Taylor Swift: I Knew It, I Knew You review โ giddy up! Song for Toy Story cowgirl Jessie is Swiftโs best in years
Full of handcrafted care and the rootsy soul of her country origins, this gently elated song is a reminder of what fans love about Swift โฆ and the film series Taylor Swift does not fear a challenge. Sheโs broken records then broken those records; taken Grammy snubs as a sign she just has to work harder; mounted probably the most physically exhausting tour of all time. But in writing a song for Toy Storyโs cowgirl Jessie, sheโs set herself a deranged task: how could anyone outdo Randy Newmanโs devastating When She Loved Me, Jessieโs song about being abandoned by her owner, Emily, from Toy Story 2? Newmanโs songs for the Disney Pixar series are some of the greatest film soundtrack work of all time, and Swift knows it. In a post about her song, she acknowledged the โincomparableโ Newman: โYou created the Toy Story musical world, and we are lucky to get to live in it.โ Her own ventures into soundtrack work have never had much staying power (beyond Zayn collab I Donโt Wanna Live Forever from Fifty Shades Darker). Continue reading...