{"id":4765,"date":"2026-06-05T12:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/taylor-swift-returns-to-country-roots-with-toy-story-5-release-im-coming-home\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:53:12","slug":"taylor-swift-returns-to-country-roots-with-toy-story-5-release-im-coming-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/taylor-swift-returns-to-country-roots-with-toy-story-5-release-im-coming-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift returns to country roots with &#8216;Toy Story 5&#8217; release: I&#8217;m &#8216;coming home&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2Fswift-04.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This showgirl is going back to her country roots.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift  on Friday, her new song for the \u201cToy Story 5\u201d soundtrack, and it felt like \u201ca musical departure and coming home at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pop star, 6, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZDXeuSkZjm\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted a throwback Instagram video<\/a> of herself dressed as the film franchise\u2019s Jessie character via Instagram, calling the project a \u201cnew challenge\u201d that came \u201csecond nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Alexander Lewis \/ MyCentralJersey \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">taylorswift\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She gushed, \u201cBeing a\u00a0@toystory\u00a0kid from the age of 5 til now\u2026 is an adventure I plan to be on, to infinity and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to the brilliant [filmmaker] Andrew Stanton for imagining me for this, all those years ago when you wrote this newest film,\u201d Swift continued. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to the incomparable\u00a0@randynewmanofficial\u00a0for the gorgeous sonic tapestry of songs and scores you\u2019ve meticulously woven over the years,\u201d the Grammy winner added. \u201cYou created the \u2018Toy Story\u2019 musical world, and we are lucky to get to live in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Taylor Swift<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The singer clarified that she wrote the song with pal \u2014 and frequent collaborator \u2014 Jack Antonoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wrote this with so much adoration for these characters that made us laugh and helped us learn lessons and think outside the backyard all throughout our childhoods,\u201d Swift told her followers. \u201c\u2019I Knew It, I Knew You\u2019 from Toy Story 5 is out everywhere now. \ud83e\udd20\ud83d\udc34\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song\u2019s release comes four days after the songwriter revealed to fans that it was on the way.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/taylorswift<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I\u2019ve adored since I was a 5 year old kid watching the first \u2018Toy Story\u2019 movie,\u201d she explained in a Monday Instagram upload. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI fell instantly in love with Toy Story 5 when I was lucky enough to see it in its early stages, and I wrote this song as soon as I got home from the screening,\u201d Swift noted at the time. \u201cSometimes you just know, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The emotional lyrics to the upbeat country song are about reuniting with an old friend.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Taylor Swift<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Recording 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