Ella Eyre takes up to three hours to do her hair.

The 20-year-old pop star has confessed that her signature barnet has become a burden as she is forced to spend hours preparing her curly locks every day.

When asked how long the voluminous style takes to arrange, she told BANG Showbiz: ''On a good day about an hour and a half, on a bad day... two to three.''

The 'Comeback' singer's trademark hairdo has become so high-maintenance that she has even hired an assistant especially to prepare it while she's touring.

She admitted: ''My hair stylist is on the road with me.

''It's just got so big now that I can't maintain it on my own and if I want it to look any good I have to call in the crew.''

And now that she has become known for her huge hairstyle, the Rudimental collaborator - who claims to have been growing her locks ''since birth... bar a few extensions'' - says she couldn't even think about getting rid of it.

She confessed: ''It's definitely integral to who I am as an artist, it's part of my live show, you know, like I've got quite an animalistic style and way of performing and it's part of my show,

''I don't think I could ever shave my hair off, don't think I could ever do it, mainly because it's so curly it'd take it so long to grow it'd be heart-breaking.''