Keith Urban’s hair gets a lot of attention, so it isn’t a surprise that the fact that he has cut it short is making headlines.

The 46-year-old American Idol judge shared a photo of himself on Twitter after his haircut. He kept the front longer but the back is significantly shorter.

Before that, he tweeted a photo of the hairdressing chair he sat in to get his locks cut off. In it, fans can see the hair he cut off lying on the floor. “Snow ain't the only thing falling in Nashville today!! –KU,” he wrote.

USA Today notes maybe Urban, who’s married to Nicole Kidman, wanted to change up his look for the new season of Idol, which premieres on Jan. 15.

Back in September, Fox confirmed Urban would be returning as the only judge from last season, and joining him will be prior judge Jennifer Lopez and newbie Harry Connick Jr. Last season Urban judged alongside Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey and Randy Jackson.

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