Taylor Swift has written an original song for Disney Pixar’s Toy Story 5, and she has given it a title: “I Knew It, I Knew You.” The track will arrive on streaming platforms June 5, giving Swift fans and Pixar viewers a new crossover moment just as the film nears its next major stretch of publicity.
The announcement landed on Instagram after days of speculation that had been building around a website countdown and billboards bearing the TS initials in cities from Los Angeles to London. Swift said she wrote the song after seeing the film in its early stages, adding that she got home from the screening and wrote it immediately. “Sometimes you just know, right?” she said.
That detail matters because Swift has been relatively quiet on new music, even as interest in her next move has stayed high since the end of April, when fans noticed the first countdown on her website. The new song also marks a return to her country roots, a fit that lines up with the character who inspired it: Jessie, whose story has run through the franchise since Toy Story 2.
Andrew Stanton, who is directing and writing Toy Story 5, said Swift’s contribution felt natural from the start. He said her connection to Jessie and the way she understood what the character was going through were unmistakable, and that the song felt so deeply tied to Toy Story that it seemed like it had always belonged there. He called the pairing “kismet.”
The collaboration also gives the sequel another point of interest beyond the music. Toy Story 5 is set to lean into a Toys vs. Tech storyline, with tablet Lilypad, voiced by Greta Lee, entering Bonnie’s life. Conan O’Brien, Craig Robinson, Shelby Rabara, Scarlett Spears, Mykal-Michelle Harris and Matty Matheson have also joined the voice cast, while other parts have been assigned to Jeff Bergman, Anna Vocino, John Hopkins and Ernie Hudson.
For Swift, the release comes after a long stretch in which she has been focused elsewhere, including 1989 (Taylor’s Version) and the run-up to a year milestone at the end of May 2026, when she regained control over her master recordings. But the immediate story is simpler than that: a new song, a familiar character and a release date that is now set. By June 5, the speculation will be over and the music will be public.
