--- title: Watch Anna Kendrick Sing 'I'm Still Here' on Colbert VIDEO description: The 'Pitch Perfect' actress and 'Scrappy Little Nobody' author belted out an empowering Broadway tune to help us all get past 2016. canonical: https://time.com/4573121/anna-kendrick-song-colbert/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-16T17:39:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:43.867Z og:title: Watch Anna Kendrick Sing 'I'm Still Here' on Colbert og:description: The 'Pitch Perfect' star belts out an empowering Broadway tune on the Late Show. og:url: https://time.com/4573121/anna-kendrick-song-colbert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Anna Kendrick Sing 'I'm Still Here' on Colbert twitter:description: The 'Pitch Perfect' star belts out an empowering Broadway tune on the Late Show. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Anna Kendrick Sings 'I'm Still Here' on Stephen Colbert for Everyone Powering Through 2016 > Sponsored content. 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I got through all of last year—and I’m here.” Colbert admitted that although he was familiar with the tune, this time, he didn’t prepare to sing with her at all, as he’s done on past shows. “I’m a little busy and, well, manic about the election, and I didn’t have a chance to learn a song,” the host apologized in advance. At least Kendrick was there to [save the day with music](http://time.com/4379624/anna-kendrick-james-corden-love-song-medley/?iid=sr-link2), as usual. The two also chatted about Kendrick’s new book, and Colbert reads out an embarrassing excerpt in which she shares that she always imagines talk show hosts in somewhat compromising positions. 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