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Taylor Swift Toy Story 5: Taylor Swift and legendary composer Randy Newman delivered one of Hollywood's most talked-about moments of the year Tuesday night.
The two performed a surprise duet at the Toy Story 5 world premiere in Los Angeles, sending the crowd into a frenzy.
Swift took the stage at the Dolby Theatre dressed in a full-length gown and opened with a piano performance of "I Knew It, I Knew You," the original song she wrote for the new Toy Story installment.
The moment marked the song's live debut, just days after its official release.
Swift then turned the spotlight toward the man she called the foundation of it all.
"I'm lucky enough to be here because of someone else who is the architect of the Toy Story musical universe," she told the audience.
"He is the king of making us feel the absolute most and pulling at our heartstrings and making us laugh.
He's one of our friends, you know what I mean? I'm talking about Randy Newman."
Newman joined her on stage for a duet of his beloved 1995 classic "You've Got a Friend in Me," with the composer seated at the piano as the two traded vocals.
The rare public appearance by the 82-year-old songwriting icon made the moment all the more memorable.
Newman also brought some humor to the performance.
When Swift sang the lyric "Some other folks might be a little bit smarter than I am," Newman interjected with, "No one's smarter than you!" — drawing laughter from the crowd.
Newman's legacy with the franchise runs deep. He has composed the score for every Toy Story film and holds 22 Oscar nominations overall.
He has taken home two Academy Awards — one for "If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc. and another for "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3.
Notably, "You've Got a Friend in Me" — now the franchise's most iconic song — did not win the Oscar for Best Original Song when it was first eligible in 1996.
That year's award went to "Colors of the Wind" from Disney's Pocahontas, written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.
Swift's contribution to Toy Story 5 was co-written with her longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff.
The film, which follows Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang facing a new threat when a tablet enters their kid's home, hits theaters on June 19.
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