Lance Bass Ditches His Spiked Hair for Radio: VIDEO

Lance Bass and his new Sirius XM radio show The Pop Ten are featuring in a profile at The Daily Beast by Ramin ('gay actors can't play straight') Setoodeh, though there is none of that controversy here — just a reintroduction to Bass in his new role as music countdown host and a revisit of his romantic life:

“I’m a serial dater,” he says. “When I see someone I like, we go on multiple dates. In my older age, I’ve learned to take things slower, because I used to be that total-fall-in-love-after-a-day guy. I’ve learned, you can have those feelings, but you don’t have to show that. Then you don’t have to worry about them saying, ‘He was my boyfriend.’”

Still, he’s on the verge of his first serious relationship in a while. “I don’t want to have so many exes. I haven’t had a boyfriend in four years. But now it’s getting there,” he says of a guy he’s been seeing for a few months in Los Angeles. “I’m such a relationship guy. I really am.”

He has also ditched his trademark 'do:

“For the first year of ‘N Sync, my hair was just a bad comb-over and really greasy,” he remembers. A stylist in Germany suggested spiked hair, which became his calling-card look for the last 10 years. But now, in an effort to look more mature—and because his hairdresser recommended a “summer cut”—he announces, almost wistfully, “The spikes are done.” Another chapter ends for Lance Bass, but he’s not ready to sing “Bye Bye Bye.”

Watch a bit of behind-the-scenes drinking on his radio show, AFTER THE JUMP...

Lance Bass and Lorenzo Martone: Dating for Two Months

This week in the Lance Bass - Lorenzo Martone dating saga:

"The former 'N Sync singer has been happily dating Lorenzo Martone – designer Marc Jacobs's former fiancé – for two months, a source close to the pair tells PEOPLE. 
 'They're dating each other regularly, really like each other and enjoy each other's company,' the friend tells PEOPLE. 'They're going to take it one day at a time and see how it goes.' Although the pair met briefly a few years ago, they reconnected at an amfAR event in early June, following Martone's split from Jacobs. 
'Lance wasn't interested in dating right away because he was getting over his own breakup with [Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's] Kyan Douglas,' says the friend. 'But Lorenzo was persistent, so they started talking and slowly spending more time together and really hit it off.'"

Lance Bass and Lorenzo Martone: Casual Stalking

Page Six follows up on its reports that Lance Bass and Marc Jacobs ex Lorenzo Martone are an item. Bass' camps says they're dating and Martone's camp says Bass is stalking him:

"Sources in Martone's camp claim Bass is more into Martone than the other way around. 'Everywhere Lorenzo goes, Lance follows, it's obsessive,' said one source. 'Lorenzo was in Miami with his business partners for Swim Week, staying at the W Hotel. Then Lance shows up in Miami and stays at the Mondrian. It was really weird.' Bass' friends insist he planned the trip to Miami well in advance and barely saw Martone because he was working. A source close to Bass added, 'They're seeing each other casually. But it's not a boyfriend situation yet.'"

Paper: Lance Bass Dating Marc Jacobs' Ex Lorenzo Martone

Gatecrasher writes up at least eight occasions on which they've been spotted as a couple:

"A source close to the couple tells us Martone and Bass met shortly after Lorenzo started seeing Jacobs in 2008, but the two men’s relationship has only heated up in the weeks since Jacobs and Martone said 'Bye Bye Bye.' ... A friend of Bass confirms that the boy-band star and Martone are indeed seeing each other, but says the odds of the relationship lasting are about as long as those for an ’N Sync reunion. 'Lorenzo is trying to make it more than it is,' says the friend, who adds that Lance is just 'not that interested.' The pal also points out that Bass, 31, prefers to date guys who are 'younger and prettier' than the 31-year-old Martone. Ouch. A spokeswoman for Bass says she does not comment on his personal life. Martone also declined to comment on 'personal matters.'"

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I really hope this doesn't become a fashion trend. 

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Photos: Lance Bass Goes Androgynous

Check out these glam shots of Lance Bass sent over to Towleroad by celeb photographer Mike Ruiz. Ruiz said he was inspired by early 80's new wave, ala Spandau Ballet and Gary Numan.

More of Bass' new wave, AFTER THE JUMP...