In a video shared on her social media account, Karter revealed the ink was a way to get on people's radar before dropping her new single "Harry" Singer Kelsy Karter Reveals the Harry Styles Tattoo on Her Face Is Fake Kelsy Karter is ready to face the music. After almost a week of having many believe she had tattooed a large picture of Harry Styles‘ face on her cheek, the up-and-coming singer from New Zealand has come clean, quite literally, and rubbed off her fake ink. Get push notifications with news, features and more. Late Thursday, Karter shared a video on her social media titled, “How I Rocked the Entire World for $300,” explaining the story behind her prank. The songstress revealed the tattoo was, in fact, a ploy to get people to listen to her now-released single “Harry”, named after the One Direction member, and watch the music video for the track, which cost her $300 to film. “What would the rock legends that inspired me have done in 2019?” she writes in her explanation video. “Let’s tattoo Harry Style’s face… on my face.” “To pull this off, we needed a celebrity tattoo artist to make it look real… So we called Romeo,” she wrote referring to artist Romeo Lacoste who appeared in her original post last Sunday and even pretended to tattoo her face in a Snapchat video. “He traced Harry‘s 2017 Rolling Stone cover, applied it to my face, and then a special FX makeup artist did her thing.” A makeup artist is then shown painstakingly painting on the fake tattoo and adding red color to her skin so it looked like she had gone under the needle. “BTW. We know it looked ridiculous. That was the point,” Karter added. “We snapped that photo, shot some b-roll, and prepared for our lives to change forever,” she explained, referencing the side-profile shot of the tat across her cheek that she posted to her social media account. kelsy-karter-harry-styles-face-tattoo Credit: Kelsy Karter/Instagram “Our plan was working. That photo was EVERYWHERE!” she wrote. The instantaneous fame was enough to force her to hide out at her manager’s house for three days and ignore messages from her friends and family, which she included in the video. But eventually, the requests to see her face tat in person became too much to handle. harry-styles-tattoo-1-1200 Kelsy Karter getting her fake face tattoo | Credit: Kelsy Karter/Youtube “The tattoo was not real,” she admitted but defended what she did by saying, “I love that Harry has introduced rock to a new generation of fans. Plus he’s nice to look at…” “This has always been about Rock & Roll. ‘Harry’ is an anthem for the fans. The tattoo is gone. All that’s left is the music. Which is what my rockstar team and I had planned all along,” she wrote. harry-styles-tattoo-2-1200b Kelsy Karter | Credit: Kelsy Karter/Youtube Karter’s original post that got people talking about the “tattoo” was shared on Instagram Sunday. She also posed in a photo with tattoo artist Lacoste and captioned the two snapshots: “mama, look what i made me do.” Before she did her big prank, Karter hinted that something special was in the works in honor of Styles on her Twitter. “Finally know what I’m getting Harry for his birthday….” she wrote of the upcoming surprise. Style’s 25th birthday is this Friday on Feb. 1. kelsy-karter-harry-styles-face-tattoo-2 Kelsy Karter with Romeo Lacoste | Credit: Kelsy Karter/Instagram We now know that the ink wasn’t the gift, her new single “Harry” was. In the tune, Karter sings, “Harry, I’m gonna make you love me/You’re gonna make me breakfast/It’s a secret just between us/We can keep it low-key/I ain’t being funny/You should be so lucky to put your velvet arms around me.” She also sings about treating him better than the girls and boys he’s spending time with, referencing the speculation around Styles’ sexuality, and even eats a kiwi at one point — a nod to his 2017 song “Kiwi“, which has a similar sound to Karter’s new jam. Speaking to Billboard after the song’s release, Karter embraced her love for Styles and shared how he has served as a musical influence in her career. “The song says it all, doesn’t it?” she told the publication on Monday. “It’s just my ode to him, I guess. I think he’s amazing and, come on, he’s like the best person on the planet.” RELATED VIDEO: Harry Styles Pays Tribute to His Musical Heroes on Solo Debut “I love that he’s from the pop world and went and did a rock album and introduced kids to rock ‘n’ roll, to sounds they wouldn’t have otherwise heard,” she continued, referencing Style’s self-titled 2017 solo album.