Taylor Swift is reliving her childhood.
The singer, 36, shared rare footage from her younger days via X and Instagram on Friday, June 5, to mark the discharge of her recent song, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” from the Toy Story 5 soundtrack.
Within the playful clip, a young Swift will be seen rocking a cowboy hat and boots, in addition to a denim skirt with red trimming, as she dances.
Swift’s recent track, cowritten by regular collaborator Jack Antonoff, is a rustic song inspired by Toy Story character Jessie, a cowgirl first introduced in Toy Story 2.
“Writing this song felt like a musical departure and coming home at the identical time. Creating something for Jessie was a brand new challenge and likewise felt like second nature unexpectedly,” Swift wrote alongside the clip. “And being a @toystory kid from the age of 5 til now… is an adventure I plan to be on, to infinity and beyond.”
Swift continued, “Thanks to the sensible [director] Andrew Stanton for imagining me for this, all those years ago while you wrote this newest film. Thanks to the incomparable [composer] @RandyNewman or the gorgeous sonic tapestry of songs and scores you’ve meticulously woven through the years. You created the Toy Story musical world, and we’re lucky to get to live in it.
“By we, I mean myself and my pal @jackantonoff. We wrote this with a lot adoration for these characters that made us laugh and helped us learn lessons and think outside the backyard all throughout our childhoods,” Swift added.
Swift announced that she had recorded an original song for the upcoming Disney-Pixar animation in an Instagram post on Monday, June 1, after several weeks of social media clues teased by the movie studio.
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“It’s a *Toy* Story 🤠 You knew it! My recent original song ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ for Disney and @pixar’s @toystory 5 shall be yours on June fifth,” she shared on the time. “I’ve all the time dreamed of getting to jot down for these characters who I’ve adored since I used to be a 5 yr old kid watching the primary Toy Story movie. I fell immediately in love with Toy Story 5 after 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. Sometimes you only know, right?”
Toy Story 5 is in theaters on June 19.