SEB Axel, 28, from the UK, has an incredible 'punk goth look' and, being the lead singer of a band, Seb loves to stand out from the crowd. Seb told Truly: "For my look I combine stuff like Anime and video games, with things like punk and goth. I then just mesh it all together in a sort of fusion look." Seb's style is not only just about the aesthetic, it's also about his thoughts on life. Seb added: "I'm a very passionate person about fighting for what you believe in for that's where the punk side of it is really important to me." Today with the help of makeup artist Sarbina, Seb is being Transformed into a 'preppy boy'. Seb will be revealing his new look to his mum, partner and band mate... Will Seb surprise himself and love his new preppy look... Or will he rush to get back to his punk goth ways?
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00:00 I would say my look is Japanese visual kei with goth and punk and anime and video game
00:04 aesthetics all rolled into one.
00:06 So I want to take that super edgy, progressive look and then I want to turn it into a party.
00:10 Today I'm transforming from punk goth singer into a preppy boy.
00:14 I'm so stuck.
00:16 I don't think anyone's going to see this coming.
00:19 Hello?
00:20 Oh my god!
00:21 I haven't seen your face like that for years.
00:26 You look like your parents are proud of you.
00:35 So this is my pride and joy of this jacket.
00:37 I made this myself.
00:38 It took me a very long time.
00:39 It's been in a few music videos of mine.
00:40 I got this from Harajuku in Japan when I went there.
00:43 These jeans.
00:44 I sewed all these patches myself, ripped it up.
00:47 I got into this style a few years ago.
00:49 I described my look in one word as like anime edgelord.
00:52 In my look I combine stuff like anime and video games with stuff like punk and goth
00:57 to sort of mesh it all together into some sort of fusion look.
01:01 I think I'm a very passionate person about fighting for what you believe in so I think
01:05 that sort of the punk side of it is really important to me.
01:07 Look at me.
01:08 I look like an absolute maniac and I know I do and that's the point.
01:11 I'm just here to have fun.
01:12 I want to take that super edgy, aggressive look and then I want to turn it into a party.
01:19 I've been dressed in and living like a punk goth for like four or five years and then
01:23 before that other styles.
01:26 I think what makes my look really unique is I have, it's not just goth, it's also Japanese
01:32 and inspired and anime inspired.
01:35 My haircut is like the typical anime haircut.
01:38 If you look at any anime you'll find a character with this haircut, trust me.
01:41 I'd say my music absolutely does relate to the way I dress.
01:44 My bandmates, they don't dress similar to me at all but that's the vibe, right?
01:47 It doesn't matter who you are.
01:48 You can dress normally, you can dress like a massive edgelord like me or you can dress
01:52 like an 80s glam dude and you can also be a part of it and that's kind of the vibe of
01:55 the band.
01:56 A lot of people have big reactions whether positive or negative so it's just always big.
02:02 Today I'm being transformed into a preppy boy.
02:05 I think of like the boating shoes and the chinos.
02:08 I don't think I've ever worn chinos in my entire life.
02:11 They roll up the chinos and they never wear socks.
02:13 Showing the ankle, right?
02:14 That's just so anti-me.
02:15 I grew up in a really posh area.
02:19 We've always lived around these really kind of rich, old, posh people.
02:24 I went to a really nice school.
02:26 I mean I could do a Boris Johnson impression but I'm not going to do that right now.
02:30 Oh could you though?
02:31 Blue skies, lovely, you know, London, wonderful, wonderful place.
02:35 I thought it would be a weird parallel universe version of Seb where I decided to instead
02:40 be very smart and go down a different path in life.
02:44 I'm going to be revealing the look to my bandmate Kaz, my mum and also my partner Amelia.
02:49 My mum hasn't seen me in anything other than my punk goth look for like a decade at this
02:53 point.
02:54 I think she still to this day hates the contacts.
02:57 I think my partner will be the most horrified because they really like me as I am and I
03:02 think they really despise preppy boys.
03:05 Yo what's up my dudes?
03:07 What's up man?
03:08 Hey Seb.
