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Taylor Swift<\/b><\/a>has always had a friend in Toy Story, <\/i>so imagine her excitement to record an original song<\/a> for the fifth movie.<\/p>\n

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Appearing on the Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond <\/i>special on 20\/20 <\/i>that aired Friday, June 12, Swift, 36, opened up about her involvement and revealed the moment that made her particularly emotional.<\/p>\n

Swift wrote “I Knew It, I Knew You” to accommodate a new backstory for cowgirl figurine Jessie (voiced by Joan Cusack<\/b>).<\/p>\n

Speaking on the 20\/20 special, Swift shared that one line she wrote for the song really tugged on her heartstrings.<\/p>\n

“”For Jessie, I feel like the line, \u2018I watched you drive around the bend for what I thought would be the last time I saw my friend,’ that hits me really hard because that movie just broke my heart,” Swift said. “So I’m really happy to like, give her a happy moment. “<\/p>\n

Tom Hanks<\/strong> and Tim Allen<\/strong>, who voiced Woody and Buzz Lightyear respectively, detailed how Swift’s involvement was shrouded in secrecy.<\/p>\n

“They literally pulled us into a room and said, \u2018Shut the door,'” Hanks, 69, said. Allen, 73, added, “I thought they were going to say, \u2018Aliens are real.'”<\/p>\n

In the special, Swift added that she was “grateful” to be allowed to create music for the latest Toy Story<\/em> instalment.<\/p>\n

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“I felt wonderful knowing that I had Randy [Newman]<\/b>‘s blessing to write for this film, given that I’m the first songwriter to get to partake in the Toy Story<\/i> world outside of Randy,” Swift said in a preview for the 20\/20 <\/i>sit-down. “I was absolutely dazzled by [the movie]. It is my favorite Toy Story <\/i>movie. Don’t mind me, just really liked the movie.”<\/p>\n

Swift recently joined forces with Newman, 82, as they performed a duet of his song “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” at the Los Angeles premiere<\/span><\/a> on Tuesday, June 9. The 14-time Grammy winner also sang “I Knew It, I Knew You” for the first time during the screening.<\/p>\n

Swift, a childhood fan of the Toy Story <\/i>franchise, collaborated with Jack Antonoff <\/b>on the new song.<\/p>\n

“It’s a *Toy* Story ,” Swift wrote via Instagram<\/span><\/a> on June 1, announcing the single. “I’ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I’ve adored since I was a 5 year old kid watching the first Toy Story<\/i> movie. I fell instantly in love with Toy Story 5<\/i> 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?”<\/p>\n

Days later, Swift revealed via Instagram that her songwriting journey<\/a> felt like a “musical departure and coming home.”<\/p>\n

“Creating something for Jessie was a new challenge and also felt like second nature all at once,” the pop star mused in a June 5 upload<\/span><\/a>. “And being a @toystory kid from the age of 5 til now \u2026 is an adventure I plan to be on, to infinity and beyond. Thank you to the brilliant Andrew Stanton<\/b> for imagining me for this, all those years ago, when you wrote this newest film. Thank you to the incomparable @randynewmanofficial for the gorgeous sonic tapestry of songs and scores you’ve meticulously woven over the years. You created the Toy Story<\/i> musical world, and we are lucky to get to live in it.”<\/p>\n

Swift concluded, “By we, I mean myself and my pal @jackantonoff. We 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.”<\/p>\n

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Toy Story 5<\/i> hits theaters Friday, June 19.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Us Weekly. All rights reserved<\/i><\/p>\n

This story was originally published June 12, 2026 at 11:49 PM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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