Aussie star Tones and I now virtually unrecognisable

Dance Monkey star Tones and I, usually seen in trackies and caps, has debuted a body transformation – and a high-glam makeover.

Australian singer Tones And I appears to have undergone a body transformation – and with it, has debuted a high-glam new look.

The homegrown star has had a trademark look since she burst onto the scene with the world-conquering smash hit Dance Monkey back in 2019: Baseball caps, sunnies and loose-fitting tracksuits have been her usual uniform for performances, red carpets and photoshoots.

But Tones – real name Toni Watson – appears to have lost weight in recent months and showed off her new look on Instagram.

Tones circa 2020 … Picture: Justin Lloyd

… and in new photos shared on social media. Picture: Instagram

Fans and Tones’ celeb friends were full of praise for the makeover, flooding her comments section with messages of support.

“So glad you got rid of the cap, sunnies and oversized clothes, you are beautiful and now so stylish,” one fan wrote.

Tones is ditching the caps … Picture: Getty

… for a glam new look.

“Hot, talented, beautiful, gorg etc etc,” wrote singer Thelma Plum, while Dannii Minogue called her a “goddess.”

Others commented that they could “barely recognise” the star in the new photos.

Meanwhile, Tones recently opened up in a recent interview about why she’s shied away from public attention since Dance Monkey catapulted her to worldwide fame five years ago.

Dannii Minogue called her a “goddess”. Picture: Instagram

A whole new look for the star. Picture: Instagram

“Honestly, I just think that when everything happened at the start of my career, people were just making so much out of nothing and mention my name was just something everyone did at a certain point in time, and I just hated that feeling,” she said on Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne’s Life Uncut podcast back in March.

“It made me feel so disgusting and so like I didn’t like it. I wanted to stay underground and I felt dirty when people made up sh*t about me and I felt gross.”

Tones confessed to struggling with public scrutiny about her looks. Picture: Instagram

Tones said she was “so out of her comfort zone” when she hit the big time.

In the same interview, Tones also said that scrutiny over her appearance and her choice of clothing had weighed heavily on her.

“I was so out of my comfort zone, I looked like I just crawled out of the gutter. I didn’t have an aesthetic or a style, I was a chubby little girl from the street. You just put me up and then you just smash me so far down, like I didn’t have a say in anything,” she recalled.

Tones and I as fans were used to seeing her, circa 2020. Picture: Hyvio

“With me specifically, people were so offended by how I looked that I started pre-empting what people would think before anything was even out. And I judged myself as harsh as I could so I was really prepared for all that criticism. Then it wasn’t a tactic anymore.

“I started hating myself so badly that anything I did, I just couldn’t see a positive reaction to anything.”

Tones will embark on a headlining Australian tour in August, having supported P! nk at a 20-date stadium tour across Australia and New Zealand earlier this year.

She made headlines in February when Dance Monkey passed 3 billion streams on Spotify, making her the first female artist in history to hit the milestone.

Originally published as Aussie star Tones and I now virtually unrecognisable