{"id":2441909,"date":"2026-06-02T17:36:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2441909"},"modified":"2026-06-02T17:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:36:54","slug":"taylor-swifts-return-to-country-for-toy-story-5-gets-a-new-style-era-to-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swifts-return-to-country-for-toy-story-5-gets-a-new-style-era-to-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8216;return to country&#8217; for &#8216;Toy Story 5&#8217; gets a new style era to match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>From showgirl to cowgirl.<\/p>\n<p>Days after mysterious, cloud-dotted \u201cTS\u201d billboards popped up around the globe \u2014 followed by a matching blue-and-yellow countdown on Taylor Swift\u2019s website \u2014 the musician confirmed Monday that she\u2019ll <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/01\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-announces-original-toy-story-5-song-i-knew-it-i-knew-you\/\">contribute a new original song<\/a>, \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You,\u201d to the \u201cToy Story 5\u201d soundtrack.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>And according to Disney\u2019s accompanying press release, Swift\u2019s trading the glossy pop of her \u201cLife of a Showgirl\u201d album for an acoustic guitar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInspired by the rootin\u2019 tootin\u2019 cowgirl Jessie\u2019s ongoing journey in \u2018Toy Story\u00a05\u2032 that began back in \u201cToy Story\u00a02,\u2019 \u2018I Knew It, I Knew You\u2019 also marks a return to Taylor Swift\u2019s country roots, blending styles that have defined her record-breaking career as a songwriter and artist,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>And in the grand tradition of Swift <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/taylor-swift-style-eras-fashion-evolution\/\">shifting her personal style to complement her sound<\/a>, the photos she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZDXeuSkZjm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared on Instagram<\/a> to announce her latest project reflect this sonic reset.<\/p>\n<p>In the first, Swift relaxes on a grassy lawn framed by tulips, sporting minimal makeup and the same honey-colored curls synonymous with her early years in country music.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Co-written and co-produced with\u00a0longtime Taylor Swift collaborator Jack Antonoff, \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d releases this Friday, June 5. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/taylorswift<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>As fans were quick to point out, the musician wore a similar floral sundress for her \u201cTim McGraw\u201d single artwork in 2006.  <span class=\"credit\">Taylor Swift<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While only a single strap of her floral sundress appears in frame, that didn\u2019t stop fans from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kellysversion13\/status\/2061615065959223730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comparing the style<\/a> to Swift\u2019s look from her 2006 \u201cTim McGraw\u201d artwork \u2014\u00a0a fashion flashback if there ever was one.<\/p>\n<p>(It doesn\u2019t hurt that the theatrical release date for \u201cToy Story 5,\u201d June 19, happens to fall on the 20-year anniversary of her debut single.)<\/p>\n<p>Another image from the Grammy winner\u2019s \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d announcement sees the curly-haired songstress posing in an empty field wearing utilitarian wide-leg pants and a patchwork jacket embroidered with flowers, birds and other icons of the great outdoors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Beth Garrabrant snapped several photos of Swift to promote the upcoming \u201cToy Story 5\u201d track. <span class=\"credit\">Taylor Swift<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In the early days of her country career, Swift (pictured in 2006) was famous for her blond curls, printed dresses and cowboy boots. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>The songwriter seemed to hint at her latest project by dressing in the \u201cToy Story\u201d color palette of blue and yellow for an April outing in NYC, pairing a striped Staud midi dress with a lemon-hued Lady Dior bag. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With its red rickrack trim and overlapping squares of plaid, polka-dotted and seersucker fabric, the (likely vintage) outerwear could\u2019ve been plucked from a teenage Swift\u2019s closet in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>Given the superstar\u2019s \u201calready completely re-recorded\u201d her self-titled debut album, as she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/30\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-reveals-fate-of-debut-album-re-recording-amid-shock-news-she-bought-back-her-masters\/\">shared last year<\/a>, it\u2019s not hard to imagine she might be laying the foundation for what her \u201cTaylor Swift (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u201d fashion might look like \u2014\u00a0and it couldn\u2019t be further from the sequins, corsets and general razzle-dazzle of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/style\/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-press-tour-outfits\/\">her \u201cShowgirl\u201d styles<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/slideshow\/all-of-taylor-swifts-eras-tour-outfits\/\">Eras Tour stage costumes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\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 movie,\u201d Swift captioned her social media post sharing the news of her upcoming tune.<\/p>\n<p>With both her fresh music and her latest looks, it would seem, Swift\u2019s going back to where it all began.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/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 pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From showgirl to cowgirl. Days after mysterious, cloud-dotted \u201cTS\u201d billboards popped up around the globe \u2014 followed by a matching blue-and-yellow countdown on Taylor Swift\u2019s website \u2014 the musician confirmed Monday that she\u2019ll contribute a new original song, \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You,\u201d to the \u201cToy Story 5\u201d soundtrack. 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