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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sports new hairdo

Kim Jong Un stepped out Thursday sporting a new 'do, including eyebrows shorter than his actual eyes, and, predictably, the Internet has gone completely nuts.
This picture taken by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Feb. 18, 2015 show North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un attending an enlarged meeting of the political bureau of the central committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
This picture taken by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Feb. 18, 2015 show North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un attending an enlarged meeting of the political bureau of the central committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang.

Kim Jong Un stepped out Thursday sporting a new 'do, including eyebrows shorter than his actual eyes, and, predictably, the Internet has gone completely nuts. 

Case in point:

The North Korean leader's coif seems to have taken on a life of its own -- it's taller and wider than ever before, his part is nowhere to be seen, and we have to imagine that if Jong Un was outside during a strong wind, his gravity-defying locks would stay put. 

Jong Un debuted the apparently carefully crafted cut at a meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. 

And, well, it must be Friday because comparisons and stellar Photoshop jobs are popping up across social media platforms by the second.

Jersey Shore's Pauly D -- famous for his own blowout -- got in on the joke:

Who Wore It Best ??!! #KimJongun Or #DJPaulyD ??!!

A photo posted by DJ Pauly D (@djpaulyd) on

Mashable gave Meryl Streep and other Oscar nominees the small eyebrow treatment:

Daily Mail suggested Jong Un was channeling early '90s Will Smith:

Or maybe he was going for more of a Kid 'n Play style hi-top fade?

And, of course, a viral internet meme isn't complete without a little Kimye: