Taylor Swift’s Toy Story 5 the track could finally take the pop star to the Oscars, potentially breaking her longtime Oscar curse.
The superstar’s new song with the title I knew it, I knew youmarked a massive career milestone on June 10 when it “closed the panel” on country radio.
The song was instantly added to all 157 stations reporting to Mediabase’s country chart, a feat that has only happened three times before, and never for a female artist.
It’s a particularly notable comeback since Swift publicly declared her retirement from country music before releasing her pop album 1989 back in 2015.
Now that she’s pushing to get back on the airwaves, the genre’s gatekeepers have gleefully welcomed her back.
In six to nine months, the industry will reconsider I knew it, I knew you may close a few other panels, specifically the Motion Picture Academy’s music department.
Members will soon vote on the Best Original Song shortlist and final nominations for the 2027 Academy Awards, before the larger voting block decides the winners.
Fans are already wondering if this humble-sounding country-pop tune could land the world’s most popular entertainer her very first Oscar to go along with her mountain of Grammys.
