{"id":1977958,"date":"2026-06-08T00:09:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1977958"},"modified":"2026-06-08T00:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:09:56","slug":"fans-choose-taylor-swifts-i-knew-it-i-knew-you-as-this-weeks-favorite-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1977958","title":{"rendered":"Fans Choose Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018I Knew It, I Knew You\u2019 as This Week\u2019s Favorite New Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/02-taylor-swift-toy-story-5-cr-Beth-Garrabrant-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-content lrv-a-floated-parent lrv-a-glue-parent a-font-body-m u-font-size-19\">\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\" data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"10140328\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI Knew It, I Knew You,\u201d Taylor Swift\u2018s newly-released original song penned for the <em>Toy Story 5 <\/em>movie soundtrack, tops this week\u2019s new music poll.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class>\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/02-taylor-swift-toy-story-5-cr-Beth-Garrabrant-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Taylor Swift\" height width><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tTaylor Swift, Niall Horan, Tinashe &amp; More: New Music\u00a0Friday\u00a0Guide\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/120522-Billboard-200-Most-Weeks-at-No-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Elvis.\" height width><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tTaylor Swift, The Beatles, Elvis &amp; More Artists With the Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200: Full\u00a0List\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/P1068SYW-e1779981120249.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Bruce Springsteen performs on stage at the Land of Hope &amp; Dreams American Tour held at Madison Square Garden on May 11, 2026, in New York.\" height width><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Public Enemy Deliver Star-Studded Music America Concert\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tListeners voted in a poll published Friday (June 6)\u00a0on<em>\u00a0Billboard<\/em>, choosing the singer-songwriter\u2019s latest track as their favorite release this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d rose to the top in a week that also saw new music releases from Tinashe, Vybz Kartel, Niall Horan, Role Model, Lizzo and more. By closing time on Sunday, poll results showed Swift held onto the lead, with 35% of the vote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFollowing a trail of cloud-themed clues, Swift officially announced \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d just days before its Friday debut, sharing she\u2019d \u201calways dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I\u2019ve adored since I was a 5 year old kid watching the first Toy Story movie. I fell instantly in love with Toy Story 5 when I was lucky enough to see it in its early stages, and I wrote this song as soon as I got home from the screening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI Knew It, I Knew You,\u201d which has Swift reuniting in the studio with longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff \u2014 she\u2019d shifted to Max Martin and Shellback production on <em>The Life of a Showgirl<\/em> \u2014 musically harkens back to the star\u2019s earlier pop-country era and has the song\u2019s narrator leaving the porch light on for her muse: \u201cI remembered I loved you\/ Came back when it mattered, I saw you \/Standing there in the light of the window wearing that same smile\/ Man, it\u2019s been a while\/ But I knew it, I knew you,\u201d she sings warmly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSoon after its release, the song was accompanied by an animated video featuring clips of Jessie, Woody and Buzz from the Pixar and Disney <em>Toy Story<\/em> film franchise. <em>Toy Story 5 <\/em>opens in theaters on June 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAmong the new releases trailing behind Swift\u2019s \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d this week are Tinashe\u2019s \u201cToo Easy,\u201d with 28% of the vote; Vybz Kartel\u2019s <em>God &amp; Time<\/em>, with 18% of the vote, and Niall Horan\u2019s <em>Dinner Party<\/em>, with 5% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSee the final results of this week\u2019s poll below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-crowdsignal wp-block-embed-crowdsignal\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">Take Our Poll<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-i-knew-it-i-knew-you-best-new-music-poll-1236266505\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/02-taylor-swift-toy-story-5-cr-Beth-Garrabrant-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;] Trending on Billboard \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You,\u201d Taylor Swift\u2018s newly-released original song penned for the Toy Story 5 movie soundtrack, tops this week\u2019s new music poll. Related Taylor Swift, Niall Horan, Tinashe &amp; More: New Music\u00a0Friday\u00a0Guide Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Elvis &amp; More Artists With the Most Weeks at No. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-1977958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1977958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1977958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1977958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1977958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}