Say it ain't so, Hannah Sung, lest the tears stream from our faces with the force of a thousand tidal waves! This is the girl who charmed us with her quick wit, her wicked sense of fashion and her undeniably addictive personality. After four and a half years as the face of MuchNews and The NewMusic, we salute Hannah as she waves her crafty hands good-bye. But first, here's a message from the pop culture reporter extraordinaire!

HANNAH SAYS GOODBYE

Bonjour mes amis! Or should I say, au revoir?

This is what they call a goodbye letter but I'd rather call it a thank you note. I've met so many of you during my time at Much and it's always been illuminating because the thing that drives me is my interest in people. Sometimes when you get caught up in your starter package as an adult (your own place, a new job, bills to pay, ooh romance) you can forget what it's like to be adolescent - in my case, a totally hyper-sensitive, diary-scribbling, mix-tape making closet optimist with questionable early 90s ill-fitting style.

At Much, I never strayed too far from the adolescent world, and it was a gift. Those teenage feelings are something that I never want to forget because I think that your personal connection with music and art can be so intense at that age. Seriously - adults can be boring. But we don't have to be! Getting to interview musicians and travel to far-flung places was the chi-chi part of my job - meeting the people who watch Much was what kept it real.

Some of you I met on the street. Some of you yelled what seemed to become my adopted name while I rode my bike past you on the street ("Hey MuchMusic!"). I met some of you at shows and some of you emailed me (I always read them!). And I just want to say thank you for every one of those moments.

So now I'm moving on! I feel like I'm graduating or something. If I were to sign your yearbook, I'd write: "Thanks for the memories! Good luck in the future!" And then I'd tell you: "Dude, I am a former nerd and if I can wear grills with Fat Joe, curl with my heroes in Le Tigre and have Paris Hilton compliment my outfit, then YOU? You, my friend, could also do anything."

Lots of love - did this message fit into a MuchNews minute? 3, 2,

1. I'm out!

xo,
Hannah

Hannah's 'Dos In Review

Straight from her mouth, here's what Hannah has to say about her hair dids over the years!

This is the hair I came to Much with. That photo was taken before my first day. I hate the colour but I like thinking about the texture of having my head shaved on the side.

I lost all my hair from a bout with alopecia during my first year at Much. I'm not a hat person anyway, but that little episode of wearing hats every day for so long has pretty much made me swear off hats forever.

Whoa. This is me with bangs that are way too short. These short bangs were a constant affliction from 2003-2004. I even hated them back then so I don't know why I kept letting it happen.

I kind of like this mushroom look.

In 2003, I was still growing out some colour (I will never dye my hair ever again - I just don't get it) which is why I'm sweet from the eyebrows up and skanky from the jawline down. The uh, little boys jean jacket I bought at Value Village in high school doesn't help the look any.

My hair was super wispy then which is just the cut because it's actually really thick. Would it kill me to smile?

My hair is really shiny unless I process it to death (like it is now). Once, a person stopped me on the street and said angrily, "I emailed you to ask how you got your hair so shiny and you said it is just natural!?!" Wow. I never knew my shiny hair could be so angering.

My hair is always some sort of variation on a bowl cut. Sometimes the bowl cut has wisps and sometimes those wisps are permed. Ladies - perms rule. Seriously. Unless your hairdresser hasn't left the 80s, in which case you need to turn and run. If your hairdresser is firmly entrenched in the new millennium, ask for a perm. As a wash and go person, I swear by them. As long as you trust your hairdresser. Ok, I realize I'm going in circles - can you tell I was recently traumatized by a bad perm? If you find a hairdresser who does good perms - marry them.

This is probably my favourite hair of all time. I need you back in my life, Hair of September 2004.

This is what hair looks like when it's professionally styled. It's a little too "done" for my taste but whatev. At least it isn't a disaster which is more than I can say for some of the times I cut my own hair.