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Fans react to Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat, Janelle Monáe, and Killer Mike's Outkast tribute – and André 3000 not performing
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Fans react to Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat, Janelle Monáe, and Killer Mike’s Outkast tribute – and André 3000 not performing

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Performances from Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat, Janelle Monáe, and Killer Mike for last night’s OutKast tribute at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have drawn mixed reactions.

  • READ MORE: Listen to Romy and Sampha team up to cover André 3000’s ‘Me & My (To Bury Your Parents)’

Back in April, it was announced that the hip-hop duo were set to be inducted alongside names including The White Stripes, Cyndi Lauper and Soundgarden. At last night’s (November 8) ceremony, André 3000 and Big Boi were introduced by Donald Glover, who lauded them for their part in creating a “music Mecca” in Atlanta.

Despite being in attendance at the ceremony, André 3000 didn’t perform. Instead, Doja Cat, Killer Mike, J.I.D., Tyler, the Creator, and Janelle Monáe joined Big Boi for a medley of the duo’s classic hits, which has proved divisive on social media.

The performance kicked off with ‘ATLiens’ with Big Boi joined by J.I.D. This was followed by Doja taking on ‘Ms. Jackson’, however, as many X/Twitters users have pointed out, she appeared to lose her thread halfway through the song and miss lyrics.

“Absolutely disrespectful to show up to someone’s tribute and not know their verse,” one viewer wrote. Many seemed to be in agreement, saying Doja had “messed up the best part”.

However, some leapt to her defence, instead blaming the DJ. “Whoever that DJ is who has the nerve to be rapping super loud and the wrong fucking lyrics at that… he completely ruined a legendary moment,” added one user. “So,” asked another, “did she not know the words, or was he just rapping over her?”

While Tyler’s rendition of ‘B.O.B.’ went down well, Monáe’s take on ‘Hey Ya’ – in particular her choice to take on a strange vocal affectation and crawl across the floor. One highly unimpressed viewer later took to social media to write: “Put Janelle Monae in jail for what she did to Hey Ya.”

The medley continued on with ‘The Way You Move’ featuring Sleepy Brown, and closed out with Killer Mike joining all other artists on stage for ‘The Whole World’. You can check out more social media reactions to the tribute performances below.

Meanwhile, last December, André 3000 said that OutKast were “further away” from making new music together “than we’ve ever been”.

“I’ll say maybe 10, 15 years ago, in my mind, I thought an OutKast album would happen,” he said. “I don’t know the future, but I can say that we’re further away from it than we’ve ever been.”

“It’s hard for me to make a rap, period, you know? And sometimes I’m in the belief of, ‘Let things be’”, he told Rolling Stone.

He continued: “[OutKast] was a great time in life, and our chemistry was at a certain place that was undeniable,” he said, brushing against the notion that “something has to last forever”.

In May this year, he released a surprise solo EP ‘7 Piano Sketches’, a series of improvisations on piano mostly recorded at a house in Texas.

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Cat Power Revisits 'The Greatest' With New EP
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Cat Power Revisits ‘The Greatest’ With New EP

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Cat Power is honoring the impending 20th birthday of her beloved album The Greatest with a three-song EP, Redux, which will arrive Jan. 23 digitally and on 10-inch vinyl from Domino. The lead track is a newly recorded cover of James Brown’s “Try Me” featuring the Dirty Delta Blues band from the original tour in support of The Greatest.

Those musicians include Jon Spencer Blues Explosion guitarist Judah Bauer, Delta 72 keyboardist Gregg Foreman, bassist Erik Paparozzi and Dirty Three drummer Jim White. They re-teamed for the Redux sessions with Cat Power’s Chan Marshall at Church House Studios in Austin, Texas, and were joined by The Greatest producer/engineer Stuart Sikes.

The EP is rounded out by a cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” in tribute to legendary late soul guitarist and The Greatest contributor Teenie Hodges, plus an updated take on album track “Could We” that more resembles how it was performed on the supporting tour.

“Marshall once suggested that her sad songs might be seen as triumphant for how their acceptance of sorrow could create strength,” SPIN wrote in its contemporaneous review of The Greatest. “That’s the definition of soul music. Her title track might refer to a boxer (a city? a nation? a singer?) who ‘wanted to be the greatest’ until ‘the rush of the flood’ changed everything. Read it as literally as you like. Either way, the point is that there can be honor in owning up to your failures, your shame. In present-day America, that’s a radical concept.”

