{"id":247193,"date":"2026-06-18T13:25:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/variety-why-taylor-swifts-reunion-with-country-music-ought-to-get-her-a-first-date-with-oscar\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:25:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:25:48","slug":"variety-why-taylor-swifts-reunion-with-country-music-ought-to-get-her-a-first-date-with-oscar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/variety-why-taylor-swifts-reunion-with-country-music-ought-to-get-her-a-first-date-with-oscar\/","title":{"rendered":"Variety: Why Taylor Swift\u2019s Reunion With Country Music Ought to Get Her a First Date With Oscar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> <center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taylor Swift\u2019s return to country music with &#8220;I Knew It, I Knew You&#8221; for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/ToyStory5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">ToyStory5<\/a> could earn the superstar her first Oscar.<\/p>\n<p>Her song instantly got added at all 157 stations that report to Mediabase\u2019s country chart \u2014 something that\u2019s only occurred three times before, and never\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xIsXJViIII\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/xIsXJViIII<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/2067361615729881589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That <s>friendship<\/s> PR cheque cleared. <\/p>\n<p>Variety wrote a whole PR fluff piece as to why Taylor Swift deserves an Oscar nomination for her new song \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d off the Toy Story 5 soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>In related news, \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/talkofthecharts\/status\/2067441143579832330?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">expected<\/a> to spend a second week at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. MAGA Langley will likely take the second spot with &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas,&#8221; while Liv&#8217;s &#8220;stupid song&#8221; is expected to debut at no. 3. That song was not sent to radio for whatever reason.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d remains on pace for a second week at 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a 100+ chart point lead.<\/p>\n<p>Predicted to increase in chart points week 2 (per midweek forecasts). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/By5HBLah6S\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/By5HBLah6S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Talk of the Charts (@talkofthecharts) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/talkofthecharts\/status\/2067441858763268315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"cutid1-end\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Sources:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/2067361615729881589?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">1<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/talkofthecharts\/status\/2067441858763268315?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center> <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/132489031.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s return to country music with &#8220;I Knew It, I Knew You&#8221; for ToyStory5 could earn the superstar her first Oscar. Her song instantly got added at all 157 stations that report to Mediabase\u2019s country chart \u2014 something that\u2019s only occurred three times before, and never\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/xIsXJViIII \u2014 Variety (@Variety) June 17, 2026 That [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}