{"id":2445893,"date":"2026-06-05T05:54:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T05:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2445893"},"modified":"2026-06-05T05:54:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T05:54:04","slug":"how-taylor-swift-turned-a-lifelong-love-of-toy-story-into-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-taylor-swift-turned-a-lifelong-love-of-toy-story-into-new-music\/","title":{"rendered":"How Taylor Swift Turned a Lifelong Love of \u2018Toy Story\u2019 Into New Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tNo challenge, it would seem, is too great for Taylor Swift<\/a>. By recording \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d for Toy Story 5<\/em>, her latest project was a love story a lifetime in the making. No pressure, right?<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn recent days, Swift dotted a trail with Toy Story 5 <\/em>easter eggs, and confirmed what super-fans knew all along with the release at midnight of the original song \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe track will appear in the latest addition of the beloved animated franchise, and is something of a dream come true. A lifetime in the making. If proof were needed, she shared an adorable video of herself as a youngster, dressed as cowgirl Jessie, who lassoed us all in for Toy Story 2.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWriting this song felt like a musical departure and coming home at the same time,\u201d Swift writes in a social post. \u201cCreating something for Jessie was a new challenge and also felt like second nature all at once. And being a Toy Story kid from the age of 5 til now\u2026 is an adventure I plan to be on, to infinity and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSwift gave a shout out to the \u201cbrilliant\u201d Toy Story co-writer Andrew Stanton \u201cfor imagining me for this, all those years ago when you wrote this newest film.\u201d And gave a thank-you to \u201cthe incomparable\u201d Randy Newman for \u201cthe gorgeous sonic tapestry of songs and scores you\u2019ve meticulously woven over the years.\u201d Newman, she continued, \u201ccreated the Toy Story musical world, and we are lucky to get to live in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSwift\u2019s frequent collaborator, producer and \u201cpal\u201d Jack Antonoff, worked on the single, which she previously revealed was \u201cinspired by the rootin\u2019 tootin\u2019\u201d Jessie.<\/p>\n

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Writing this song felt like a musical departure and coming home at the same time. Creating something for Jessie was a new challenge and also felt like second nature all at once. And being a @toystory<\/a> kid from the age of 5 til now\u2026 is an adventure I plan to be on, to infinity and\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/gewjzSS0qg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

\n\t\u201cWe wrote this with so much adoration for these characters that made us laugh and helped us learn lessons and think outside the backyard all throughout our childhoods,\u201d she says of her latest work with Antonoff.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d is Swift\u2019s first release since her 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>, and arrives ahead of the movie\u2019s June 19 release, through Disney<\/a> and Pixar.<\/p>\n

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