Taylor Swift has announced the release of a new original song for Toy Story 5.
“It’s a *Toy* Story,” Swift wrote on Instagram on 1 June. “You knew it! My new original song I Knew It, I Knew You for Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 5 will be yours on June 5th.
Rumours around Swift’s involvement in the film kicked off last week, after fans in the US and the UK spotted billboards that spelled out the initials ‘TS’ in the blocky yellow Toy Story font.
“I’ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I’ve adored since I was a five-year-old kid watching the first Toy Story movie,” Swift added.
“I fell instantly in love with Toy Story 5 when I was lucky enough to see it in its early stages, and I wrote this song as soon as I got home from the screening. Sometimes you just know, right?”
Swift wrote the song with her longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff. I Knew It, I Knew You will mark her return to the country genre and was inspired by Jessie, the film’s cowgirl character.
“It’s incredible just how meaningful it’s been having Taylor write and perform this song,” said Andrew Stanton, the Toy Story 5 director.
“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 Toy Story,” he said. “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.”
The single will be Swift’s first new music since the release of her record-breaking album The Life of a Showgirl in October 2025.
Toy Story 5 will be released worldwide on 19 June.
