Lake Stevens man is into video, audio — and man buns

Thomas Lefotu

Lake Stevens

Lefotu, 21, wears a man bun as well as many hats. He has part-time jobs at two companies doing corporate videos and audio, visual and lighting for live events. He also does freelance video production and editing. He plays drums in a band with three friends. He has a cat named Barney.

What are you wearing?

A light green henley, black jeans, and maroon socks with black diamonds.

What is a man bun? When did you start wearing one and why?

A man bun is a questionably sexy hairstyle in which a man with hair of the medium to long variety secures said hair into a firmly rounded bun. I wear a man bun because I think it looks good on me and it keeps my ears from being too warm. My hair is extremely coarse and curly so it warms my face when I wear it down, which I don’t enjoy most of the time.

Do people want to touch your hair or ask you questions about it?

I have never had anyone want to touch my man bun before. They normally ask me how long I’ve been growing it out and what the length of my hair is.

If you could have dinner with anybody alive or in history who would it be?

At this particular moment, I’d have to say Stanley Kubrick. I really admire his work as a filmmaker and artist and would love to have a conversation with him and ask him some questions about his processes for making films and art.

What do you want people to know about you?

I don’t really think of myself as a person who wants to say something or wants strangers to know me. I suppose I’d let people know that I want to live a meaningful and joyful life and that there’s hope in Jesus Christ no matter what you’re going through.

What’s the funniest or craziest or best thing anybody ever said to you?

There are too many.

Pet peeve:

Repeating myself.

Guilty pleasure:

Cookies.

Book you are reading:

“Kubrick: The Definitive Edition.” This book is awesome. Stanley Kubrick is currently my favorite film director, and this book goes in depth through Kubrick’s entire career as a filmmaker. It has several interviews with the director as well as his collaborators, and it explains some of the processes by which he wrote, produced, directed, and edited his films. It’s also filled with tons of brilliant photos taken behind the scenes of his films. He seems to be a very intelligent and interesting man, and I think his work really reflects this. The book talks about some philosophical interpretations of his work, but to me that stuff is really dependent upon the person watching the film, so I don’t totally agree with some of the book’s commentary on those things.

— Andrea Brown,

Herald Writer

Want a man bun but don’t have the hair? Well, clip one on, dude. #ManBun https://t.co/orrx6ga6bv pic.twitter.com/ItOynSXae5

— Andrea Brown (@reporterbrown) January 5, 2016