{"id":49289,"date":"2026-05-03T01:45:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=49289"},"modified":"2026-05-03T01:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:45:34","slug":"is-taylor-swift-in-toy-story-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=49289","title":{"rendered":"Is Taylor Swift in Toy Story 5?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Hi, Swifties. We don\u2019t 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 <u>seemingly jumped the gun by posting and quickly removing a countdown<\/u> suggesting it: welcome!\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXxCyM4EjeO\/embed\" height=\"710\" width=\"612\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">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\u2019s a ton of buzz. Comes with being one of the voices of our generation, I suppose. So what exactly does Swift\u2019s tease mean for Toy Story 5? Given what\u2019s already been announced about the plot of the movie, I feel like I\u2019ve got a pretty solid hunch.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">First, is Swift going to be voice-acting or contributing a song to the movie? It could be possible that Swift\u2019s voicing a new character, maybe even something as minor as a cameo\u2026 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\u2026 and I\u2019m willing to bet a new-in-box Sheriff Woody it\u2019s going to be tonally closer to the latter.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Why am I so sure there\u2019s a tear-jerking Toy Story\/Taylor Swift tune coming? That\u2019s all got to do with what we already know about Toy Story 5\u2019s story. Though Toy Story 5 has, broadly speaking, been marketed as a treatise on \u201ctoys vs. electronics,\u201d Buzz Lightyear voice actor <u>Tim Allen said last year<\/u> that the movie is \u201ca lot about Jessie.\u201d Are you starting to see where this is going? <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">I\u2019ll give you a hint: emotionally? It\u2019s under a bed. Abandoned and forgotten.<\/p>\n<div class=\"display-title jsx-684634384 jsx-2659527929 quote-container\" data-cy=\"quoteBox\">Why am I so sure there\u2019s a tear-jerking Toy Story\/Taylor Swift tune coming? That\u2019s all got to do with what we already know about Toy Story 5. <span class=\"stack jsx-2959124702 jsx-326843967\"><span>\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Jessie, Woody\u2019s stalwart deputy voiced by the incomparable Joan Cusack, has long deserved some time in the spotlight after first debuting in 1999\u2019s Toy Story 2. Her plucky, eternal optimism contrasted with Woody\u2019s neurotic nature alone made her an instant favorite, but it was what we learned about how she came into the possession of unsavory toy collector Al McWhiggin that earned her a permanent place in Pixar fans\u2019 hearts and sympathies.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Jessie recounts the story to Woody of her previous life as the favorite toy of a young girl named Emily. Jessie loved nothing more than being this child\u2019s plaything, gallivanting around during the day on adventure after adventure and falling asleep together every night. But as kids do, Emily started growing up and began to neglect Jessie to the point of leaving her under the bed to collect dust until, one day, she dropped Jessie off on the side of the road for donation to charity. It\u2019s unquestionably one of the most devastating sequences ever rendered by Pixar, and went a long way to cementing Jessie as a top-shelf Toy Story character\u2026 and the whole scene is scored by the hauntingly beautiful \u201cWhen She Loved Me\u201d by Sarah McLachlan, one of the most celebrated singer-songwriters working at the time of Toy Story 2\u2019s release. \u201cBuilding a Mystery,\u201d \u201cAdia,\u201d \u201cAngel,\u201d \u201cI Will Remember You,\u201d \u201cSweet Surrender\u201d&#8230; I could go on. The lady\u2019s a Canadian national treasure and she still sounds <u><em>incredible<\/em><\/u>. <\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">With Toy Story 5 confirmed by Tim Allen to be \u201ca lot about Jessie,\u201d  and the most recently released trailer highlighting Jessie&#8217;s anxiety at the idea of being replaced again, this time by Bonnie&#8217;s new tablet Lilypad (voiced by Tron: Ares&#8217; Greta Lee), it\u2019s easy to imagine there being room for a moment to echo Jessie\u2019s McLachlan-scored abandonment (and indeed, the original Woody vs. Buzz dynamic from the first Toy Story) with a powerhouse modern analog to McLachlan\u2026 and you can\u2019t really do better than Taylor Swift in that arena. Toy Story 4 went out of its way to give Woody closure by reuniting him with Bo Peep, not seen since Toy Story 2, so it\u2019s easy to imagine Pixar wanting to afford the same catharsis to his deputy here.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Taylor Swift would\u2019ve been about 10 years old (right around Emily&#8217;s age) when Toy Story 2 came out, so I can only imagine how impactful that scene must have been for her&#8230; maybe enough to follow in Sarah McLachlan\u2019s footsteps by contributing a song of her own to a pivotal turn in Jessie\u2019s story. Although, there&#8217;s a shot in the most recently released trailer that seems to be a recreation of that Toy Story 2 flashback, so a Taylor Swift <em>cover<\/em> of &#8220;When She Loved Me&#8221; doesn&#8217;t seem out of the question either.\n<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-313219616\"><img alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image article-image article-image-full-size jsx-1809694635 jsx-2338608387\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><figcaption data-cy=\"caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490 jsx-479945570 article-image-caption\">Is this a new version of an old flashback, or history repeating itself with Bonnie?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">There&#8217;s even an extra layer of nostalgia to consider here: As Swifties were quick to point, out once the countdown was erroneously posted on her site, Toy Story 5\u2019s June 19 release date <u>also happens to mark the 20th anniversary of her very first single, \u201cTim McGraw.\u201d<\/u><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In any case, there&#8217;s a new Toy Story on the horizon, and you know what that means: Reach for the sky. And the tissues. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Toy Story 5 is in theaters June 19, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/taylor-swifts-role-in-toy-story-5-seems-obvious-to-toy-story-2-fans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, Swifties. We don\u2019t tend to have a lot in the way of Taylor Swift coverage around these parts, but assuming you found your way&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1199,589,588,580],"class_list":["post-49289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-story","tag-swift","tag-taylor","tag-toy","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}