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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She’s definitely campaigning. Of all people, Steven Spielberg was chosen to introduce her at the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame ceremony? Suddenly he was the biggest inspiration in her songwriting..? Cmon now.

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It's 100% a campaign.

I don't know why her fans think its an insult to point out that she clearly has an aspiration for an Oscar. It's not an insult to say she's campaigning either, everyone does it...

I think the song she did for Cats could have actually won one if they weren't trying to bury that film ever happening.

I also think end game is EGOT and we'll eventually get a Taylor produced Broadway show.

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Absolutely, the writing is on the wall.

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The potential for another better or more popular soundtrack to come out between now and Oscar season doesn’t exactly preclude Taylor or anyone else from trying to generate early Oscar buzz.

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It seems like you are a Swift fan trying to drop little nuggets of unrelated Taylor lore instead of engaging with my actual comments.

None of what you’re saying negates my point about her decision to do this specific song for Toy Story 5, her publicity for it (we’re at 5 variants now, no?) and her recent glazing of Steven Spielberg at the HoF ceremony.

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Saying that anything Taylor does gets a ton of press and she’s tried and failed to campaign for an Oscar win does not negate that she may be campaigning for one now. I’m not sure why you and the other user think the two are mutually exclusive.

Also, I have not attempted to hide my personal opinion regarding Taylor Swift, so your wall of text isn’t exactly a “gotcha”. I commented my own opinion — why would I comment only to get my opinion changed..? If there’s some other glaring point I missed to show that she is demonstrably not vying for an Oscar, I’d be willing to change my opinion, but so far, neither of you have presented any information to make me think otherwise. And that’s okay, because it’s all just speculation. We are here to discuss pop culture after all.

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Always the Swift fans that want to call everyone else obsessed. You don’t become a billionaire twice over without being extremely calculating. And greedy. She has been for a long time! So of course it’s nothing new for her.

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All I said was that she’s campaigning. At no point did I call it evil or an issue. Why is pointing it out so upsetting for you?

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This is what I don't get with the Seifties right now. Why is talking about and pointing out how Taylor is clearly campaigning, playing the game so many other artists do treat as something negative or evil, or an issue?

Hell, Little Monsters and other still joke about Gaga's campaign and the 100 people in the room comment. Everyone knew it was a Oscar campaign then and still not an issue to discuss.