Marshall will perform The Greatest in its entirety on an extensive 2006 tour, which begins Feb. 12 in Houston. Presale tickets will be available this week.

Here are Cat Power’s tour dates:

FEBRUARY 2026

12 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall (Downstairs)
13 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater
15 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
16 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
17 – Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles
18 – San Francisco, CA – Fox Theatre
20 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
21 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
22 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
23 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
26 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
27 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
28 – Detroit, MI – Saint Andrew’s Hall

MARCH 2026

1 – Toronto, ON – History
3 – Kingston, NY – Ulster Performing Arts Center
4 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
6 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
7 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
8 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
10 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
12 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
13 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
14 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl Nashville

OCTOBER 2026

7 – Helsinki, Finland – House of Culture
9 – Stockholm, Sweden – Fållan
10 – Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene
11 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
12 – Hamburg, Germany – Docks
14 – Warsaw, Poland – Stodola
15 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys Neue Welt
17 – Cologne, Germany – Live Music Hall
19 – Vienna, Austria – Wiener Konzerthaus
20 – Munich, Germany – Muffathalle
21 – Strasbourg, France – La Laiterie
23 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks
24 – Lyon, France – Le Radiant
25 – Toulouse, France – Le Bikini
26 – Rennes, France – Le MeM
28 – Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma
29 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
30 – Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – Philharmonie Luxembourg
31 – Paris, France – Salle Pleyel

NOVEMBER 2026

2 – Bristol, UK – Bristol Beacon
3 – London, UK – Roundhouse
4 – Manchester, UK – Albert Hall
5 – Glasgow, UK – Barrowland
7 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street

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Cat Power Announces The Greatest Anniversary Tour and New EP, Shares Song: Listen
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Cat Power Announces The Greatest Anniversary Tour and New EP, Shares Song: Listen

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Cat Power:

02-12 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
02-13 Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theater
02-15 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
02-16 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
02-17 Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles
02-18 San Francisco, CA – Fox Theatre
02-20 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
02-21 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
02-22 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
02-23 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom
02-26 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
02-27 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
02-28 Detroit, MI – Saint Andrew’s Hall
03-01 Toronto, Ontario – History
03-03 Kingston, NY – Ulster Performing Arts Center
03-04 Boston, MA – Roadrunner
03-06 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
03-07 New York, NY – Webster Hall
03-08 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
03-10 Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
03-12 Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
03-13 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
03-14 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
10-07 Helsinki, Finland – House of Culture
10-09 Stockholm, Sweden – Fållan
10-10 Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene
10-11 Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
10-12 Hamburg, Germany – Docks
10-14 Warsaw, Poland – Stodola
10-15 Berlin, Germany – Huxleys Neue Welt
10-17 Cologne, Germany – Live Music Hall
10-19 Vienna, Austria – Wiener Konzerthaus
10-20 Munich, Germany – Muffathalle
10-21 Strasbourg, France – La Laiterie
10-23 Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks
10-24 Lyon, France – Le Radiant
10-25 Toulouse, France – Le Bikini
10-26 Rennes, France – Le MeM
10-28 Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma
10-29 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
10-30 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – Philharmonie Luxembourg
10-31 Paris, France – Salle Pleyel
11-02 Bristol, England – Bristol Beacon
11-03 London, England – Roundhouse
11-04 Manchester, England – Albert Hall
11-05 Glasgow, Scotland – Barrowland
11-07 Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street

Cat Power: The Greatest Tour

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'Toto the Ninja Cat' Stage Musical Adaptation Set for Spring 2026
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‘Toto the Ninja Cat’ Stage Musical Adaptation Set for Spring 2026

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Dermot O’Leary’s bestselling children’s book series is leaping from page to stage in a new family production featuring puppetry and original songs.

Little Angel Theatre, Mercury Theatre Colchester and Mayflower Southampton have unveiled the world premiere stage adaptation of “Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape,” based on the popular children’s book by broadcaster Dermot O’Leary and illustrated by Nick East, published by Hachette Children’s Group.

The “Toto the Ninja Cat” series, based on O’Leary’s real-life pets, has sold more than half a million copies globally and been translated into 17 languages.

The story follows Toto, an almost completely blind cat with incredible ninja skills, who must use her courage and cunning to stop a deadly King Cobra that has escaped onto the streets of London, alongside her cheeky brother Silver.

