Brandy got some new ink for the new year. The former “Dancing with the Stars” contestant braved the pain and revealed her tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha, the Hindu god of success, prosperity, and protection against adversity, on the underside of her left arm. “Remover of all obstacles,” said Brandy of the meaning behind the tat.

She credited her friend Monica for getting her into tattoos. “You know you were the one that got me in to tat’s and Louis Vuitton,” Brandy tweeted to her “Boy Is Mine” collaborator.