Overview
- Michelle closed a 34‑plus year Schlager career with a Berlin farewell concert in February and has said she will not return to the stage.
- She cut her long blonde hair to a grey, roughly one‑centimetre buzz cut that she first unveiled on October 23 as a visible act of reinvention.
- In a new Instagram Nachtgedanken video on Monday she said she feels no regret about the change and urged followers to keep criticism civil, refusing to accept insults.
- Michelle described practical effects of the cut, saying hair washing is much faster but it is colder so she currently wears a hat, and she linked the style to shedding old energy.
- She is rebranding professionally as a spiritual healer and soul coach under the name Wakan and is using Instagram to explain the shift and set boundaries with fans.