About

Today I'm Gonna Turn Into A Cute Little X is a TikTok trend where 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 set to the song "I'm Going To Be a Squashed Cheese Ball Today" by HappyPizzaBread.

Origin

On August 4th, 2026, TikToker^[1] @sleepeymimiii posted a video set to the song "I'm Going To Be a Squashed Cheese Ball Today" by HappyPizzaBread^[2] where 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.

Spread

The trend spread throughout August 2026, also inspiring animations.

On August 8th, 2026, TikToker^[3] @sarahsaurusrex_fr posted a version of the trend where she turns into a bird, garnering over 10 million views in a month.

On August 11th, TikToker^[4] @ariannaflowers posted a video doing the trend where she turns into a man, garnering over 2.3 million views in a month.

On August 17th, TikToker^[5] @ho_salt.studio posted an animation based on the trend that gained over 400,000 views in two weeks.

Various Examples

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