03:09 The weirdest thing is going to be the eyebrows.
03:10 Like I don't think I've ever seen you with eyebrows.
03:13 I just can't imagine you as anything else but this.
03:17 So I'm going preppy boy, ultimate universe Seb.
03:21 I like it.
03:22 You're going to go back to your roots.
03:24 Well, you know, let's not go that far.
03:27 All right, I think I need you guys to go now because the makeup artist is here.
03:30 I've got to go see him and get this transformation on the go.
03:33 Oh hey.
03:34 Hey.
03:35 The look that we're going to go for is beautiful glowing skin, really flawless and just to
03:42 enhance all his natural features.
03:44 Yeah, the frees take off.
03:47 Your actual eyes.
03:50 There we go.
03:53 Being like this doesn't mean you just have to, you know, be super depressed and have
03:59 like a problem because, oh, I dress like this because I'm really sad.
04:04 We should be able to just be cool and happy and have a good time and also dress like a
04:07 maniac just for fun because that's the vibe, right?
04:10 This is so stuck.
04:13 Oh, we got it lads.
04:16 There we go.
04:18 One more.
04:19 The makeup is going really well.
04:23 Seb has amazing skin in and underneath his beautiful makeup.
04:27 So that makes my life a lot easier.
04:29 How different does the makeup feel?
04:31 Spend a grand total of 10 seconds doing a single line and currently we've spent more
04:35 time on the eyebrows than anything else.
04:37 So this is the absolute reverse of my normal makeup.
04:41 Do you know how you're going to look?
04:59 I have absolutely no idea.
05:01 I don't know if I'm ever going to be ready for this one.
05:04 Oh my days.
05:07 The hair.
05:08 Oh my God, the bow tie.
05:10 It's so dumb.
05:16 I kind of look like my grandfather.
05:19 Don't tell him that.
05:21 It's like a rug.
05:24 How do you feel about your ankles?
05:25 I do not feel good about the ankles.
05:27 The ankles, this is not it.
05:29 This is absolutely, this is, this is, this is a falling day.
05:33 To be honest.
05:35 It's worse the more I look at it.
05:37 I'm not going to lie.
05:38 It was okay for a minute and now I'm like, okay, this is, it's a step too far.
05:42 It's been too long.
05:43 We need to go back.
05:45 I'm actually terrified to see Seb because I feel like it's just going to be a haunting
05:51 experience and just a very different person.
05:53 I'm excited.
05:54 I've never seen him as anything else.
05:57 I literally can't even imagine it.
06:02 Oh my God.
06:04 Wow.
06:06 Oh my God.
06:08 Oh my God.
06:09 I hate you so much.
06:12 Oh my God.
06:13 I haven't seen your face like that for years.
06:17 I could have never imagined you like this ever.
06:21 I'm good.
06:22 Yeah.
06:23 Wipe this from your memory.
06:25 Your eyes are really visible though.
06:27 Your eyes look beautiful.
06:29 Would you walk down to the shop in that way?
06:32 No, absolutely not.
06:33 To be honest, I feel horrible.
06:34 Even if you took the jumper off?
06:35 No, no, no, no.
06:36 It's the hair mostly that's killing me.
06:38 The outfit I could live with is that, oh, ha ha, it's funny.
06:41 You look like your parents are proud of you.
06:43 I can't imagine anything worse.
06:47 This is a different Seb.
06:49 I am kind of afraid of him, I think.
06:52 What's inside that counts.
06:54 I feel like it's sort of the son I could have had, but I have a different one that I've really come to appreciate because he is so unique.
07:04 But I feel like I've just been given what could have been if he'd gone down a different pathway.
07:10 And actually, I'm starting to think I'm more comfortable with the other Seb.
07:15 You know, the Seb that is unique, the Seb that is free thinking and has his own look, which actually I love.
07:24 I thought my new look would be funny, but it turns out it's actually horrendous and horrifying and I can't look at myself.
07:31 I feel very uncomfortable.
07:32 I can tell you absolutely, with absolute sincerity, I will never look like this or wear anything like this ever again.
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