CONTROVERSIAL noughties pop star Julia Volkova, 38, looks completely unrecognisable 20 years after the BBC banned her video from Top of the Pops.
The Russian singer reached star status alongside Lena Katina as part of girl group tATu, best known for their songs All The Things She Said and Not Gonna Get Us.
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The pair – who weren’t afraid to kiss each other on stage – formed their group in 1999 and continued to make records until they decided to pursue solo careers in 2011.
At the time they first became famous, Julia sported a dark pixie crop and has always kept a similar length.
However, sharing a stunning new snap with her 368,000 Instagram followers, Julia showed off a flowing mane of hair.
She captioned it: “Everyone knows how often I like to change hairstyles, haircuts, color, and especially, my love is long hair.”
Tagging and thanking her stylist, the brunette beauty looked worlds away from her 17-year-old self.
Julia also shared a video revealing she and Lena are performing, despite being heavily pregnant with her second child.
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She wrote: “It was powerful @lenakatina -I’m recharged from us!!! You are a pregnant hero!”
Julia is mum to daughter Viktoria, who she shares with ex-boyfriend Pavel Sidorov.
She also welcomed her son Samir into the world in 2007, who she shares with her ex Parviz Yasinov.
The star, who has revealed that she is bisexual, has made a number of controversial comments over the years, including “condemning” her son if he was gay.
She aired her opinions on a Ukrainian game show called Lie Detector.
Julia said: “I would condemn him because I believe that a real man must be a real man…a man has no right to be a f**.”
She later revealed that she thought being a lesbian looks “aesthetically much nicer”.
Julia also decided to change religion in 2010 when she converted to Islam, but returned to her roots of Eastern Orthodox Christianity seven years later.
She also stood in Russia’s legislative elections last month as the United Russia Party candidate.
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