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Are you a werewolf?
No. What?
He's a red panda!
-Sick. -So fluffy!
You're so fluffy!
I've always wanted a tail.
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[screams]
Woman:
You'll get whipped up into a frenzy and panda all over.
What animal would be your version
of Meilin's Red Panda?
Oh, I think when I was a teenager,
definitely a red panda.
Now that I'm older, I feel like it would manifest as,
like, an angry Canadian goose.
[honks]
Because they, like, waddle around,
and they own the place
and they just eat and poop all the time.
I think I'm more like a lion.
[roar]
I feel like I'm more, like, kind of ferocious
and there's like, there's a maternal aspect to it
that I'm like, Oh, yeah.
[vocalizing]
Um, yeah, um, let's go.
I'm going to be so honest with you.
Every time I've been asked this question, I've been saying
a different animal because I'm keeping everyone on their toes.
Well, I would want to be an elephant.
[trumpets]
Elephants are really cool.
They're really sick and strong and wise and wrinkly.
All right. "Turning Red" is about puberty and growing up.
So in your experience, what is the worst part of growing up?
Uh, I mean, I think you're always growing up
just like I do, like, say,
like you're always coming of age.
So far in my long 20 years, which isn't, obviously,
it's not a lot.
I have this much amount of wisdom,
but I think, so far for me, the worst part has been
realizing that nothing lasts forever.
This isn't happening, this isn't happening.
[squeals of worry]
[sniffs]
Bleach!
What was the worst part of puberty in your opinion?
Oh, everything.
Everything was bad about it.
Yeah, like my, like my body was gross.
I mean, meaning, like it was changing, and you were just
like, I don't want to...
Yeah.
..I don't want to go outside.
I don't want to hang out with anybody.
I don't want to, you know--
Getting your period. was like, that was the worst.
Was terrifying. Yeah.
Going to school and being like, oh, no...
Yeah.
How am I going to make,
how am I going to hide it and go to the bathroom
and all that kind of stuff was not fun.
Well, what do you think was the best part
of growing up?
I think the best part about growing up
is that you don't know what's going to happen.
I miss like being really, really like obsessed
and excited about things, like with Mei and her friends
and 4-Town.
[gasps]
All: 4-Town.
For me it was, it wasn't a boy band,
it was Harry Potter or like an anime that
I'd be really into and just like,
just obsessing over it with my friends
and that was the only thing that mattered.
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90's boy band or K-Pop band from today?
Ooh, I think I'm more into K-Pop than I am 90's boy bands.
So let's go K-Pop.
NSYNC or the Backstreet Boys?
Both: NSYNC.
You guys were in sync.
Which 2002 trend would you bring back,
Tamagotchis or butterfly clips?
Tamagotchis they're just so cute
and they're just so cool.
I know it's a lot,
but I don't got time to mess around.
[vocalizing, trying to imitate French sounds]
[plays flute badly]
All about that hustle, am I right?
What advice would you give to kids
who feel pressure to be perfect?
Oof, I mean, hey, if you guys find the advice
give it back to me.
No, um, honestly, just try your best to be kind to yourself
as someone who is very hard on themselves and is constantly
a perfectionist, trying to just be the best at all times,
every single day, to not disappoint anyone.
I totally understand the stress,
but it's really, really tiring.
So try to be kind to yourself.
It's okay to be messy and to make mistakes
and to just cut yourself some slack.
I think growing up is hard for everybody
and it's totally normal when you feel like
everything's out of control.
It's totally normal feeling weird about your body
or yourself or your emotions,
like all of this messiness that's happening to you,
like, you're not alone.
Everyone is going through it or has gone through it.
I'm calm.
[big exhale]
Zen.
[big exhale, poof]
Yes!
[poof]
No!
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