About
Today I’m Gonna Turn Into A Cute Little X or Today I’m Gonna Turn Into A Cute Little Kitty is a TikTok trend in which participants film themselves crouching down gradually lower to the ground as the caption, “Today I’m gonna turn into a cute little X,” “X” being a subject, is displayed piece-by-piece on-screen, followed by a cut to a clip of someone or something else, as if the participant turned into the subject.
The trend was popularized on TikTok throughout August 2026 and was started that month by TikToker @sleepeymimiii. It is typically set to the song “I’m Going To Be a Squashed Cheese Ball Today” by HappyPizzaBread.
Origin
On August 4th, 2026, TikToker @sleepeymimiii posted a video set to the song “I’m Going To Be a Squashed Cheese Ball Today” by HappyPizzaBread in which she crouches lower and lower to the ground and then makes it look like she transforms into a cat by cutting to footage of her cat after crouching lowest to the ground, garnering over 3.6 million views in a month.
@sleepeymimiii KIKI CAMEO!!! >:3 unless I’ve shown him in a video before?? I forgor.. I love my cat guys #fyp #viral #kitty #kawaii #jojifuku ♬ original sound – NyaMimi ^. .^₎Ⳋ
Spread
The Today I’m Gonna Turn Into A Cute Little X trend spread throughout August 2026, also inspiring animations referencing it.
On August 8th, 2026, TikToker @sarahsaurusrex_fr posted a version of the trend where she turns into a bird, garnering over 10 million views in a month.
@sarahsaurusrex_fr He did not want to stand still, my little Velcro baby 🥹💙#pet #adorable #cute #bird #trending ♬ original sound – NyaMimi ^. .^₎Ⳋ
On August 11th, TikToker @ariannaflowers posted a video doing the trend where she turns into a man, garnering over 2.3 million views in a month.
@ariannaflowers
haven’t seen anyone do it this way yet 😭
♬ original sound – NyaMimi ^. .^₎Ⳋ
On August 17th, 2026, TikToker @ho_salt.studio posted an animation based on the trend that gained over 400,000 views in two weeks.
@ho_salt.studio
today im gonna turn into a cute little-
♬ 오리지널 사운드 – ho_salt
Various Examples
@gutknot
:3c
♬ original sound – NyaMimi ^. .^₎Ⳋ
@kumikoneko Today, I’m gonna turn into a cute, little kitty🐈⬛ #kitty #trend #cutelittlekitty #cutegirl ♬ original sound – NyaMimi ^. .^₎Ⳋ
@xo.lps3 SO CUTE #mlp #mylittlepony #raritymlp #pinkiepie #bittypops ♬ original sound – NyaMimi ^. .^₎Ⳋ
@ellapaisley69
hope that’s okay ꈍ◡ꈍ
♬ original sound – NyaMimi ^. .^₎Ⳋ