{"id":2440679,"date":"2026-06-01T19:28:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2440679"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:28:45","slug":"taylor-swift-confirms-new-song-i-knew-it-i-knew-you-will-appear-in-toy-story-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swift-confirms-new-song-i-knew-it-i-knew-you-will-appear-in-toy-story-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift confirms new song \u2018I Knew It, I Knew You\u2019 will appear in \u2018Toy Story 5\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u00a0has confirmed the\u00a0rumours\u00a0\u2013 her new song \u2018I Knew It, I Knew You\u2019 will be appearing in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/films\/toy-story-4\"><i>Toy Story 5<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation has been swirling among\u00a0Swifties\u00a0in recent weeks,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/taylor-swift-sparks-toy-story-rumours-after-now-deleted-countdown-appears-on-her-website-3943455\">prompted last month when the singer posted a cryptic countdown on her website<\/a>\u00a0that was later taken down before it had the chance to be completed.<\/p>\n<p>The countdown had been doused in the\u00a0colour\u00a0scheme of the\u00a0<i>Toy Story\u00a0<\/i>films, and the rumours clicked up a gear when <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/is-taylor-swift-involved-in-toy-story-5-rumours-start-up-again-as-fans-decode-cryptic-billboard-and-lyric-clue-3948629\">a billboard bearing the initials \u2018TS\u2019 over\u00a0a\u00a0familiar blue sky and white cloud appeared<\/a>\u00a0in recent days. Fans noted that there were exactly 13 clouds on display, a nod to Swift\u2019s famous lucky number, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/pixar\">Pixar<\/a>\u00a0later shared an image of the billboard on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Swift has officially announced that her new original song \u2018I Knew It, I Knew You\u2019 will appear in the film, which is released in cinemas on June 19.\u00a0The single will be released on Friday (June 5), and you can pre-order it\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/store.taylorswift.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s a *Toy* Story \ud83e\udd20<br \/>You knew it! My new original song \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d for Disney and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pixar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Pixar<\/a>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/toystory?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@toystory<\/a> 5 will be yours on June 5th. I\u2019ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I\u2019ve adored since I was a 5 year old kid watching the first Toy Story\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CRdhM5eLBt\">pic.twitter.com\/CRdhM5eLBt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/taylorswift13\/status\/2061509036814528734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I\u2019ve adored since I was a\u00a05 year old\u00a0kid watching the first\u00a0<i>Toy Story\u00a0<\/i>movie,\u201d Swift wrote. \u201cI fell instantly in love with <i>Toy Story 5\u00a0<\/i>when I was lucky enough to see it in its\u00a0early stages, and I wrote this song as soon as I got home from the screening. Sometimes you just know, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swift has written the song with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jack-antonoff\">Jack\u00a0Antonoff\u00a0<\/a>and there will be three CD editions of the single, featuring the track as it appears in the film, as well as an acoustic version and a piano version.<\/p>\n<p><i>Toy Story 5\u00a0<\/i>director Andrew Stanton has said: \u201cIt\u2019s incredible just how meaningful it\u2019s 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 <i>Toy\u00a0Story<\/i>. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Toy Story 5 | Final Trailer | Get Tickets Now\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QftAW9TTmuQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The film will pick up after Woody left to stay with Bo Peep at the end of the last movie. Jessie is now the leader of Bonnie\u2019s room, with Buzz Lightyear her second-in-command, but Bonnie is now enamoured with her new favourite toy, a frog-like tablet named Lilypad.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/bad-bunny-to-play-talking-pizza-slice-in-toy-story-5-3947780\">Bad Bunny is another music superstar involved in the project<\/a>, after it was recently revealed that he will be the voice of a talking pizza slice, \u2018Pizza\u00a0With\u00a0Sunglasses\u2019,\u00a0who is described as a forgotten toy living in an abandoned backyard shed.<\/p>\n<p>Swift\u2019s last album was 2025\u2032 \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-review-3897387\">The Life of a Showgirl<\/a>\u2018, which was inspired by her experience on her\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/taylor-swift-eras-tour-end-impact-3820896\">record-breaking \u2018Eras\u2019 tour<\/a>. It soon became\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/homegrown-artists-help-uk-recorded-music-market-grow-for-11th-consecutive-year-3920534\">the best-selling album of that year in the UK<\/a> \u2013 making Swift the first artist to have the top seller in consecutive years for different albums since <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/abba\">ABBA<\/a>\u00a0in 1977.<\/p>\n<p>Since the album\u2019s release, Swift has\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/taylor-swift-becomes-youngest-woman-to-be-inducted-into-songwriters-hall-of-fame-3924721\">become the youngest female artist to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame<\/a>, invited\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/taylor-swift-shares-opalite-video-starring-graham-norton-after-being-inspired-by-appearance-on-his-show-3927930\">Graham Norton, Lewis Capaldi, and Cillian Murphy for her \u2018Opalite\u2019 music video<\/a>, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/taylor-swift-files-to-trademark-voice-and-image-after-ai-concerns-3942927\">filed to trademark her own voice and image after growing concerns about AI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift\u00a0has confirmed the\u00a0rumours\u00a0\u2013 her new song \u2018I Knew It, I Knew You\u2019 will be appearing in\u00a0Toy Story 5. Speculation has been swirling among\u00a0Swifties\u00a0in recent weeks,\u00a0prompted last month when the singer posted a cryptic countdown on her website\u00a0that was later taken down before it had the chance to be completed. 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