Taylor Swift delighted fans on Monday as she’s composed a new country song for the upcoming animated movie Toy Story 5.
The artist, who is marrying Travis Kelce on July 3 in NYC, broke the exciting news on Instagram.
‘It’s a *Toy* Story. You knew it! My new original song “I Knew It, I Knew You” for Disney and @pixar’s @toystory 5 will be yours on June 5th,’ wrote the songbird in her caption.
‘I’ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I’ve adored since I was a 5 year old kid watching the first Toy Story movie.’
Swift then added, ‘I fell instantly in love with Toy Story 5 when I was lucky enough to see it in its early stages, and I wrote this song as soon as I got home from the screening. Sometimes you just know, right?
The star added that fans can pre-order the song exclusively on her website and that Toy Story 5 will be in theaters on June 19.
Taylor Swift delighted fans on Monday as she announced a new song. Turns out all those rumors she had created a new tune for the animated film Toy Story 5 are true
She also shared the art work for her Toy Story 5 song
‘It’s a *Toy* Story. You knew it! My new original song “I Knew It, I Knew You” for Disney and @ pixar ’s @toystory 5 will be yours on June 5th,’ wrote the songbird in her caption
Tom Hanks’ wife Rita Wilson hit the like button on Swift’s post as did Olivia Culpo and Vanessa Bryant.
Fans took to X to express their gratitude by saying, ‘OMG thank you so much Taylor, you made my summer’ while another added, ‘Genius, what’s not to love? Taylor Swift, love. Toy Story, love.’
To illustrate her announcement, Swift shared a new portrait by photographer Beth Garrabrant who has worked with the singer in the past. And she added the art animated work for her Toy Story 5 song.
The announcement follows a series of TS billboards — a play on Toy Story and Taylor Swift’s shared initials — that appeared over the weekend in LA, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Toronto, Mexico City and London.
Monday’s news was preceded by a Toy Story 5-themed countdown on Swift’s official website, as well as on billboards in New York and Los Angeles.
A previous iteration of the clock appeared last month, but was soon taken down, suggesting that it may have been set live too early.
When the clock hit zero on Monday, the shop page updated with her latest offerings.
‘I’ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I’ve adored since I was a 5 year old kid watching the first Toy Story movie,’ Swift said
There will be three versions of the new original song called I Knew It, I Knew You: the single as it appears in the film, an acoustic version, and a special piano version, all with unique vocals and production.
Swift wrote and produced the new tune with Jack Antonoff.
A press release shared: ‘Inspired by the rootin’ tootin’ cowgirl Jessie’s ongoing journey in “Toy Story 5” that began back in “Toy Story 2,” “I Knew It, I Knew You” also marks a return to Taylor Swift’s country roots, blending styles that have defined her record-breaking career as a songwriter and artist.’
Disney confirmed that I Knew It, I Knew You will debut on Friday, June 5.
Meanwhile, Toy Story 5 director Andrew Stanton suggested last week that Swift was not involved with the movie, but his wording was tricky which confused fans.
‘The sad truth is we watched the movie being mixed last week done and the song at the end of that was not Taylor Swift song,’ Stanton said, but he did not say the song would not appear in the movie at all.
On Monday, he confirmed Swift was involved: ‘It’s incredible just how meaningful it’s been having Taylor write and perform this song. Her connection to Jessie and the immediate way she understood what the character was going through was undeniable. The song is so deeply connected to Toy Story. So much so that on first listen, it instantly felt like it had always belonged there, like a long-lost family member. It was kismet.’
Tom Hanks and Woody at the Toy Story 5 film premiere in London on May 28
Providing music for movies is nothing new for Swift. For Valentine’s Day in 2010 she had Today Was a Fairytale. For The Hunger Games in 2012, she sang Eyes Open and Safe & Sound. In 2017, she and Zayn made I Don’t Wanna Live Forever for Fifty Shades Darker. More recently she wrote and sang Carolina from Where the Crawdads Sing in 2022.
Toy Story 5 includes Woody (voice of Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen), Jessie (voice of Joan Cusack).
The synopsis reads: ‘The gang’s jobs are challenged when they come face-to-face with Lilypad (voice of Greta Lee), a brand-new tablet device that arrives with her own disruptive ideas about what is best for their kid, Bonnie. Will playtime ever be the same?’
The film features an original score by Oscar-winner Randy Newman, who returns to score his fifth Toy Story feature.
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