? This boyish, shorter cut teamed with a side-swept fringe.
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Short and side-swept: Drew Starkey
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Tousled texture: Pedro Pascal
If you’ve got a natural mop of curls, keeping your perm neat and softly tousled is red carpet worthy, as per Pedro Pascal and Paul Mescal’s recent Cannes outings.
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Tousled texture: Matthew Broome
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Tousled texture: Paul Mescal
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Sharp cut bangs: Vernon of Seventeen
The man bang has long taken off and it’s in its zenith. Be it whether you’re going for a more boyish, messy look à la Zhou Yiran or straight down tousles like Vernon’s look for Seventeen’s recent comeback, there’s a world to play with.
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Sharp cut bangs: Zhou Yiran
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Sharp cut bangs: I.N of Stray Kids
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Fiery hues: Yoshi of Treasure
As far as coloured strands go these days, we’re seeing an increasing tendency towards bold, vivacious hues.
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Fiery hues: Joshua of Seventeen
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The buzzcut: Hyunjin of Stray Kids
Nothing screams hot guy upgrade more than a rugged ’90s buzzcut. Case in point? The red carpet transformations—bleaching included—of Austin Butler and Stray Kids’s Hyunjin.
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