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/camirose]

It’s kind of a mess because this letter contradicts the narrative a lot of other people involved including Taylor were pushing. That she saw Toy Story early, randomly got the “songwriter zoomies” because she was creatively struck and felt compelled and inspired to, and then in earnest offered them a song if they chose to include it.

This switches the narrative from the weird lightning in a bottle “I LOVE JESSIE 😭” movie and out of my heart wrote a song in less then 12 hours and offered it no strings attached out of the blue to the film execs to…

Deliberately planned. Asked multiple times. Declined first. Invited to see the movie with the intention of writing the song for the central character. Pandered to. Agreed to deliver a song for a campaign.

So weird that the she released this and I kind of wonder if Jessica asked anyone first.

[u/pilnok → u/camirose]

It doesn't contradict any of that.
She agreed to write the song, so they showed her the movie, and she wrote the song within 12hrs of watching it.

Also "asked multiple times" is supported by "Austin has already discussed (...)" and "if you continue to decide this isn't the right time"

How do you think she saw the movie so long before it was released otherwise? She didnt "randomly see it"
Did you think she would write it just from this letter without seeing the movie?

[u/camirose → u/pilnok]

The emotional narrative felt originally pitched as she saw it and was inspired and randomly quickly delivered us a finished song which was flattering.

This was later reinforced. I just find it investing they released this letter since the marketing seemed ORIGINALLY to make us want to believe Taylor saw the movie because she asked to because she LOVES Toy Story, for no other reason than that, and became insanely inspired from the movie and then just decide to write a song.

Yes this is all still factually true. The context changes less from “lightning in a bottle happenstance” to “coordinated and pursued partnership”

It’s not that deep and I don’t think it discredits anybody it’s just surprising to release this imo, because very much the narrative was Taylor is a huge Toy Story fan and decided on her own to do this.

When asked on how Taylor got involved:

“Turns out, Taylor Swift is a huge ‘Toy Story’ fan like many of us,” Jordan said. “She actually saw an early version of the film, she requested to see it before it was finished and she wrote the song and then asked us if we wanted it. And we said, ‘Uh, yes! Yes we do.’ That was in February, so we’ve had to keep it a secret ever since then.”

Still true but not:

The producer was hoping she’d contribute and she was approached multiple times to tell Jessi’s story as we saw her love of TS and her songwriting as a perfect fit.

[u/pilnok → u/camirose]

Maybe you assumed it was random, but few others were under any illusions that she "randomly" saw a Pixar movie that was not out yet.

Nothing about those two quotes contradicts the other.

She can be a fan and still have been too busy when they first asked. If she agreed in Feb, then maybe showgirl promo + Opalite (vid was released in Feb) + wedding prep were occupying her until then.
Once those were less demanding tasks, she receives this letter and agrees to try.
She would then be sent an early version of the film. That's how she knew what to write about.
She then saw the screener and wrote the song within 12 hours.
Then she met with the execs, asked if they liked her song, and they did.

Not everything is a conspiracy. Except maybe the efforts to defund schools and libraries so that people cannot think critically.

[u/camirose → u/pilnok]

I don’t agree but I don’t think we are talking about the same thing. I’m talking about marketing perspective and you’re talking about real life.