Turning Red: How Old Are The 4*Town Members Supposed To Be?
Warning: minor SPOILERS for Turning Red ahead.
As the boyband 4*Town and their songs stole the scene and were central to Mei Lee and her friends’ story in Pixar’s Turning Red, one may wonder how old the 4*Town members are. Exclusively released on Disney+ on March 11, Turning Red tells the story of 13-year-old Chinese-Canadian Meilin “Mei” Lee (Rosalie Chiang) as she starts going through puberty and realizes that she unwillingly turns into a giant and fluffy red panda every time she feels strong emotions. While Finding Red is the third Pixar film foregoing theatrical release after Soul and Luca—and it also was subjected to many closed-minded reviews—it also proved to be a success internationally, as Turning Red became the most-watched Disney+ film globally in the first three days since it was released on the streaming platform.
One of the quirkiest peculiarities of Turning Red is Mei’s favorite boyband, 4*Town, which she fangirls about with her friends Miriam (Ava Morse), Priya (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan), and Abby (Hyein Park), as they all spend an enormous amount of time obsessing over the group. 4*Town is central to Mei’s story not only as it’s one of her friend group’s most uniting topics, but also because going to their concert against her mother's wishes ends up being a turning point in Mei’s conflict with Ming and her path growing up. Mei liking 4*Town simultaneously draws her closer to her friends and away from Ming’s beliefs, as she hides it from Ming because she knows that her mother despises them and calls them “glittery delinquents with their gyrations.”
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4*Town songs were written by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell, with
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