Taylor Swift Reveals Original Song 'I Knew It, I Knew You' for Toy Story 5

Pop-music superstar Taylor Swift has ended weeks of teases with the uncover of an archetypal opus for Pixar's Toy Story 5.

Following respective clever "TS" teases crossed societal media and 1 (or two) mysterious countdowns connected her website, Swift yet pulled backmost the curtain connected "I Knew It, I Knew You," a caller opus produced with longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff. The way was revealed connected her website and volition beryllium featured successful the Toy Story 5 soundtrack, with anxious listeners capable to prime up 3 antithetic versions of the opus connected CD.

There is simply a modular azygous version, an acoustic version, and adjacent a soft version, with each disposable to acquisition for $3.99. Each features antithetic screen creation and broadside B photos and is lone disposable to bargain for the adjacent 48 hours. You tin spot each 3 successful the representation below.

Taylor Swift website reveals archetypal Song "I Knew It, I Knew You" for Toy Story 5. Image courtesy of Taylor Swift/Pixar.

In a property release, Swift and Pixar confirmed that I Knew It, I Knew You was inspired by Jessie's communicative and is said to diagnostic "a instrumentality to Taylor Swift's state roots, blending styles that person defined her record-breaking vocation arsenic a songwriter and artist." Swift besides took to her societal media pages to corroborate the quality and stock that I Knew It, I Knew You volition beryllium disposable to perceive to June 5.

"You knew it! My caller archetypal opus 'I Knew It, I Knew You' for Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 5 volition beryllium yours connected June 5th," Swift said. "I’ve ever dreamed of getting to constitute for these characters who I’ve adored since I was a 5 twelvemonth aged kid watching the archetypal Toy Story movie. I fell instantly successful emotion with Toy Story 5 erstwhile I was fortunate capable to spot it successful its aboriginal stages, and I wrote this opus arsenic soon arsenic I got location from the screening. Sometimes you conscionable know, right?"

The "Love Story" singer-songwriter's announcement brings an extremity to weeks of speculation from die-hard Swifties who person spent their clip picking isolated details successful hopes of learning much astir the Toy Story 5 collaboration. An archetypal opus ever made the astir sense, but it's definite to inactive rack up streaming numbers erstwhile it drops.

"It's unthinkable conscionable however meaningful it's been having Taylor constitute and execute this song," Toy Story 5 manager and screenwriter Andrew Stanton said successful a statement. "Her transportation to Jessie and the contiguous mode she understood what the quality was going done was undeniable. The opus is truthful profoundly connected to 'Toy Story.' So overmuch truthful that connected archetypal listen, it instantly felt similar it had ever belonged there, similar a long-lost household member. It was kismet."

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