<doc-sep>Kelsy Karter fooled the world with her temporary Harry Styles tattoo. [Instagram/YouTube] Earlier this week, singer Kelsy Karter, 35, hit headlines after claiming to have got One Direction artist Harry Styles’ face tattooed on her cheek. The Los Angeles based musician, who comes from New Zealand, shared a picture of her new inking to some 78,400 followers on Instagram. To add to the tattoo‘s credibility, she also shared another of her standing next to celebrity tattoo artist, Romeo Lacoste. However, just days after the big reveal – and just in time for Harry Styles’ 25th birthday, which is today – she has admitted to faking the inking. In a video shared on YouTube, entitled “How I rocked the entire world for $300, Kelsy tells the story of how she got the temporary tattoo in order to “get noticed” while promoting her new single, “Harry”. She explains the temporary tattoo was created with the help of Lacoste and a special effects makeup artist. She also reveals she tried to put another temporary inking on for those who wanted to see the “tattoo”, but it turned out “even worse” than the original. Click below to see which celebrities have tattoos: After showcasing all the news coverage generated from the stunt, the video concludes with the words: “I had your attention.” She certainly did. The internet at large, however, was not best pleased with Kelsy’s “elaborate plot”, calling it a “crime”. kelsy karter’s tattoo of harry styles on her face was fake and an elaborate plot to create buzz around her new song wow kris jenner has finally met her match — candy (@clearifying) February 1, 2019 Having a Harry Styles face tattoo is bad. Revealing it’s fake and you did it for attention is sad. But coming out with shit like: “I love that Harry has introduced rock to a new generation of fans” is the worst crime of all. I don’t know who this is, but she should shut up. pic.twitter.com/oJWR7GwvO1 — Noel Mellor (@thenoelmellor) February 1, 2019 That girl with the Harry styles tattoo on her face just came out saying it was fake🙄🙄🙄 — Megan (@MeganHubrex) February 1, 2019 The Harry Styles face tattoo was fake and now I’m dissapointed — Marissa’s Ringo👻 (@Satans_Goblin) February 1, 2019 now that harry styles face tattoo girl admitted that the tattoo was fake and a total marketing ploy she just seems even dumber because now she’s just going to be forever known as the harry styles face tattoo girl? — 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖈𝖎 (@fairchld) February 1, 2019 @KelsyKarter your an actually pathetic attention seeking wannabe. How sad is it you have to fake a face tattoo for someone to notice you 🙁 — Dave Aston (@mambo_1986) February 1, 2019 However, some were more sympathetic to Kelsy’s actions, calling it a “really good role” and her a “marketing genius”. Story continues THE HARRY STYLES FACE TATTOO GIRL IS LITERALLY THE GREATEST MARKETING GENIUS!!! It was all fake. She fouled us all to listen to her song Harry. Omg 😂 — Tara Soudbaksh (@TaraSoud) February 1, 2019 Alright cool @KelsyKarter she played a really good role 😂😂😂 At last the tattoo wasn’t real Her song was promoted widely and even he got his attention! That’s what she wanted! @Harry_Styles #HarryStyles #happybirthday ❣️❣️❣️ . N I M STILL LAUGHING 😂😂😂😂👀👀👀👍👍 — Nrup Chauhan (@chauhan_nrup) February 1, 2019 In other tattoo-related news, singer Ariana Grande recently confused fans with a misspelt tattoo. The 25-year-old had the kanji characters ‘七輪’ tattooed on her hand in tribute to her latest single, ‘7 Rings’. But one eagle-eyed fan was quick to point out that although the two characters do mean ‘seven’ and ‘rings’ individually, when placed together they actually translate to ‘schichirin’ – which is a small charcoal grill. Thankfully, she is since said to have had the tattoo corrected. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook for non-stop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed, every day. For Twitter updates, follow @YahooStyleUK. Read more from Yahoo Style UK: From sweet tributes, to cherubs and numerals: the Beckham family’s many tattoos and their meanings From Justin Bieber to Helen Mirren: the celebrity guide to tattoos Mum arrested for allowing 10-year-old son to get tattooed<doc-sep>Earlier this week, the internet basically self-combusted when a singer named Kelsy Karter got a face tat of Harry Styles. There were some very important follow-up questions that needed to be answered, though, and Kelsy happily obliged. She spoke with a New Zealand radio station about the decision, joking that it had "absolutely nothing" to do with the fact that she dropped a single this week called "Harry," which is about, you guessed it, her love of Harry Styles. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. "I'm a big fan of Harry and I'm not afraid to express it and I honestly don't know how to do anything half-assed," she said. Here's another very important direct quote: "I just wear my heart on my cheek and I couldn't really control what went on from there." Full disclosure, the hosts of the show never blatantly asked Kelsy whether the tattoo was real or not, so she never got a chance to actually confirm or deny, but she spoke about it as if it was real. She said it wasn't inspired by an infatuation for Harry as much as his influence on music. This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. "As a fellow musician, I really respect what he's doing for rock and roll. I'm a female in the modern day movement of rock and roll and he's exposed the kids to sounds they might have not otherwise heard, because he came from the pop world and did a rock 'n' roll album," she said. "It's opened doors for people like me. I really respect what he's doing and love what he's doing — and he's nice to look at." Totally, totally, that makes sense. This is all very logical. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. When the hosts asked her how much the tattoo hurt, she replied, "I went through a pretty bad breakup recently and that definitely hurt more." Lol, the girl's got jokes! Follow Emma on Instagram. Emma Baty Emma Baty is the Associate Entertainment Editor at Cosmopolitan who focuses on movies and TV. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. 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There was a group gasp when singer Kelsy Karter revealed that she'd had a Harry Styles tattoo, on her face, but that wonderment has turned to anger now that the truth is out. It would have been a big revelation if it had turned out to be a real tattoo but there has been a huge backlash towards Kelsy, now that it has been revealed as fake and part of a marketing campaign. The 24-year-old has unveiled that the tattoo was a promotional stunt for a new Harry Styles inspired song, in an Instagram post to her 78,000 followers. (Image: kelsykarter/Instagram) (Image: kelsykarter/Instagram) In a video titled, 'How I rocked the entire world for $300,' Kelsy revealed that the song was recorded more than six months ago with Harry as the subject. She revealed in the clip: "What would the rock legends that inspired me have done in 2019? To pull this off, we needed a celebrity tattoo artist, [Romeo Lacoste] to make it look real… "He traced Harry‘s 2017 Rolling Stone cover, applied it to my face, and then a special FX makeup artist did her thing. "BTW. We know it looked ridiculous. That was the point." (Image: Kelsy Karter/Youtube) Kelsy added: "The tattoo was not real. I love that Harry has introduced rock to a new generations of fans. Plus he’s nice to look at… "This has always been about Rock & Roll. Harry is an anthem for the fans. The tattoo is gone. "All that’s left is the music. Which is what my rockstar team and I had planned all along." Despite it being a publicity stunt, Kelsy still enthused about the One Direction singer saying, "As a fellow musician, I really respect what he’s doing for rock ‘n’ roll. "I’m a female in the modern day movement of rock ‘n’ roll and he’s exposed the kids to sounds they might have not otherwise heard." Unfortunately for Kelsy, One Direction fans were not overly enamoured with her stunt and have attacked her in comments, saying that she has deliberately used Harry's fame to get her song heard. (Image: Kelsy Karter/Youtube) The 1D fans were vicious in their assessment, with one commenting: "You’re not a real artist and your music sucks but on top of that you have no fan base to get views." While another furious fan wrote: "It really upsets me when any girl tries him like this it’s really bad secondhand embarrassment" A third fan believed they were speaking for Harry, commenting: "Harry Styles is a legend who can’t be f***ed with he won’t respond to mess like this honest." Kelsy had pretended to have had the tattoo done by Los Angeles based artist Romeo Lacoste and posted the finished effort on Instagram, captioning it: "Mama, look what I made me do." Do you have a story to sell? Get in touch with us at webcelebs@trinitymirror.com or call us direct 0207 29 33033.