The rumors have been true: Taylor Swift has recorded a brand new authentic tune for Toy Story 5.
Titled “I Knew It, I Knew You,” Swift’s tune written for the upcoming fifth installment in Pixar’s Toy Story franchise comes out this Friday (June 5), two weeks forward of the movie’s June 19 launch.
In a press release, Disney teased the tune as a return to the nation music style for Swift, who in recent times has change into one of many largest pop stars on the planet after debuting as a teenage nation singer-songwriter again in 2006.
“Impressed by the rootin’ tootin’ cowgirl Jessie’s ongoing journey in Toy Story 5 that started again in Toy Story 2, ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ additionally marks a return to Taylor Swift’s nation roots, mixing types which have outlined her record-breaking profession as a songwriter and artist,” Disney shared, per Selection.
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“It’s unbelievable simply how significant it’s been having Taylor write and carry out this tune. Her connection to Jessie and the fast approach she understood what the character was going by was simple. The tune is so deeply related to Toy Story. A lot in order that on first hear, it immediately felt prefer it had at all times belonged there, like a long-lost member of the family,” writer-director Andrew Stanton shared in one other assertion.
In the meantime, Swift says she was impressed to write down the tune after watching an early screening of the upcoming Jessie-centric film.
“It’s a *Toy* Story … I’ve at all times dreamed of getting to write down for these characters who I’ve adored since I used to be a 5 12 months outdated child watching the primary Toy Story film. I fell immediately in love with Toy Story 5 after I was fortunate sufficient to see it in its early levels, and I wrote this tune as quickly as I acquired residence from the screening. Generally you simply know, proper?” Swift wrote on X concerning the collaboration with Pixar.
Followers change into suspicious after recognizing mysterious, cryptic billboards in cities comparable to Los Angeles that featured “TS,” Swift’s initials, in Toy Story’s signature yellow font. A countdown later appeared teasing a giant announcement alongside the blue sky and clouds from Andy’s childhood bed room wallpaper within the film collection.
The tune was co-written and co-produced by Swift and her notable longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff, who final labored with Swift on her 2024 album The Tortured Poets Division.
Toy Story 5 releases in theaters nationwide on June 19.
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