Billie Eilish and Finneas are set to write down three new songs for the upcoming Pixar animated movie Turning Purple, out March 11, 2022.

Set within the early 2000s, the movie follows a 13-year-old Mei Lee (Rosalie Chiang), who turns into an enormous purple panda at any time when she turns into emotional, and the fictional boy band 4*City. It should function three songs written and produced by Eilish and Finneas, carried out by the animated group. 

“Once we first began speaking about Billie Eilish and Finneas—again earlier than they’d gained a billion Grammys—we might see then how that they had their finger on the heartbeat,” mentioned producer Lindsey Collins, who pitched the siblings in 2019. “We’re massive followers. We met with them and pitched this loopy concept of a boy band, asking in the event that they’d be fascinated about writing and producing the songs.”

A portion of one of many first songs, ”No person Like U” is featured within the trailer for the movie, which additionally stars Sandra Oh as Mei’s mom, Orion Lee as her father, and Wai Ching Ho as her grandmother with Mei’s Mei’s mates voiced by Ava Morse, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and Hyein Park.

Scored by Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, The Mandalorian), Turning Purple options the 2000 NSYNC single “It’s Gonna Be Me.” The 4*City band members are voiced by Finneas, together with Jordan Fisher, Grayson Villanueva, Josh Levi, and Topher Ngo.

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