Tom Hanks Says Taylor Swift’s ‘Toy Story 5’ Song Was Kept ‘Top Secret’ From the Cast Until Release Day

Even Tom Hanks didn’t know that Taylor Swift recorded an original song for “Toy Story 5” until hours before it dropped.

“It was top secret,” Hanks told Variety at the Los Angeles premiere of “Toy Story 5” on Wednesday night. “We did not know until, literally, when the moment came. They ushered us into a soundproof room and said, ‘Tonight at 9 p.m., the true end titles song is going to drop, and it’s by Taylor Swift.’ And I was like, ‘You guys kept this from us all?’ And we saw the movie without [the song], we had some dummy thing in there.”

Hanks added that it was a “delight” to have a global superstar like Swift involved with the film.

Hanks said, “That’s like saying, ‘By the way, Judy Garland is singing “Over the Rainbow” at the beginning of this.’ That kind of thing.”

Tom Hanks says #TaylorSwift’s original song in #ToyStory5 was kept “top secret”: “We did not know until literally the moment came. They ushered us into a soundproof room and said, ‘Tonight at 9 p.m., the true end title song is going to drop… and it’s by Taylor Swift.’” pic.twitter.com/Fg3hbRNlSO— Variety (@Variety) June 10, 2026