Taylor Swift to Release New Song "I Knew It, I Knew You" for Toy Story 5

If you look at the initials involved, it almost feels like fate: Taylor Swift has announced that she’s written and performed a new song for the Toy Story 5 soundtrack called “I Knew It, I Knew You,” which millions of families will get to hear on Friday, June 5th.

“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,” Swift wrote in a social media post announcing the song’s release. “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?”

The song was co-written and co-produced by Swift’s longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff and inspired by “Jessie’s ongoing journey in Toy Story 5 that began back in Toy Story 2.” A press release also notes that “I Knew It, I Knew You” marks a return to Swift’s “country roots, blending styles that have defined her record-breaking career as a songwriter and artist.”

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Pre-orders for three different collector’s edition CD versions of the song are now available through Swift’s website .

Up to now, Randy Newman has defined the lyrical soul of the Toy Story franchise with the anthem “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” tear-jerking “When She Loved Me” (which Sarah McLachlan performed for the Toy Story 2 soundtrack), and Oscar-winning “We Belong Together” (featured in Toy Story 3 ).

Swift has a long history with movie soundtracks, beginning with two songs for Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), followed by some original tracks for The Hunger Games films, a collaboration with Zayn for Fifty Shades Darker , and a collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the infamous 2019 musical Cats . She has yet to receive an Oscar nomination for any of her contributions, though — considering that Newman has been Oscar-nominated for every single one of his Toy Story songs, a TS/ TS collaboration might break that streak.

Toy Story 5 premieres on June 19th.

> It’s a *Toy* Story 🤠 You knew it! My new original song “I Knew It, I Knew You” for Disney and @Pixar ’s @toystory 5 will be yours on June 5th. 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… pic.twitter.com/CRdhM5eLBt Advertisement — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 1, 2026

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_Originally reported by [Consequence](https://consequence.net/2026/06/taylor-swift-toy-story-5-i-knew-it-i-knew-you/)._