Taylor Swift Performs New Toy Story 5 Song At World Premiere

New Toy Story 5 world premiere footage features Taylor Swift performing “I Knew It, I Knew You” and dueting with Randy Newman on “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”

Taylor Swift Performs "I Knew It, I Knew You" At The Toy Story 5 World Premiere

Fourteen-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Taylor Swift took the stage for a surprise performance of the original song, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” along with a duet of “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” with 7-time GRAMMY Award and 2-time Academy Award®-winning composer Randy Newman. The music video for the brand-new song is now streaming on Disney+.

Watch Taylor Swift - “I Knew It, I Knew You” on Disney+

Toy Story 5 World Premiere Attendees

The premiere was attended by the voice cast and filmmakers behind Disney and Pixar’s highly anticipated upcoming animated adventure, including Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Taylor Swift (original song by), Conan O’Brien, Greta Lee, Craig Robinson, Tony Hale, Andrew Stanton (director), Kenna Harris (co-director), Lindsey Collins (producer), and Randy Newman (composer).

Voice cast members Scarlett Spears, Shelby Rabara, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Lori Alan, Jay Hernandez, Bonnie Hunt, Kristen Schaal, Wallace Shawn, Krys Marshall, Jeff Bergman, Blake Clark, Anna Vocino, Matty Matheson, John Ratzenberger, and Melissa Villaseñor, as well as Pete Docter (executive producer, Pixar chief creative officer) and Jonas Rivera (executive producer) were also in attendance.

All About Toy Story 5

The toys are back in Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 5, and this time it’s Toy meets Tech. Woody (voice of Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen), Jessie (voice of Joan Cusack), and the rest of the gang's jobs are challenged when they come face-to-face with Lilypad (voice of Greta Lee), a brand-new tablet device that arrives with her own disruptive ideas about what is best for their kid, Bonnie. Will playtime ever be the same?

Toy Story 5 is directed by Academy Award® winner Andrew Stanton, co-directed by Kenna Harris, produced by Lindsey Collins, p.g.a., and written by Stanton and Harris from a story by Stanton. The film features the original song “I Knew It, I Knew You” performed by Taylor Swift, and written and produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, along with an original score by Oscar® winner Randy Newman, who returns to score his fifth Toy Story feature. Toy Story 5 is rated PG and releases exclusively in theaters June 19, 2026.

*The content in this article was adapted for Explore Disney+ but is mostly identical to the press release announcement from Disney.