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Taylor Swift has dropped a sweet ode to old friends, her first new music since “The Life of a Showgirl<\/a>.”<\/p>\n “I Knew It, I Knew You” is an original song the Berks County native penned with longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff for “Toy Story 5.” The track, released Thursday night, is a bit of a throwback to Swift’s early country career \u2014 a fitting choice for the upcoming Pixar film. The latest entry in the “Toy Story” franchise will focus on the redheaded cowgirl doll Jessie.<\/p>\n MORE:\u00a0<\/b>Philly science writer delves into ‘amazing superpowers’ of bugs in new book<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Swift announced the song with a nod to her own rootin’-tootin’ past. The pop star shared a clip of herself as a kid, stomping in a pair of cowboy boots with a red cowboy hat atop her head, in a message posted to her social media channels.<\/p>\n “Creating something for Jessie was a new challenge and also felt like second nature all at once,” Swift wrote in the post. “And being a\u00a0<\/span>@toystory<\/span>\u00a0kid from the age of 5 til now \u2026 is an adventure I plan to be on, to infinity and beyond.”<\/span><\/p>\n 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\n