{"id":2458552,"date":"2026-06-14T04:25:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T04:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2458552"},"modified":"2026-06-14T04:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T04:25:44","slug":"taylor-swift-feels-so-lucky-to-write-song-for-her-favourite-toy-story-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swift-feels-so-lucky-to-write-song-for-her-favourite-toy-story-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift feels \u2018so lucky\u2019 to write song for her favourite Toy Story movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">LOS ANGELES \u2013 Toy Story 5 might be one of the most anticipated movies of 2026, but it was nearly eclipsed by Taylor Swift at its Los Angeles premiere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The global pop icon made a surprise appearance at the June 9 event, where she performed an acoustic version of I Knew It, I Knew You, the original country-pop song she sang and co-wrote for the soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Opening in Singapore cinemas on June 18, the film continues the billion-dollar franchise that began with Toy Story (1995), an animated action comedy in which a young boy\u2019s toys come to life, and new action figure Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) replaces cowboy doll Woody (Tom Hanks) as his favourite plaything.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">And the fifth instalment sees the older toys facing another existential crisis as their current owner, eight-year-old Bonnie, becomes obsessed with a frog-shaped electronic tablet named Lilypad (Greta Lee).<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">After Toy Story 5 was screened at the premiere, the curtain rose to reveal Swift, 36, sitting at a piano on stage and wearing a floor-length gown in the same shade of yellow as the Toy Story logo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She proceeded to perform I Knew It, I Knew You, co-written with American singer-songwriter Jack Antonoff \u2013 a project she had been teasing to fans since April, and finally confirmed on June 1.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"responsive-iframe-base instagram instagram-embed\" title=\"instagram embed\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZZUzwBzfm2\/embed\/captioned\/?omitscript=true\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer;falseclipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\" loading=\"eager\" data-testid=\"responsiveIframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Swift then addressed the audience, which included Hanks, Allen and other members of the star-studded American voice cast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The latter includes actor Tony Hale, who reprises his role as the clueless plastic spork Forky, and talk show host Conan O\u2019Brien, who plays a new potty-training toy named Smarty Pants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cIt means the world to me to be a small part of the universe of these films,\u201d said Swift, who is engaged to American football player Travis Kelce, 36.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cToy Story 5 is my favourite of all the Toy Stories. I\u2019m so lucky that I get to be a part of this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cAnd I want to thank all the creators at Disney and Pixar for all the work they put into this film,\u201d she added, referring to the Hollywood studios behind the franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cIt\u2019s insanely beautiful, it\u2019s a masterpiece. Your work is amazing and I hope you\u2019re all so proud of yourselves if you worked on this film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"responsive-iframe-base instagram instagram-embed\" title=\"instagram embed\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZY8ap8zOq0\/embed\/captioned\/?omitscript=true\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer;falseclipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\" loading=\"eager\" data-testid=\"responsiveIframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The pop star also singled out the 63-year-old actress who voices Jessie, the feisty cowgirl doll character that inspired I Knew It, I Knew You.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cJoan Cusack has done such an extraordinary job \u2013 it was an honour to write for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Swift also praised 82-year-old American singer-songwriter Randy Newman, whom she described as \u201cthe architect of the Toy Story musical universe\u201d and who composed one of the most recognisable tunes from the franchise, You\u2019ve Got A Friend In Me (1995).<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">And in another surprise, Newman then appeared on stage in front of his own piano and did a duet of his Oscar-nominated song with Swift, who said, as she walked up to him: \u201cThis just feels like a really good day, personally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"responsive-iframe-base instagram instagram-embed\" title=\"instagram embed\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZZVB6uTCXT\/embed\/captioned\/?omitscript=true\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer;falseclipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\" loading=\"eager\" data-testid=\"responsiveIframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On the red carpet, Cusack \u2013 who has voiced Jessie since 1999\u2019s Toy Story 2 \u2013 said she was glad that her character gets more time in this chapter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cI was so excited because I felt like there was a Jessie story in there, and I knew if they were going to do it, it was going to be really good,\u201d said the actress, who starred in comedy films such as Working Girl (1988) and School Of Rock (2003).<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The tomboyish Jessie is also someone many young female viewers will connect to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of little girls that aren\u2019t Cinderella&#8230; that aren\u2019t feeling that beauty thing all the time, and that want to play and be part of everything \u2013 and I think she speaks to them,\u201d Cusack said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col items-start relative w-fit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/5663c0e688eb7f1441b69ffd60f34165cc8dbba9e89ad6b3e89271fc81906aa8\" alt=\"\" class=\"aspect-default flex items-start shrink-0 object-cover default article-default mobile:w-auto tablet:w-auto\" data-testid=\"image-test-id\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"font-eyebrow-baseline-regular inline text-secondary\" data-testid=\"inline-media-caption-test-id\">Joan Cusack voices Jessie in Toy Story 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-eyebrow-baseline-regular inline text-placeholder\" data-testid=\"inline-media-credit-test-id\"> PHOTO: THE WALT DISNEY CO<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">And while Toy Story 5 explores the clash between modern technology and screen time versus traditional play, Hanks believes the franchise\u2019s core message is unchanged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThese movies are really about deep, long-lasting friendships, and how adversity comes along but everybody can get together and help the other person out when they need a hand,\u201d said the 69-year-old Hollywood veteran, who won Best Actor Oscars for the legal drama Philadelphia (1993) and comedy-drama Forrest Gump (1994).<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThese stories about toy slinky dogs and marionettes and styrene spacemen end up being a lesson for us all in the real world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Toy Story 5 opens in Singapore cinemas on June 18.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"responsive-iframe-base instagram instagram-embed\" title=\"instagram embed\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZfol5sjb3-\/embed\/captioned\/?omitscript=true\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer;falseclipboard-write; 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