--- description: Maybe it'll change your life title: 'Wish I Was Here': Coldplay and Cat Power Team Up for Zach Braff Movie image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1280e6c130da03e2/69869ab713c79f4ee9192f64/wish-i-was-here.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Coldplay and Cat Power Team Up for Zach Braff's _Wish I Was Here_: Listen  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 7, 2014 4:57 PM CUT  Zach Braf and Jim Parsons at the Los Angeles premiere of Wish I Was Here. Zach Braf and Jim Parsons at the Los Angeles premiere of Wish I Was Here.Matt Sayles—Invision/AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 7, 2014 4:57 PM CUT Coldplay kicked off the soundtrack to Zach Braff’s _Garden State_ in 2004, so it’s only right that British rockers team up with the writer-director for his second film, _Wish I Was Here_, a decade later. Braff says [the brand-new song](http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/07/07/328139263/song-premiere-an-unlikely-collaboration-from-cat-power-and-coldplay "undefined"), which borrows its title from the movie (out July 18) and features the smoky voice of Cat Power, is his favorite song on the record. That’s saying something, since the competition is steep: _Wish I Was Here_ also features contributions from the Shins and [Bon Iver](http://time.com/2941541/zach-braff-wish-i-was-here/ "undefined"). Braff explained how the song came together to NPR, [where the track premiered](http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/07/07/328139263/song-premiere-an-unlikely-collaboration-from-cat-power-and-coldplay "undefined"): --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2963057/coldplay-cat-power-wish-i-was-here-song/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2963057/coldplay-cat-power-wish-i-was-here-song/"},"headline":"Coldplay and Cat Power Team Up for Zach Braff's Wish I Was Here: Listen","datePublished":"2014-07-07T16:57:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:00:07.034Z","description":"Maybe it'll change your life","url":"https://time.com/2963057/coldplay-cat-power-wish-i-was-here-song/","keywords":["movies","Music","Coldplay"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1280e6c130da03e2/69869ab713c79f4ee9192f64/wish-i-was-here.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1280e6c130da03e2/69869ab713c79f4ee9192f64/wish-i-was-here.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Zach Braf and Jim Parsons at the Los Angeles premiere of Wish I Was Here","caption":"Zach Braf and Jim Parsons at the Los Angeles premiere of Wish I Was Here","creditText":"Matt Sayles—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2963057/coldplay-cat-power-wish-i-was-here-song/","name":"Coldplay and Cat Power Team Up for Zach Braff's Wish I Was Here: Listen"}}]}] ```