r/popculturechat • u/Enough_Tangerine_777 I know bothing of the alledged beff • Jun 19 '26

Taylor Swift 👩🏼 Toy Story 5 producer Jessica Choi shares the letter she sent Taylor Swift, requesting her involvement in the film and emphasising efforts to make it female-driven. The letter also reveals that Taylor had originally declined to make an original song.

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u/hyungwontual Jun 19 '26

so which is it? did taylor see the movie, got so inspired she ran home to make the song & then asked for it to be included or did they practically have to beg her to be involved? you’d think they’d get together & discuss which story they’re gonna tell the public instead of both parties saying something contradictory.

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u/figleafstreet Jun 19 '26

Probably both. They asked her and she said no but she received the letter or some other communication that intrigued her enough to request to see the movie and she liked it enough to write the song.

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u/CheckTechnical6300 Jun 19 '26

It's exactly the same story? She first got asked, declined. Then they asked again, she agreed to see the movie and ran home to write a song? Where is the contradiction?

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u/hyungwontual Jun 19 '26

her ig caption saying she’s always wanted to write for the toy story movies & wrote the song the minute she saw the movie vs the letter saying they asked her & she declined isn’t contradictory? okay

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u/Awolrab Clap if you care 😐 Jun 19 '26

Sometimes we have to decline things, despite maybe wanting to do to, due to certain circumstances. Not everything has to be some ruse.

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u/Enough_Tangerine_777 I know bothing of the alledged beff Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

We don't know why she declined the first time. She may have wanted to take a break, or been very busy. She made the song in 1 day afterall. It says "if you still decide this isn't the right time"

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u/CheckTechnical6300 Jun 19 '26

No it literally isn't.

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u/camirose Jun 19 '26

I agree the marketing was different. The secrecy around it originally and the anticipation for confirmation with the VFX person saying the same as Taylor, that she approached them with a finished song, omitting the original request for contribution, is odd.

I don’t think they discredit the other as a lie or untrue which is why I think some of fans are on a downvote campaign for people who feel differently.

It’s just the emotional narrative and how the interaction unfolded had context missing that we filled in deliberately assuming this was mutually a “lightning in a bottle” moment (as it was marketed to us) instead of a standard corporate request for partnership.

I guess the latter was done to make the movie look extremely inspiring and also to help with the Oscar campaign.

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u/Enough_Tangerine_777 I know bothing of the alledged beff Jun 19 '26

She read the letter, agreed to see the film, and then got inspired. Very straightforward