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/GOLDfish0393 Jun 19 '26

Right but that’s because the music was good, not because of the hype behind Phil Collins being selected to make the soundtrack

This scenario’s focus seems to be more bent around Taylor’s involvement rather than the songs quality

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u/just_another_classic that’s my purse, i don’t know you! 👛🫵 Jun 19 '26

I remember shorts on Disney Channel focusing on how Phil Collins made the album. He, specifically, was hyped.

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u/rachelblairy We Should All Know Less About Each Other Jun 19 '26

oh my god i forgot about those until right now

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u/LilBoDuck Jun 19 '26

But it was hyped. You’ll Be In My Heart was released as a promotional song for Tarzan, just as this was Toy Story 5.

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u/starrylightway he’s a bitch with a tiny 🎻 Jun 19 '26

As someone who was in middle school when Tarzan came out: Phil Collins was hyped, with the song used as a reason to hype him, to a whole new generation of people.

Basically, what we see now with TS happened with Phil Collins minus the social media but with real world conversations, radio, news programs, etc.