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Taylor Swift and Randy Newman perform duet of 'You've Got a Friend in Me' at 'Toy Story 5' premiere

Nbcwashington · · 360 words · By Julia Elbaba
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Taylor Swift and Randy Newman delivered an unexpected and crowd-stopping duet of "You've Got a Friend in Me" at the world premiere of "Toy Story 5" on Tuesday night.

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What happened

Taylor Swift and Randy Newman delivered an unexpected and crowd-stopping duet of "You've Got a Friend in Me" at the world premiere of "Toy Story 5" on Tuesday night.

Why it matters

Swift opened Disney and Pixar's post‑screening celebration in Los Angeles with a solo performance of her original track "I Knew It, I Knew You," which appears on the "Toy Story 5" soundtrack.

Common ground

The pop superstar, who has said she has been a longtime fan of the movie franchise, received a warm ovation and spoke about what it meant to contribute to the film.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Taylor Swift and Randy Newman delivered an unexpected and crowd-stopping duet of "You've Got a Friend in Me" at the world premiere of "Toy Story 5" on Tuesday night.”
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While evidence confirms Taylor Swift attended the Toy Story 5 premiere and performed her own song 'I Knew It, I Knew You', there is no evidence in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries confirming a duet with Randy Newman of 'You've Got a Friend in Me'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Toy Story 5 is a 2026 American animated comedy drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton and written by Stanton and Kenna Harris, it is the fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_5
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Toy Story 5 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score composed by Randy Newman, and conducted by him and his cousin, Joey Newman, for the 2026 Disney/Pixar animated film Toy Story 5. It f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_5_(soundtrack)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "You've Got a Friend in Me" is a song by Randy Newman. Used as the main theme song for the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film Toy Story, it has since become a major musical component for its sequels, Toy…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You've_Got_a_Friend_in_Me
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Claim 2: “Swift posed on the red carpet with Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack and other members of the Toy Story voice cast”
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Two independent web sources confirm Swift posed on the red carpet with Tom Hanks and Joan Cusack at the Toy Story 5 premiere.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "I Knew It, I Knew You" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from the soundtrack to Disney and Pixar's animated film Toy Story 5 (2026). Swift wrote and produced the song with Jack…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Knew_It,_I_Knew_You
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Toy Story 5 is a 2026 American animated comedy drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton and written by Stanton and Kenna Harris, it is the fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_5
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Toy Story 5 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score composed by Randy Newman, and conducted by him and his cousin, Joey Newman, for the 2026 Disney/Pixar animated film Toy Story 5. It f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_5_(soundtrack)
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Claim 3: “"Toy Story 5" will be released by Walt Disney's Pixar Animation Studios on June 19.”
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Wikipedia and official trailer information explicitly state that Toy Story 5 is produced by Pixar and was theatrically released in the United States on June 19, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of animated short films produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Beginning with Pixar's second feature-length film A Bug's Life, almost all subsequent Pixar feature films have been shown in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pixar_shorts
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Lee Unkrich and written by Michael Arndt, it is the third installmen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_3
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Toy Story 5 is a 2026 American animated comedy drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton and written by Stanton and Kenna Harris, it is the fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_5
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Claim 4: “Swift opened Disney and Pixar's post‑screening celebration in Los Angeles with a solo performance of her original track "I Knew It, I Knew You," which appears on the "Toy Story 5" soundtrack.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm Taylor Swift performed her original song 'I Knew It, I Knew You' from the Toy Story 5 soundtrack at the premiere. This is supported by Variety, TikTok, and a Wikipedia entry for the song.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "I Knew It, I Knew You" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from the soundtrack to Disney and Pixar's animated film Toy Story 5 (2026). Swift wrote and produced the song with Jack…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Knew_It,_I_Knew_You
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "I Knew You Were Trouble" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her fourth studio album, Red (2012). She wrote it with its producers, Max Martin and Shellback. A dubstep and po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Knew_You_Were_Trouble
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Red is the fourth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 22, 2012, through Big Machine Records. Inspired by a breakup that left behind emotional tumult…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_(Taylor_Swift_album)
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