After years of being known for her signature ink, Kehlani will soon have some of her most visible tattoos removed.
The "Folded" vocalist sat down for a recent interview with Inked and shared around the 1:40 mark of the video that she's getting her "face tattoos removed." Kehlani currently has several facial tattoos, including a paper airplane. ("It just reminds me: if I'm having a down moment, I don't have to spiral. I can choose to float gracefully through it and feel my feelings and ride it out," she once explained.)
"I am almost done," the singer said of her face tattoo removal process. "They're almost gone. I think as I'm getting older, I like the ability to feel really fresh and fresh-faced and also play with my look a lot and play with how my face changes and things like that.
"And when you have tattoos on your face, you're kind of stuck looking a certain way," she continued.
The R&B vocalist added that her tattoos often "introduce" her before she has the chance to "walk into a room." "And as I'm getting older, I'm feeling softer. And sometimes I walk in the room with my face tats and it's like, 'Grrr!'" she joked. "And I'm like, 'Wait guys, I just want to sit and talk to you at the park.'"
The 31-year-old also mentioned that some members of her Tsunami Mob fanbase have also gotten the same tattoos as her, and while she finds it to be a compliment, they may soon be in for a surprise.
"A lot of people come to the shows and they're like, 'Look, I got the
paper airplane, too.' And I'm like, 'Wow, you guys are going to feel crazy because that is not even about to be here. Give it two more months,'" Kehlani recalled.
As for "big tattoos," Kehlani won't be having them laser-removed because it "hurts way too bad."
Undergoing a similar tattoo removal journey is comedian Pete Davidson, who decided to get rid of his most notable ink after getting treated in rehab.
"I'll be removing them 'til I'm 40. But it sucks. If anybody is actually thinking about getting a tattoo, I would recommend thinking about it for a couple years, 'cause your feelings change," Davidson said on an August 2025 episode of The Breakfast Club.