On Tuesday (6.09,) at the world premiere of Toy Story 5 in Los Angeles, Taylor Swift performed a duet with Randy Newman.
As the co-writer and co-producer of the movie single inspired by the character of Jessie, the superstar songstress took to the stage to sing ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ prior to the screening of the fifth iteration of Pixar’s Toy Story film series,
In addition, the multi-Grammy award winning singer/songwriter joined the franchise’s long-running composer Randy for a rendition of his 1995 track, ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me,’ that’s been incorporated in all of the Toy Story soundtracks.
Addressing the audience – including members of the Toy Story 5 voice cast, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and Joan Cusack – Swift expressed her gratitude to all the artists and animators who worked so hard on creating the feature, adding:
“It means the world to me to be a small part of the universe of these films.” “Toy Story 5 is my favorite of all the Toy Stories. I’m so lucky I get to be a part of this. I want to thank all the creators at Disney and Pixar for all the work they put into this film. It’s insanely beautiful. It’s a masterpiece. We’re so lucky to get have this film out. I hope you are all so proud of yourselves.”
In an interview with Variety, Hanks admitted that he didn’t know Taylor had contributed to the new soundtrack:
“It was top secret. 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.”
Toy Story 5 opens in theaters on June 19.
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Author: Saul Goode
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