Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine has unveiled a new tattoo on his back which features a winged mermaid who cradles a skull. It took six months to finish the tattoo.

Levine took to Instagram on Tuesday to show off the tattoo on his back. He back faced the camera and went shirtless to put his tattoo on full display, reports aceshowbiz.com.

“Six months in the making. Thanks Bryan Randolph for absolutely blowing my mind with this one! Woo hoo!" Levine wrote.

The tattoo was made by Randolph from Spider Murphy's Tattoo in San Rafael, California.

The mermaid, known as Siren from Greek mythology, cradles a skull as she rests on the seashore. She is surrounded by a group of birds with a ship far away in the middle of the ocean.

Back in November 2015, Levine shared on Instagram a photograph of his back with a mermaid tattoo, which turned out to be the unfinished version. If we compare the image to the new one, one will notice that the giant piece has covered up some of the singer's previous works, including a tattoo of a lady on his left shoulder and a paw print on his right shoulder.