Hi, Swifties. We don’t tend to have a lot in the way of Taylor Swift coverage around these parts, but assuming you found your way here during your fervent search for details on whether Taylor Swift is involved in Toy Story 5 after her team seemingly jumped the gun by posting and quickly removing a countdown suggesting it: welcome!
Swift caused a stir in her own community and the film world at large with the update, causing speculation as to whether she may be lending her voice to the upcoming sequel, or perhaps contributing a song to it. Any time Taylor decides to dip into movies in any capacity, there’s a ton of buzz. Comes with being one of the voices of our generation, I suppose. So what exactly does Swift’s tease mean for Toy Story 5? Given what’s already been announced about the plot of the movie, I feel like I’ve got a pretty solid hunch.
First, is Swift going to be voice-acting or contributing a song to the movie? It could be possible that Swift’s voicing a new character, maybe even something as minor as a cameo… but would that really necessitate a big, splashy countdown on her website? No, something that high-profile seems better suited to the announcement of new music to which her legions of adoring fans can either jam out or sob… and I’m willing to bet a new-in-box Sheriff Woody it’s going to be tonally closer to the latter.
Why am I so sure there’s a tear-jerking Toy Story/Taylor Swift tune coming? That’s all got to do with what we already know about Toy Story 5’s story. Though Toy Story 5 has, broadly speaking, been marketed as a treatise on “toys vs. electronics,” Buzz Lightyear voice actor Tim Allen said last year that the movie is “a lot about Jessie.” Are you starting to see where this is going?
I’ll give you a hint: emotionally? It’s under a bed. Abandoned and forgotten.
