Anyone But You Stars Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell Sing with Natasha Bedingfield at People's Choice Awards

The song plays a key role in Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell’s rom-com ‘Anyone But You’

Natasha Bedingfield took the stage at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards singing her song “Unwritten” with Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell.

While presenting the award for female country artist, Sweeney, 26, and Powell, 35, led off with a reference to their recent rom-com Anyone but you. In the film, Ben (played by Powell) eases his fear of heights by singing Bedingfield’s 2004 song.

During the onstage segment, Sweeney asked, “Are you okay, Glen?” Powell replied, “Yeah, there’s just a lot of people here. I don’t know, I’m a little nervous.”

Sweeney then asked, “Do you want me to do what calms you down?” She encouraged the audience to sing “Unwritten”.

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“My serene song is not going to help,” Powell said. Despite rallying the crowd for another chorus, Sweeney was unable to calm Powell’s nerves.

She decided, “Okay, then it’s time to bring out the big guns.” Bedingfield, 42, then came out backstage for a performance of the cult hit, joined by Sweeney, Powell and the audience.

Anyone but you sees Powell and Sweeney as sworn enemies, whose relationship soured after a misunderstanding. When they end up together at a destination wedding in Australia, circumstances force them to start fake relationships – only to fall for each other.

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Natasha Bedingfield.

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Anticipation of the film gained momentum after fans picked up on the chemistry between the actors. “I mean, we sold the rom-com,” Sweeney told PEOPLE in December. “We were just making a fun, amazing movie.”

Anyone but you was nominated for the best comedy of the year (Barbie won), and Sweeney and Powell were recognized in the movie star category of the year in a comedy (Jennifer Lawrence won for No anger).

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