Meet Kylie Cantrall, the teen TikTok star ruling Disney’s ‘Descendants’

Kylie Cantrall remembers nicely the place she was when Disney’s musical film premiered in 2015, as a result of it was the kind of large deal that necessitated a watch social gathering along with her next-door finest buddy and far tween-girl bonding.

“It was all the craze in fourth grade,” Cantrall recollects. “The minute that got here on, I used to be in. I wish to be a VK. They’re so cool.”

9 years, two seasons of a Disney Channel sitcom and later, Cantrall, 19, resides that Villain Child dream as Crimson, the Queen of Hearts’ daughter, in (streaming now on ).

Within the fourth installment within the franchise, the rebellious Crimson receives an invitation to Auradon Prep, a a lot nicer place than her Wonderland residence and the place all the best Disney fairy-tale characters matriculate. However when the Queen of Hearts (Rita Ora) pulls a dastardly coup, Crimson goes again in time with Cinderella’s daughter Chloe (Malia Baker) to cease the prank that turned her then-positive mother (Ruby Rose Turner) evil.

Cantrall will get to strut her stuff early within the and she or he even will get to be an motion hero. “They’ve my quantity, I’m prepared for my Marvel film,” says the actress, who starred as an alien-babysitting teen on the Disney sequence and performed a singing cheerleader in “.”

For those who’re not already a Cantrall fan, right here’s what it’s worthwhile to know:

Kylie Cantrell sees her ‘Descendants’ character as a task mannequin

“She doesn’t should be a villain like her mother; simply because she was born into it doesn’t imply she has to comply with that path,” Cantrall says of Crimson, the primary Disney princess rocking a nostril ring. “We must be empowering women to create their very own futures and personal destinies and never wait round for anyone to inform them what they need to or shouldn’t be.”

The “Descendants” world has a fantastical, “Barbie”-like vibe however Cantrall didn’t really feel fully like Crimson till she placed on the leather-based jacket and the intense wig. “It’s so camp. We’re all dressed as highlighters, so vivid and so loopy,” says Cantrall, whose nostril isn’t pierced in actual life. “I don’t know if I as Kylie can pull that off as a lot as Crimson can.”

Music and dance have performed massive roles all through Kylie Cantrall’s life

Cantrall’s mother is a dancer/choreographer and her dad is a producer/songwriter, so performing was “within the blood from the start,” says the actress, who has been dancing she was 2. “Actually the day after I acquired potty educated, my mother and father have been like, ‘Put her in dance class.’ ” It took her some time to get good, although: “I’m positive my steadiness wasn’t that nice. I’m positive I used to be a bit clumsy. I’m positive I used to be distracted. However I undoubtedly had a love for it even then.”

Music got here shortly after that, as she would write songs at age 5 and 6 and spend time in her dad’s studio. “I might be watching him within the sales space, and I used to be like, ‘Oh, I need you to file me subsequent,’ ” Cantrall says.

Brandy is Kylie Cantrell’s ‘Descendants’ co-star and a musical hero

Cantrall would hearken to Brandy CDs in her dad’s automobile on the way in which to elementary college, so “I actually do suppose I manifested working along with her,” she says of her “Rise of Crimson” co-star. Brandy reprises her title position from the 1997 Disney film “Cinderella,” and Cantrall discovered her to be “simply unbelievable and such a pleasant human. She exceeded my expectations.”

Brandy, Janet Jackson and Aaliyah are all main influences on her personal music. “They undoubtedly encourage who I wish to be as an artist and that type of taste that I wish to convey,” says Cantrall, who’s prepping a debut album filled with “danceable” pop/R&B tracks. “I’m simply excited for individuals to listen to it.”

Like most teenagers, Kylie Cantrell is engaged on her on-line/offline steadiness

For a lot of her life, Cantrall has had a big Web presence: When she was 8, she began her personal and extra not too long ago began doing her “10 Minute Music” challenges on social media, the place she turns three phrases from a fan right into a tune. “I’ve grown a lot as a songwriter over the previous yr pushing myself in that means,” she says. “I imply, it doesn’t at all times work. I solely publish those that I believe prove OK, however I’ve an entire batch of ones that suck and are horrible and I didn’t even end. It’s hit-or-miss.”

She’s been particularly busy on-line these days with “Rise of Crimson” popping out. “I’m getting tagged in these stunning fan edits and movies of individuals reacting to the songs,” Cantrall says. “Then you definately get the opposite facet that’s just like the destructive feedback and the scrutiny of it.

“I’m making an attempt to work on setting that boundary of, OK, I’ve been on Instagram too lengthy, I’ve seen an excessive amount of of myself these days on TikTok. It’s all about steadiness and I’m nonetheless making an attempt to determine when to place the cellphone down. It’s straightforward to get wrapped up in it and to go on a deep dive.”

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