The stage rights were acquired from Hachette Children’s Group in a deal negotiated between Sarah Lennon Galavan, head of licensing for Hachette Children’s Group, and Samantha Lane, artistic director of Little Angel Theatre, and Natasha Rickman, artistic director of Mercury Theatre.

The production will be adapted and directed by Lane, with music and lyrics by Barb Jungr. The duo previously collaborated on “The Smartest Giant in Town,” which received an Olivier nomination for Best Family Show in 2023.

Set, costume and puppet design will be by Little Angel associate director Oliver Hyman, who recently won a special Fringe Theatre Award for exceptional services to puppetry. Lighting design is by Sherry Coenen.

O’Leary, who currently co-presents ITV’s “This Morning” on Fridays, is best known for hosting “The X Factor” from 2007 to 2018. He also presents BBC Radio 2’s Saturday morning breakfast show.

“I’m over the moon to see my book brought to life through puppetry,” said O’Leary. “Toto is currently fast asleep, blissfully unaware of all the attention, but speaking on her behalf, she’ll be thrilled to bits that her adventures are about to come to life, in theatres to audiences all around the country.”

Lane and Jungr added: “It’s such a joyful, funny, and heartwarming story, and we can’t wait to bring Toto’s world, full of courage, friendship, and adventure, to life on stage. Led by a stellar creative team, the production promises brilliant songs, imaginative puppetry, and an abundance of surprises for audiences of all ages.”

The musical will open at Mercury Theatre Colchester April 2-18, 2026, followed by runs at Little Angel Theatre London (May 16-July 19) and Mayflower Studios (July 23-26). Additional tour stops include Bristol Redgrave (July 28-30), Birmingham Town Hall (Aug. 15-16), Weymouth Pavilion (Aug. 18-19), Guildford Yvonne Arnaud (Aug. 20-23) and Capital Theatres (Oct. 23-25), with further dates to be announced.

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Cat Stevens says he inspired Carly Simon's classic You're So Vain
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Cat Stevens says he inspired Carly Simon’s classic You’re So Vain

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Cat Stevens claims that he was one of the inspirations behind Carly Simon’s song You’re So Vain.

Cat Stevens claims to be the inspiration behind Carly Simon’s song You’re So Vain

The Matthew and Son singer had a passionate affair with the Nobody Does It Better artist during the early 1970s and knew that Carly’s track about a self-absorbed lover – the identity of whom has long been speculated – was about him.

Writing in his new memoir Cat on the Road to Findout, the 77-year-old musician said: “I never understood the endless hide-and-seek of finding out who You’re So Vain was about. Naturally, I knew it was about me!”

Cat added: “The affair enriched both our repertoires.”

Carly, 82, previously confirmed that the second verse of the 1972 song is about the Hollywood actor Warren Beatty but has never revealed the inspiration behind the rest of the song.

She told People magazine in 2015: “I have confirmed the second verse is Warren.

“Warren thinks the whole song was about him!”

The Coming Around Again artist suggested that she was unlikely to reveal the identity of the other men mentioned in the song.

Carly said: “I don’t think so, at least until they know it’s about them.”

The singer admitted that she is astonished that interest in who You’re So Vain is about has persisted for so long.

She said: “Why do they want to know? It’s so crazy!”

Meanwhile, Cat recently described how music was a “calling” for him.

The Wild World artist – who adopted the name Yusuf Islam after converting to Islam in 1977 – told The Sun newspaper: “I felt I had something to offer. I felt that people should get it.

“It wasn’t just a career choice or business decision. It was more than that – it felt like a calling.

“I responded to it and it responded to me. My songs, everything, came so easily. I wrote The First Cut Is The Deepest when I was 17 (in 1965).

“My brother David also had a big hand in it because he was the business head of the family. He was instrumental in getting me contacts.”




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Olivia, Elton, Doja Cat Set For Rock Hall Appearances
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Olivia, Elton, Doja Cat Set For Rock Hall Appearances

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Without specifying who is doing what, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has revealed the roster of presenters and performers for its 2025 induction ceremony, which will be held Nov. 8 at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater and will be streamed live on Disney+. Among them are Olivia Rodrigo, Elton John, Doja Cat, Missy Elliott, Brandi Carlile and Iggy Pop.

Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and the White Stripes will be enshrined this year. Beyond the core inductions, Salt-N-Pepa and the late Warren Zevon will receive the Musical Influence Award, while hit-making R&B producer Thom Bell and studio musicians Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye will be honored with the Musical Excellence Award. The Ahmet Ertegun Award for impactful, non-performing industry professionals will be presented to former Warner Bros. Records president/DreamWorks co-founder Lenny Waronker.

Pundits are speculating that Carlile and Taylor Momsen will handle the late Chris Cornell’s vocals during Soundgarden’s performance segment, while David Letterman is a logical choice to induct his longtime friend Zevon. Atlanta rappers Killer Mike and Sleepy Brown seem like slam dunks to be involved in honoring Outkast, which hasn’t performed live since 2014, while Maxwell could be a perfect interpreter of Bell’s storied catalog.

Also set to appear are Beck, J.I.D., Questlove, RAYE, Teddy Swims and Twenty One Pilots. Additional guests will be announced later, and a highlight special is set to air Jan. 1 on ABC.

Passing through the Rock Hall’s ancestral home of Cleveland? Stop by the museum beginning Oct. 31 to see guitars played by Cornell, Andre 3000’s outfit from Outkast’s “Hey Ya” video and other nominee-specific memorabilia.

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Who is Cat Burns? Meet Celebrity Traitors contestant and singer
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Who is Cat Burns? Meet Celebrity Traitors contestant and singer

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One of those faces is Cat Burns, who is very excited about going into the game.

“I think it’s going to be fun to meet everyone and just talk to people,” she said. “With so many players in the game with so many different backgrounds and varied life experiences, it’s going to be really fun and fascinating.

“I’m just excited to get out of my world and step into this one. It feels like we’ll be a group of big kids going and playing a big game.”

So, just who is Cat Burns? Read on to learn more about the Celebrity Traitors contestant.

Who is Cat Burns?

Cat Burns. BBC/Studio Lambert/Cody Burridge/Matt Burlem

Age: 25

Job: Singer

Instagram: @catburns

Cat Burns is a singer-songwriter who rose to prominence upon the release of her single Go in 2020. The song became increasingly popular in 2022 thanks to TikTok, and saw it reach number two on the UK singles chart.

Her other hits include Home for My Heart, Ghosting and People Pleaser. A three time Brit nominee, Cat cites Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin and Marvin Sapp as some of her major influences.

The Celebrity Traitors will mark her first television appearance in a contestant capacity.

Why did Cat Burns sign up for The Celebrity Traitors?

Cat described being asked to go on Celebrity Traitors as “a once in a lifetime offer”, having always been intrigued to see if she could work out who the Traitors are or, if she were a Traitor, how she’d be able to “keep up the mystery”.

Does Cat Burns wants to be a Faithful or a Traitor?

Cat is leaving it up the universe when it comes to being a Faithful or a Traitor.

“Whatever I’m meant to be is what I’ll be. If I feel Claudia tap my shoulder, then that’s what it’s meant to be,” she explained.

Celebrity Traitors begins on Wednesday 8th October at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer. The Traitors seasons 1-3 are available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

Add The Celebrity Traitors to your watchlist on the Radio Times: What to Watch app – download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more.

Check out more of our Entertainment coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what’s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.

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Watch Bad Bunny Host, Doja Cat Perform “Aaahh Men!” and “Gorgeous” on Saturday Night Live
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Watch Bad Bunny Host, Doja Cat Perform “Aaahh Men!” and “Gorgeous” on Saturday Night Live

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Earlier this year, Bad Bunny helped to close out Saturday Night Live’s 50th season as its finale musical guest. The Puerto Rican superstar returned to NBC last weekend to host the show’s Season 51 premiere. He starred in sketches throughout the evening as a sperm donor hopeful, a fan of the Netflix original film KPop Demon Hunters, and the inventor of the Spanish language, and led the SNL cast in a recreation of the ’70s Mexican sitcom El Chavo del Ocho. Joining Bad Bunny was musical guest Doja Cat, who made her Saturday Night Live debut performing “Aaahh Men!” and “Gorgeous” from her new album Vie. Check out those performances and sketches below.

During his opening monologue, Bad Bunny discussed his recent 31-show concert residency in Puerto Rico and the news that he’ll be performing the halftime show at Super Bowl LX this February. He also noted that the evening marked his fourth appearance on Saturday Night Live, joking “I think Marcello [Hernandez] is getting nervous that Lorne has a new favorite Latino.”

