Pixar’s Turning Red Trailer #2 Introduces Heartthrob Boy Band 4*Town
Disney
and
Pixar’s
Turning
Red
trailer
introduces
Mei
Lee
(voice
of
Rosalie
Chiang),
a
confident,
dorky
13-year-old
torn
between
staying
her
mother’s
dutiful
daughter
and
the
chaos
of
adolescence.
Her
protective,
if
not
slightly
overbearing
mother,
Ming
(voice
of
Sandra
Oh),
is
never
far
from
her
daughter-an
unfortunate
reality
for
the
teenager.
And
as
if
changes
to
her
interests,
relationships
and
body
weren’t
enough,
whenever
she
gets
too
excited
(which
is
practically
ALWAYS),
she
-POOFS!-
into
a
giant
red
panda!
Turning
Red
was
directed
by
Academy
Award
winner
Domee
Shi
(Pixar
short
Bao)
and
produced
by
Lindsey
Collins
According
to
Turning
Red
director
Domee
Shi,
if
you
set
a
13-year-old
girl’s
coming-of-age
story
in
the
early
2000s,
it’s
pretty
much
mandatory
to
include
a
boy
band. “We
needed
our
character
Mei
to
be
obsessed
with
something
that
her
mom
would
not
approve
of,”
said
Shi. “Boy
bands
were
the
first
step
into
the
world
of
boys
for
a
lot
of
girls
that
age.
The
guys
were
all
super
pretty,
polished,
soft
and
loving,
and
they
had
of
way
of
bringing
girls
and
their
besties
together.
Plus,
I
thought
it’d
be
really
cool
to
create
an
animated
boy
band.”
Enter
Pixar’s
first-ever
boy
band,
4*Town.
Filmmakers
called
on
Grammy-winning
singer-songwriters
Billie
Eilish
and
FINNEAS
to
write
the
fictional
band’s
songs-three
in
total,
including
the
song ‘Nobody
Like
U’
featured
in
the
new
trailer. “When
we
first
started
talking
about
Billie
Eilish
and
FINNEAS-back
before
they’d
won
a
billion
Grammys-we
could
see
then
how
they
had
their
finger
on
the
pulse,”
said
producer
Lindsey
Collins. “We
were
big
fans.
We
met
with
them
and
pitched
this
crazy
idea
of
a
boy
band,
asking
if
they’d
be
interested
in
writing
and
producing
the
songs.
They
were!”
Eilish,
whose
sophomore
album, ‘Happier
Than
Ever,’
debuted
at
No.
1
in
the
Billboard
200
in
the
U.S.
and
in
19
countries
worldwide,
made
history
as
the
youngest
artist
to
win
in
all
the
major
categories
at
the
62nd
Grammy
Awards,
receiving
an
award
for
best
new
artist,
album
of
the
year,
record
of
the
year,
song
of
the
year,
and
best
pop
vocal
album.
FINNEAS,
the
youngest
ever
to
win
the
Grammy
for
producer
of
the
year
(non-classical),
built
a
sterling
discography
penning
and
producing
smashes
for
a
cadre
of
superstars-not
only
for
his
sister,
Billie
Eilish,
but
also
Justin
Bieber,
Demi
Lovato,
Selena
Gomez,
Camila
Cabello,
Tove
Lo,
Kid
Cudi
and
Ben
Platt,
among
others.
His
debut
solo
album ‘Optimist’
is
out
now.
Grammy,
Oscar
and
Emmy-winning
Swedish
composer
Ludwig
Göransson
(Black
Panther,
The
Mandalorian)
is
composing
the
score
for
Turning
Red. “I’ve
been
a
fan
of
his
for
a
while,”
said
Shi. “We
were
drawn
to
his
versatility-he’s
a
composer,
but
he
also
produces
pop
music.
We
knew
he
would
help
us
create
a
very
unique
sound.”
Joining
previously
announced
Rosalie
Chiang
and
Sandra
Oh,
who
lend
their
voices
to
Mei
and
her
mother
Ming,
are
Orion
Lee
as
the
voice
of
Mei’s
dad,
Jin,
and
Wai
Ching
Ho
as
the
voice
of
Grandma.
Mei’s
tightknit
group
of
friends
are
voiced
by
Ava
Morse
as
Miriam,
Maitreyi
Ramakrishnan
as
Priya,
and
Hyein
Park
as
Abby.
Tristan
Allerick
Chen
voices
classmate
Tyler,
and
Addie
Chandler
lends
his
voice
to
Mei’s
secret
crush
Devon.
Providing
the
harmonious
voices
of
the
members
of
4*Town
are
Jordan
Fisher,
Grayson
Villanueva,
Josh
Levi,
Topher
Ngo
and
Finneas
O’Connell.
Rounding
out
the
voice
cast
are
James
Hong,
Lori
Tan
Chinn,
Lillian
Lim,
Mia
Tagano,
Sherry
Cola,
Sasha
Roiz
and
Lily
Sanfelippo.
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