He said, ‘You know what I’m going to say, don’t you?’ ”īut he also dealt with ridicule for the first two to three months of growing it. I was at a county fair, and one guy stopped me politely, and I smiled. Random guys stopping you to talk, all because you didn’t shave your lip. “It took me some time to come to grips with how certain people looked at or treated me differently over the course and development of my mustache… like, a noticeable difference from coworkers to friends and family. Matt says his experience changed as his mustache filled in and became more prominent. He resembles Charles Bronson or a 19th-century strongman. But he's been wearing a burly handlebar for the better part of the past five years.
It’s what Matt Wolk, a history teacher in Wisconsin, calls a “yin and yang of machismo and mockery.” Matt has been dabbling in the mustache for the past decade. On the one hand, they’re more popular than they’ve been in more than three decades, and on the other hand, even their most popular wearers can’t quite shake the idea that the mustache is the butt of the joke.
In 2021, mustaches find themselves at a bit of a historic crossroads. “He doesn’t even like it himself, but the more people hate it, the longer he wants to keep it.’ ” According to a Canadian radio station, “ ‘He feels that for years he’s been the pretty boy and loves how much everyone hates it and thinks it’s hilarious,” an insider dished. And like Freddie Mercury, Bieber seems to revel in the adverse reactions.īut where Mercury genuinely loved his chevron, Bieber seems to be more entertained by the idea of his mustache and less interested in the actual mustache itself. Justin Bieber’s mustache has received a similar response over the past several years. Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis began sporting a mustache in 2011, prompting one fan to create a petition to “ Make Anthony shave his mustache.” It’s my mustache, and I’m gonna keep it!”įreddie Mercury wouldn’t be the last superstar to create a rift amongst fans over a lip-strip. In a concert recording from the early 80s, Mercury asks the crowd what they think, only to follow up the cheers and jeers with a simple statement: “I don’t give a fuck, actually. If anything, he was amused by the dislike for it. Mercury cared little for the negative opinions on his ‘stache. In Queen: As It Began, Jacky Gunn and Jim Jenkins write that Mercury’s new look, particularly the mustache, caused "the grief of many of his female fans.” And Nicole Rosenthal points out in an article for Grunge that, “It goes without saying that the initial media and fan reaction was critical, with reports of fans bringing disposable razors to concerts and throwing them onstage in a desperate plea.” Now known as the chevron mustache, it’s become one of the most iconic ‘stache styles of all time.īut in 1980, Mercury’s new facial hair was met with firm resistance.
It’s a story that has played out time and time again, even at the height of mustache popularity.Ĥ1 years ago, Freddie Mercury’s mustache made its first appearance. Just e95 people have applauded (the equivalent of a Reddit upvote) Carol’s comment.ĭisdain for mustaches isn’t a new response or a lazy indictment of a style that has long been dormant from the public eye. It’s a satirical piece, but in the article’s comments section, a woman named Kristen chimes in: “Mustaches don’t look good on anyone. “The world needs to face a cold hard truth: 99% of mustaches don’t look good,” writes Benjamin Davis. It’s 2021, mustaches are back in style, and as always, people are divided.
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