Being a 13 year-old girl is hard enough without worrying about transforming into a giant red panda.
Unfortunately for Mei (voiced by Rosalie Chiang), her ancestors’ mystical connection to red pandas means that she turns into one whenever her emotions get too strong. In Pixar’s upcoming film Turning Red, she’ll have to navigate the ups and downs of adolescence while keeping her big furry secret under control. Luckily, she’s got her family and friends to help her through it.
While Mei’s panda form is one of the cutest things Pixar has ever created, the real star of this trailer is Mei and her friends’ obsession with Pixar’s first ever boy band, 4*Town. Mei’s squad geeks out in a way that is all too relatable: singing, dancing, and fangirling all over the place. When the trailer breaks out *NSYNC’s “It’s Gonna Be Me,” you know you’re in for that sweet, sweet early 2000s nostalgia.
Turning Red hits theaters March 11.
