Taylor Swift Dazzles ‘Toy Story 5’ Red Carpet In Los Angeles
Taylor Swift is in her Tay Story era. The musician stepped out in a bejeweled/dazzling (sub adj for whatever she wears) getup to join the Toy Story 5 cast at the Los Angeles premiere this evening on the heels of her new original song for the film “I Knew It, I Knew You,” breaking records last week.
The singer-songwriter stopped for photos in promotion of the film and her new single, which could contend for an Oscar come March 2027. “I Knew It, I Knew You” harkens back to the genre in which Swift kicked off her career: country. A harmonica croons alongside her on the relaxed track, the likes of which we haven’t heard since folklore’s “Betty.”
The ballad also aligns with the perspective of Jessie’s (Joan Cusack) abandonment and eventual joining of Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz’s (Tim Allen) crew of toys that once belonged to Andy and now live with Bonnie. A companion music video contains some footage of the cowgirl, Bullseye and more from the fifth film.
Swift penned the new tune immediately upon seeing an early screening of the film, and she thanked director Andrew Stanton for envisioning this opportunity for her when she first revealed that she had, indeed, written a song for the film after mysterious T.S. billboards popped up and other sign like a countdown on her website and the 1989 (Taylor’s Version) artwork changing from seagulls to clouds hinted at the possibility. She brought back frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff for the songwriting process as well.
Alongside the songstress, other attendees included main cast Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack and Greta Lee, who voices main antagonist Lilypad in the film. Lee has previously worked with Swift after they met on The Graham Norton Show and Swift had the idea to include all the celebrities she appeared with in a romantic comedy-like music video for “Opalite,” a track off her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl.
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Watch Taylor Swift at the Toy Story premiere in the video below.