Writing this song felt like a musical departure and coming home at the same time. Creating something for Jessie was a new challenge and also felt like second nature all at once. And being a @toystory kid from the age of 5 til nowโฆ is an adventure I plan to be on, to infinity and beyond.
Thank you to the brilliant Andrew Stanton for imagining me for this, all those years ago when you wrote this newest film. Thank you to the incomparable @RandyNewman or the gorgeous sonic tapestry of songs and scores youโve meticulously woven over the years. You created the Toy Story musical world, and we are lucky to get to live in it.
By we, I mean myself and my pal @jackantonoff. We wrote this with so much adoration for these characters that made us laugh and helped us learn lessons and think outside the backyard all throughout our childhoods. โI Knew It, I Knew Youโ from Toy Story 5 is out everywhere now. ๐ค ๐ด
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my third album โyou seem pretty sad for a girl so in loveโ is out June 12th. I am so proud of this record and I canโt wait for you to hear it. available for preorder now! ๐ฉท https://t.co/eCezvY6UZn
My favorite part about writing is that first spark of an idea. It can happen at any time, for any reason. The idea for the Opalite music video crash landed into my imagination when I was doing promo for The Life of a Showgirl. I was a guest on one of my favorite shows, @TheGNShow. For those of you who arenโt familiar, itโs a UK late night show where Graham Norton (the insanely charismatic and lovable host) invites a random group of actors, entertainers, musicians, etc to be on his show and we all sit there and chat like itโs a dinner party. They even serve wine. Anyway. I remember thinking I got ridiculously lucky with the group I was paired with. Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, and @LewisCapaldi. All people whose work Iโve admired from afar. When we were all talking during the broadcast, Domhnall made a light hearted joke about wanting to be in one of my music videos. Heโs Irish! He was joking! Except that in that moment during the interview, I was instantly struck with an *idea*. And so a week later he received an email script Iโd written for the Opalite video, where he was playing the starring role. I had this thought that it would be wild if all of our fellow guests on the Graham Norton show that night, including Graham himself, could be a part of it too. Like a school group project but for adults and it isnโt mandatory. To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time travel back to the 90โs with us and help with this video. You might even recognize some friendly faces from The Eras Tour. I got to work with one of my favorite people in the world, Rodrigo Prieto, again! I had more fun than I ever imagined - Made new friends, metaphors, and fashion choices. It was an absolute thrill to create this story and these characters. Shot on film. The Opalite video is out now on Spotify & Apple Music.
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โผ๏ธ๐ฐ๐ญ Heartwarming moment: A young Cambodian girl stops crying the instant she reunites with her father after being separated at the Cambodia-Thailand border.
Hoping President Trump can help bring a lasting resolution to the ongoing tensions between Cambodia and Thailand, so families like this one never have to endure such painful separations again. ๐ค๐
๐น๐ญ #Thailand - ๐ฐ๐ญ #Cambodia: The Thai Army has entered the Cambodian village of Preah Vihear with footage showing a soldier running over the entrace of a border post with an APC.
(๐น via @war_noir)
Tonight all these lives converge here
The mosaics of laughter and cocktails of tears
Where fraternal souls sing identical things
And itโs beautiful
Itโs rapturous.
It is frightening.
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I canโt tell you how proud I am to share this with you, an album that just feels so right. A forever thank you goes out to my mentors and friends Max and Shellback for helping me paint this self portrait.
If you thought the big show was wild, perhaps you should come and take a look behind the curtain...
The Life of a Showgirl is out now.
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Album Producers: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift
๐ธ: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Sheโs got 4๏ธโฃ days left to rehearse for her big momentโฆ ๐
Be the first to get your hands on The Life of a Showgirl: The Crowd is Your King Edition on Summertime Spritz Pink Shimmer Vinyl only at @Target starting 10/3. Select stores open at midnight. While supplies last โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
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The Thai military has reportedly violated the current ceasefire, firing mortar rounds and small arms at Cambodian positions in Preah Vihear provinceโs An Ses area, the scene of some of the fiercest fighting during the July 24-28 border clashes.
Full story: https://t.co/6300BQDp0C