When Taylor Swift does almost anything, it makes news. Goes to a restaurant? It’s in the tabloids. Goes to a basketball game? It’s memed forever. And if she writes a brand new song for one of Disney’s most beloved franchises? Well, that’s a global bombshell. Which is exactly what dropped earlier this week. After seemingly months of rumors and speculation, Disney finally made it official that Swift wrote a new song for Toy Story 5. It’s called “I Knew It, I Knew You” and is inspired by the cowgirl Jessie, voiced by Joan Cusack. The full track was released on Friday. You can listen to it below, which is more than people working on the movie got to do. Yes, apparently, only a select few people knew that Swift’s song was part of the movie, including people who were working on the movie itself. According to Variety, Toy Story 5 VFX supervisor Thomas Jordan revealed that after Swift saw an early version of the film in February, she was inspired to write the song, but only “a very small group” knew about it.
In fact, Jordan revealed that Pixar created “a decoy version” of the film that didn’t have Swift’s song just so press or Disney staff who saw it wouldn’t and couldn’t leak it. “The crew that made Toy Story 5 did not know about this secret until last week,” Jordan said.
