Taylor Swift Announces Toy Story 5 Song “I Knew It, I Knew You”

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?”

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

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 1, 2026