Taylor Swift Surprises ‘Toy Story 5’ Premiere With Rare Performance & We Were Inside to Tell the Full Story

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie tells Keith all about seeing the pop superstar perform live for the first time since 2024.

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Taylor Swift attends the Toy Story 5 Los Angeles World Premiere at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on June 09, 2026.

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Despite releasing her 12th studio album The Life of a Showgirl in 2025, the last time Taylor Swift mounted a proper performance was way back in December 2024, during her final stop on The Eras Tour. But on Tuesday night, Swift was back behind a piano to live-debut “I Knew It, I Knew You,” her just-released song from Toy Story 5, at the Disney Pixar film’s world premiere, and we were among the lucky few inside Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre for the surprise set.