The Fade Haircut Is Dead

In 2025, the barber Julius Arriola met up with his client Skrillex. Typically the DJ, whose real name is Sonny John Moore, would ask for his usual: a signature undercut that preserved his shoulder-length hair. But that day, Arriola recalls, he was adamant about one thing: “I want no fade.”

Arriola, a co-founder of the haircare brand STMNT, heard the message loud and clear. The result, which the musician officially debuted at Ultra Music Festival that year, was a medium-short textured crop…