Taylor Swift Is Returning To Her Country Roots — In A Pixar Movie

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentTaylor Swift Is Returning To Her Country Roots — In A Pixar MovieByHannah Abraham,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hannah Abraham covers entertainment, culture and business.Follow AuthorJun 01, 2026, 03:52pm EDTJun 01, 2026, 03:53pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Cover for Taylor Swift's new songtaylor swift/xTaylor Swift has written and recorded an original song for Toy Story 5, titled "I Knew It, I Knew You," releasing June 5. The track is inspired by Jessie, the cowgirl character voiced by Joan Cusack across the franchise. "I Knew It, I Knew You" is her first original song written and released in a country register since her formal genre transition to pop in 2014, more than a decade ago.What Taylor Swift Said About The SongSwift made the announcement across her social media platforms with a dad joke referencing her 2008 hit “Love Story”, writing “It’s a Toy Story.” "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," she wrote. “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 movie. 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?”ForbesTaylor Swift Could Throw Hat In Oscars Ring With 'Toy Story 5' SongBy Conor MurrayMORE FOR YOUDirector Andrew Stanton described the track in a public statement, “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. So much so that on first listen, it instantly felt like it had always belonged there, lik...