At the London premiere of Urchin on Tuesday, Harris Dickinson’s haircut had Kafka energy. On the step-and-repeat, the debut director’s bangs appeared pressed to his forehead in sharp little points as if he’d just slipped off a beanie. Online, some thought the trim was an accident. Others connected it to his next project, playing John Lennon in Sam Mendes’s four-part Beatles biopic slated for 2028, suggesting a sixties rocker look.

Either way, it was cool and reminded me of how paintbrush bristles separate into tapered clumps, and Brendon Urie’s bangs circa Panic! at the Disco. It has the wounded charm of a wilted rose petal or something more tortured and intense, like Ryan Gosling in the rain or James Blunt, also in the rain, in the “You’re Beautiful” video (2004). Also, Prada’s “depression hair” from last spring, and Billy Elliot from Billy Elliot—the musical about an impoverished coal miner’s son who just wanted to be a ballet dancer. Though Billy Elliot’s hairstyle had more lift than Dickinson’s, they share a jagged, civilian-boy quality like maybe your mom cut your hair at the kitchen table while you were trying to plié.

Another thing is that Dickinson has a unibrow. It’s hard for someone with doll eyes and a slim nasal bridge with such a refined tip to present as rugged. But the aggressive hairline combined with the unkempt eyebrow gives his face a rougher edge.

To get your hair to look sad and angry in a cute, soaking wet way: ask your barber for a blunt fringe above the brow, cut in one line without point-cutting or thinning shears. This likely works best if your hair is straight to slightly wavy and medium density. Too fine and it won’t separate, too curly and it won’t lie smooth. If you have frizz, a keratin treatment or light chemical relaxer could help.