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 now… 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 you’ve 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. “I Knew It, I Knew You” from Toy Story 5 is out everywhere now. 🤠🐴
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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 aren’t familiar, it’s 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 it’s 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 I’ve 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. He’s 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 I’d 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 isn’t mandatory. To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time travel back to the 90’s 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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After 149 shows in 21 countries around the world, we've arrived at our final curtain call. 🥺 All episodes of #TSTheEndOfAnEra and #TSTheErasTour | The Final Show are now streaming on @DisneyPlus! 🙇♀️
On the eve of her 36th birthday, Taylor (in true Taylor fashion) gave US the gift of “The End of an Era” and “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show” so we could relive our magical memories together at #TSTheErasTour ✨
@taylorswift13, you created a phenomenon, all while teaching us how to make & rock friendship bracelets up to our elbows, celebrate each other, and chase our dreams. There wouldn't be this if there hadn't been you. 🫶 🎂 #HappyBirthdayTaylorSwift
🎂| Happy 36th birthday to Taylor Swift! She is the most lovely, talented songwriter, artist, director, business woman, and musician.
Thank you for sharing your music with us for over 20 years!
This is Taylor like never before. Go behind-the-scenes of the phenomenon that brought seventy thousand of us together each night! #TSTheEndOfAnEra 💚💛💜♥️🩵🖤🩷🩶🤎💙🤍
The first two episodes of “The End of an Era” 6-episode docuseries and “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show" are out now on @DisneyPlus. 🫶
For the final, final time: Welcome to The Eras Tour! ✨ The first two episodes of “The End of an Era” 6-episode docuseries and “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show" are now streaming on @DisneyPlus. 💚💛💜♥️🩵🖤🩷🩶🤎💙🤍
There truly was magic in the *eras*✨ I can’t wait for you guys to see the first two episodes of The End of an Era and relive The Eras Tour | The Final Show TOMORROW on @DisneyPlus starting 12am PT / 3am ET
Just 11 days until the final show of The Eras Tour is all yours. The Final Show now featuring THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT on @DisneyPlus beginning December 12 ✨🎂
Honestly can’t think of a better way to celebrate my (almost) birthday than to relive the Eras Tour with you! This time we’re going backstage. "The End of an Era", a 6-episode behind-the-scenes docuseries, streams on @DisneyPlus beginning Dec 12 🫶
It was the End of an Era and we knew it. We wanted to remember every moment leading up to the culmination of the most important and intense chapter of our lives, so we allowed filmmakers to capture this tour and all the stories woven throughout it as it wound down. And to film the final show in its entirety.
The Eras Tour | The Final Show, featuring the entire Tortured Poets Department set, and the first two episodes of The End of an Era, a 6-episode behind-the-scenes docuseries will be yours December 12th on @DisneyPlus
Taylor Swift’s poem for “The Life of a Showgirl: The Tiny Bubbles in Champagne”:
“He ran to his car from work to catch the flight
Missed the first act but somehow
it's better this way. It's just right.
Because you get to watch him make
his way through the masses
Parting the crowd like some neon Moses in a sequin sea
He is a magnet and a trampoline
The tiny bubbles in champagne
Haphazard but precise, he crash-landed next to you
Reckless, but never with your heart
If he's in, you are too
You've begun to feel that
Every song before was just a prayer
A wish list
He is not what you've been waiting for
He is more.
Why you held out
Why you left
And nothing aches suddenly
He has that effect.”