Toy Story 5 Unveils Taylor Swift Song as Pixar Recalls 3 Years of Secrecy
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Updated · Screen Rant · Jun 18
Toy Story 5 Unveils Taylor Swift Song as Pixar Recalls 3 Years of Secrecy
1 articles · Updated · Screen Rant · Jun 18
Summary
Taylor Swift wrote the original Toy Story 5 song “I Knew It, I Knew You,” a reveal Pixar executives said was the film’s biggest secret and the most stressful part of production.
Three years into development, producer Lindsey Collins and co-director Kenna Harris said the team felt “high stakes” pressure to avoid leaking it, partly because they were eager for audiences to finally hear the track.
Harris said Swift quickly connected with Jessie after seeing the film, while Collins said the singer immediately understood “the song that Jessie deserves” and over-delivered on the assignment.
The sequel opens June 19 after a June 9 world premiere in Los Angeles, with a story centered on Jessie facing a tech threat from Bonnie’s frog-themed tablet Lilypad.
Toy Story 5 is already drawing strong early reception, holding a 95% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes as Pixar returns the franchise to a technology-versus-play theme.