Taylor Swift is one step closer to being an Oscar winner (manifesting an EGOT don’t mind me). The singer recently released “I Knew It, I Knew You” from the Toy Story 5 soundtrack, and Academy voters are already impressed.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Academy members at the film’s premiere last night were gushing about the song, and “remarked upon the clear commitment by all involved to give the film a big push, both into theatrical release nationwide on June 19 and into the awards season.”
THR added that the movie will be “hard to stop in all races for best animated feature and best original song,” and noted that all four of the previous Toy Story films have been nominated for the best original song. I mean!!!!
Taylor performed “I Knew It, I Knew You” at the premiere last night, saying “It means the world to me to be a small part of the universe of these films. And Toy Story 5 is my favorite of all of the Toy Storys. I’m so lucky that I get to be a part of this. And I want to thank all of 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 to have this film out, your work is amazing, and I hope you’re all so proud of yourselves—if you’re in this room and you worked on this film, thank you so much!”
She added, “I would like to say that Joan Cusack has done such an extraordinary job as Jessie [the two-time Oscar nominee voiced the film’s central character]… I’m very lucky that I got to write for this film, and that’s all thanks to Andrew Stanton and Kenna Harris… who thought of me and reached out to me and let me to get to experience it and be inspired by it. But I’m also lucky enough to be here because of someone else who is the architect of the Toy Story musical universe. He is the king of making us feel the absolute most and pulling at our heartstrings and making us laugh and making us feel like he’s one of our friends. I’m talking about Randy Newman.”
