Taylor Swift has announced a brand-new original song, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” for Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5,” giving the studio’s next major release a star-powered new track before the film reaches theaters. The single is set to arrive Friday, June 5, and the soundtrack is due June 19, the same day the movie opens exclusively in cinemas.
The announcement landed on June 1, 2026, after fans had already been parsing billboards, countdowns and a trail of “TS” clues from several cities. For readers searching for i knew it i knew you lyrics, the immediate answer is that Swift’s new song will not just sit outside the film as a promotional tie-in; it is being folded into the “Toy Story 5” soundtrack and also sold in three exclusive CD editions on her website, including the version used in the movie, plus special acoustic and piano versions.
Swift wrote and produced the song with Jack Antonoff, continuing a partnership that has shaped much of her recent work. The track is also tied to Jessie, whose story has run through the “Toy Story” series since “Toy Story 2,” and Disney and Pixar are clearly betting that the song will carry the emotional weight of that arc into the new film’s toy-meets-tech setup, which sends Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie and the rest of the gang up against a tablet called Lilypad.
Andrew Stanton, who is guiding the film, said the song felt inseparable from the franchise after the first listen. He called it deeply connected to “Toy Story,” said Swift’s connection to Jessie and her quick grasp of what the character was going through were unmistakable, and added that it felt as if the song had always belonged there, like a long-lost family member. In his view, it was kismet.
That fit matters because the rollout was anything but accidental. The billboard chatter and countdown on Swift’s official site turned the reveal into a small pop-culture puzzle before the song was named, and the timing now leaves a tight runway: pre-sales began June 1, the single lands June 5, previews for “Toy Story 5” are scheduled for June 18 and the film opens the next day. What is still unknown is how the film version will compare with the acoustic and piano editions fans can already pre-order, but the release schedule makes clear that Swift’s latest song is being treated as part of the movie’s core identity, not an afterthought.
