Twitter meltdown over Beyonce's new 'do

Fans have taken to Twitter to mock Beyonce's new fringe. Photo / Getty

Beyonce has got a strange new haircut and Twitter's gone into meltdown.

The singing superstar was pictured as she caught a flight out of Paris on Tuesday, showcasing the strange haircut.

Her long blonde hair was styled around her shoulders with a slight wave, so far all things appeared suitably coiffed.

However, it was her particularly short fringe or "bangs" as they're called in the US that caught people's attention.

Lol I don't care if this is Beyoncé, those bangs and that wig are atrocious pic.twitter.com/dRXVNmmi0A

— brown suga (@ziyapapaya) October 15, 2014

"Ya seen Beyonce new bangs?! Shorter than my temper..." one @IAmNiaRich tweeted.

"This is a both hard & emotional time for the Beyhive. Please respect our privacy at these difficult times & please pray for Beyonce's bangs," @Dannyonce tweeted.

Some suggested the short, and slightly askew, fringe may have been the handiwork of her two-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy.

"Okay... Beyoncé's bangs look like Blue Ivy cut them for her," wrote one fan.

But the scariest - literally - description of her new 'do came from people comparing it to the haircut on the doll in the latest horror film, Annabelle.

The scary movie - which has been pulled from many cinemas in France after after hordes of overexcited teens swarmed movie houses - is about a vintage doll which haunts a couple.

Beyoncé got Annabelle bangs. She needs to be exorcised. pic.twitter.com/CXCY1nqmS5

— j a y (@iamjaylorenz) October 14, 2014

The doll in question, Annabelle, has long blonde hair with a short fringe.

"Beyonce bang really does look exactly like Annabelle's lmao I'm in tearsss " @queenJada- tweeted, just one of many who made the horror-film comparison.

Others even posted comparison pictures of Beyonce with her new hair cut, side-by-side with the scary doll. Who knew an exposed forehead could cause such a stir?

- AAP