Teen Magazine July Article (The AJ Section)
If there's a hot trend of the moment, all eyes are on the multi-tattooed, pierced, wild-haired and extensioned AJ. the 21-year-old hipster rebel considers his body his canvas, and we gotta admit we like art.
WHY THE PINK HAIR?
-The guys actually said, "Why don't you dye you hair pink?" I was shocked. These guys are used to it now, and it kind of ticks me off that nothing shocks them anymore. Like, if I dye my hair blue, they're all, "Man, that looks cool."
HAVE YOU EVER MADE A MAKEOVER MISTAKE?
-I had my hair put in braids, and I pulled it back into a ponytail. When I saw it, the first thing I said to myself was, "What was I thinking?" I ended up taking them all out. I sat on my butt for eight hours getting those things tied in my head and it didn't even pay off! I looked absolutely stupid.
DO YOU GET AGGRAVATION FOR YOUR TATTOOS?
-I don't care. I'm the complete opposite of every clean-cut, decent-looking guy you could thing of, yet I have the biggest heart in the world. I got my first tattoo two years ago, and I haven't been able to stop. I've got 10 of them right now. I'm going to get one tomorrow on my stomach. It'll be a 69, my lucky number.
ARE YOU DATING SOMEONE?
-I just broke up with my girlfriend of five years, but I've been with my new girlfriend now for almost nine months.
WON'T SOME OF YOUR FANS BE BUMMED TO KNOW YOU'VE GOT A GIRLFRIEND?
-When the group first started, we weren't supposed to have girlfriends, or if we did, we were supposed to say that we didn't. But now it's gotten to the point where the fans accept us for who we are and realize, "OK, these are five good-looking guys. They have to have normal lives. Unless they're all gay"--which we're not--"they have to have girlfriends."
WHAT GROSSES YOU OUT?
-I've never blown my nose. My mom probably did it when I was a baby, but I can't do it. I can stand to see blood and puke, but when it comes to anything mucus-oriented or phlegm or soemone spitting, I gag.