Watch the First Clip For 'Lava'

Pixar's next theatrical short film, Lava, is a musical love story inspired by the beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes. The film stars a volcano named Uku, who sings about his dream. Watch the new clip below:

The director of Lava, James Ford Murphy, wrote a Hawaiian-inspired song for the ukulele. “I thought that if I could marry the rich imagery and with the power and emotion of music, then I could really make something cool," says Murphy (Yahoo! Movies) The ukulele song is sung by Hawaiian entertainer Kuana Torres Kahele. Kuana describes Uku as a "lonely volcano searching millions and millions of years for his one true love." His message to people who want to see the Lava is "Bring a tissue. You're going to need it for the first two or three minutes."

"I thought it would be so cool to fall in love with a place who’s also a character," James Murphy said in an interview (LATimes). "I wanted to make Uku appealing and likable but also look like he’s been carved out of lava flows. This whole story has been an exercise in contrast. Volcanoes are so destructive, but they're so creative. They’re so powerful in their eruptions but they’re so peaceful." He and his producer, Andrea Warren, attempted to achieve the feeling of the scale live-action filmmakers attain from a helicopter shot, but within the 3-D universe of animation.

Lava, will play in theaters in front of Pixar's next movie, Inside Out, on June 19th of next year.