Hi, Im Walt Dohrn. Im the director of Trolls World Tour. First things first, these trolls need some serious cheering up, and were going to have to go top shelf. Now this scene here we find where Poppy, the queen of the Pop Trolls, is trying to connect with the Country Music Trolls by singing the most important songs of all time. So we had a lot of fun coming up with this scene. It started with hours and hours of meetings, making lists of guilty pleasures or songs so bad theyre good kind of idea, really recognizable songs. We really wanted to go over the top because from the Country Music Trolls point of view, these characters dont really understand the cultural sensitivity of this genre just yet. When we presented this notion to Anna Kendrick, who did the voice of Poppy, and Justin Timberlake, who is also our executive music producer, they rolled their eyes a little bit at the concept of this. But by the end of it, like these characters, they were completely into these songs. We had a choreographer who really choreographed this guy. And so the story artist add a lot of jokes, the choreographers add jokes, and then we take it to layout, who add some moments. And then it gets to the animators, who kind of interpret all of that business there. But one of the best jokes, I think, coming up, this kind of final joke. Tell em, Poppy. Shake that! [WIND WHISTLING] You suck! This you suck tumbleweed came out of an idea from a story artist, which I thought was really kind of perfectly described how most of the audience was feeling at this point. And this last joke here, Branch kind of has the last word. This was an improv from Justin. I think thats how he really felt. Well, I knew it. Who Let the Dogs Out, too far.

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'Trolls World Tour' | Anatomy of a Scene - The New York Times