COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Crazy in the front, party in the back.
That's not just Sawyer Libby's hair style — it's his personal philosophy.
“I feel like the mullet is like a big part of my whole life,” Sawyer said Monday.
The Hayden 9-year-old is a contestant in the USA Mullet Championship Kids Contest, a competition hunting for the most epic hairdos across the country.
Sawyer's mullet journey began during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"He never liked getting haircuts," said his mom, Katie Libby. "As soon as COVID started and they had to be home from school he was like, 'I’m not getting a haircut.'"
As Sawyer wrote in his contest biography, this is when his rattail was born.
"Then people started questioning me if I was going to grow a mullet from my rattail," he wrote. "Then I knew it was my destiny to grow a mullet. I never wanted to get a haircut again. Everywhere we went, people would tell me how cool my mullet was and that it fit my personality perfectly. I was so happy I grew my mullet.”
The coiffure's catchphrase, "business in the front, party in the back," reflects the fun and easygoing persona that accompanies the style, which was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. A few notable celebrities to rock the 'do were country star Billy Ray Cyrus, Hollywood heartthrobs Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze, and tennis champ Andre Agassi. Numerous TV and film characters have also built upon the mullet's legacy, including Danny McBride's Kenny Powers in "Eastbound and Down" and David Spade's eponymous "Joe Dirt."
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