Bad Bunny previously hosted SNL in 2023. In November, he’s set to embark an international tour in support of his new album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos. Doja Cat’s Tour Ma Vie World Tour also kicks off that same month.

This week’s episode of Saturday Night Live will be hosted will be hosted by Amy Poehler alongside musical guest Role Model. Then, on October 18, Sabrina Carpenter will pull double duty as host and musical guest for the first time.

See where Bad Bunny’s 2020 album YHLQMDLG falls on Pitchfork’s new list of “The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time.”

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Watch Doja Cat Perform ‘Gorgeous,’ ‘Aaahh Men!’ from New Album

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The rapper-songwriter debuts on SNL by performing two singles from her new album, Vie

Doja Cat made her musical guest debut on Saturday Night Live—the season 51 premiere—with performances of a pair of singles from her new album, Vie.

After an introduction from SNL host Bad Bunny, the rapper-songwriter opened with the Jack Antonoff-produced “Aaahh Men!”

On Vie, Doja Cat’s fifth studio album and the follow-up to 2023’s Scarlet, the Los Angeles native “devotes an entire album to the pop and R&B sounds of the Hair Decade, an album full of pastels and neon and mega-cheese sax solos,” as Rolling Stone‘s Rob Sheffield wrote in a review. That was reflected in the set design for “Aaahh Men!” and the attire of the six others on stage, including the two bassists for the bass-centric song.

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Doja Cat’s second performance was of “Gorgeous,” one of the several tracks on Vie that incorporates the saxophone.

Last week, Doja Cat announced her 50-date Tour Ma Vie World Tour, which begins in New Zealand next month. She’ll begin the U.S. leg next October in Detroit, and will wrap up at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Dec. 1.

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US Trailer for Animated Adventure Movie 'The Royal Cat' from China
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US Trailer for Animated Adventure Movie ‘The Royal Cat’ from China

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US Trailer for Animated Adventure Movie ‘The Royal Cat’ from China

by Alex Billington
October 3, 2025
Source: YouTube

“No one can stop me from rewriting history…” “You can’t change this world!” Well Go USA has revealed an official trailer for the movie The Royal Cat, an animated adventure movie from China. This first opened in China last year after playing at the Shanghai Film Festival – now set for a VOD release in the US starting on October 14th this fall. In an ancient city full of magic and mystery, a curious young apprentice and a clever, tailless talking cat team up to solve two strange cases: the missing crown prince and townspeople turning into animals! With the Mid-Autumn Festival fast approaching, this unlikely duo must uncover a royal secret and save the day before it’s too late. In Jinling City, General Kou’s bodyguard cat Zhan Ao partners with the young Bao Zheng, Jinmaoshu and General Kou’s daughter Kou Zhu to find truth, solve the mysterious case together, exposed a huge conspiracy. The original Chinese voice cast includes Tutehameng (aka Tu-Te-Ha-Meng), Zhengyang Ma, Jie Zhang, Yi Zhu, Xiaoyu Liu, Cong Liu, Ai Zhang, Linhao Qing, Nan Li, Chenyang Fu, Mingzhou Zhao, Lu Zhang, Yajie Hu, Bahu, Duo Xu, Deyu Miao, Ying Yang. However, this new trailer is for the English dub version featuring English voice actors in all the main roles.

Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Liang Cao’s animated movie The Royal Cat, direct from YouTube:

The Royal Cat Poster

In ancient Jinling City, General Kou’s guard cat Zhanao (voiced by Tu-Te-Ha-Meng) lost his fighting spirit due to the general’s sacrifice and became a stray cat. Soon after, several bizarre cases of humans turning into beasts occurred in the city, and even the prince mysteriously disappeared, and the stray cat Zhanao was involved. The young Bao Zheng tracks down and investigates and takes care of the injured Zhan Ao. Their partners Jin Mao Shu and Kou Zhu, the daughter of General Kou, find the real culprit behind the scenes & expose the conspiracy. The Royal Cat, also titled Jin Ling Yu Mao, is made by Chinese animation filmmaker Liang Cao, making their feature directorial debut. The screenplay is written by Yue Luo. This already opened in China last year after premiering at the 2024 Shanghai Film Festival. Well Go USA debuts Liang Cao’s The Royal Cat direct-to-VOD in the US starting October 14th, 2025 this fall. Want to watch?

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