<p id=”par-1_80″>Taylor Swift appeared in the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/cats-is-not-even-andrew-lloyd-webbers-weirdest-musical-the-horrifying-story-behind-starlight-express.html/”>2019 musical <em>Cats</em></a>, to her great excitement. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/taylor-swift-knew-part-les-miserables-nightmare-audition.html/”>Swift previously auditioned</a> for a part in <em>Les Misérables</em>, and director Tom Hooper later approached her about <em>Cats. </em>While she said she appreciated getting a part, she’d hoped for a bigger role in the film. Swift shared her disappointment when she heard there would be a new original song for the film that she wouldn’t help write. Ultimately, though, she managed to get involved in the song’s creation.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-taylor-swift-spoke-about-writing-a-new-song-for-cats”>Taylor Swift spoke about writing a new song for ‘Cats’</h2>
<p id=”par-2_46″>When Swift <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/taylor-swift-cats-regrets.html/”>joined the cast of <em>Cats</em></a>, she learned that Victoria the White Cat would have a song. While the role existed in the original musical, the character did not have any solo singing parts. In the movie, however, she would sing a new original song.</p>
<p id=”par-3_73″>“I had heard these rumblings and rumors like, ‘They want a song. Andrew [Lloyd Webber is] going to write an original song for Victoria, the lead cat.’ And I was just like, ‘Aw man, I so badly want to get in on that,’” Swift told Zane Lowe for Beats 1 (per <a target=”_blank” href=”https://variety.com/2019/music/news/taylor-swift-talks-new-cats-song-les-miz-1203383748/” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Variety</a>). “But I (also thought), ‘I can’t crash this … I really wish that I could write that with him, but whatever.’”</p>
<p id=”par-4_28″>After rehearsing for <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/taylor-swift-cats-movie-premiere.html/”>her “Macavity” song</a>, Swift said Webber sat at the piano and began playing something she didn’t recognize. Immediately, she knew this was the original song.</p>
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<p id=”par-5_79″>“I knew where in the movie they were going to put her song,” Swift said. “I had been kind of gathering data, but I had no idea what the song was like. I didn’t have sheet music … I knew that it would be right after Jennifer Hudson sings ‘Memory.’ I thought, wouldn’t it be interesting if you had this little young kitten reflect off of what she just heard and give sort of her counter point of view?”</p>
<p id=”par-6_16″>Ultimately, Swift’s opinions on the song came in handy. Webber had a melody, but not lyrics.</p>
<p id=”par-7_38″>“I learned later that they had this beautiful piece of music, but they didn’t know what they wanted the cat to say,” she said. “So I was like, ‘Got you.’ Like, ‘I know what that cat would say.’”</p>
<p id=”par-8_12″>The resulting song, “Beautiful Ghosts,” went on to <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/carolina-wouldnt-taylor-swifts-first-golden-globe-nomination.html/”>receive an Oscar nomination</a>.</p>