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Taylor Swift Teams With Pixar for Toy Story 5 Song

6/2/2026

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Taylor Swift Joins

Taylor Swift announced on June 1, 2026 that she will contribute to Pixar’s Toy Story 5.
Toy Story 5 opens June 19, 2026 with Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack returning as Woody, Buzz and Jessie.
Swift’s song “I Knew It, I Knew You,” co-written with Jack Antonoff, debuts June 5, 2026 and is inspired by Jessie.
A countdown on Swift’s site timed to 2 p.m. ET June 1, 2026 showed a “TS” billboard and Jessie dancing.

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Swift Announces Song

Taylor Swift used Instagram to announce her original Toy Story 5 song, posting a caption with a cowboy-hat emoji and a cloud emoji.
She said she viewed an early cut of the film, left the screening, and immediately wrote “I Knew It, I Knew You.”
The track will be streamed worldwide on Friday, June 5, 2026, two weeks before the movie’s theatrical debut.
Swift’s online store offers three physical CD singles—a standard version, an acoustic rendition, and a piano rendition—for pre-order.
A countdown featuring Andy-room clouds launched on her website on April 30, 2026, teasing the upcoming collaboration.

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Swift Billboard Tease

Disney and Pixar erected giant “TS” billboards in several U.S. cities, reviving Swift rumors.
Pixar’s X posted lyric “She’s making those moves up as she goes!” with billboard tease.
Director Andrew Stanton denied any Swift contribution, confirming the end-credit song is not hers.
TikTok searches now show Toy-Story-style clouds after the billboards appeared.
Speculation persists that Swift could voice a character and add a soundtrack piece before the June 19 premiere.

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Taylor Swift Joins

Taylor Swift announced on June 1, 2026 that she will contribute to Pixar’s Toy Story 5.
Toy Story 5 opens June 19, 2026 with Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack returning as Woody, Buzz and Jessie.
Swift’s song “I Knew It, I Knew You,” co-written with Jack Antonoff, debuts June 5, 2026 and is inspired by Jessie.
A countdown on Swift’s site timed to 2 p.m. ET June 1, 2026 showed a “TS” billboard and Jessie dancing.

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