--- title: Anna Kendrick, Billy Eichner, James Corden Star In A Musical description: Anna Kendrick, Billy Eichner and James Corden performed a musical tribute to the circle of life on the Late Late Show canonical: https://time.com/4579956/anna-kendrick-billy-eichner-sing-james-corden/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-22T16:08:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:54.287Z og:title: Anna Kendrick and Billy Eichner Sing An Ode To Growing Up With James Corden og:description: Warning: You may never hear Adele’s “Hello” the same way again og:url: https://time.com/4579956/anna-kendrick-billy-eichner-sing-james-corden/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf835fafd4999c47/6988af67cf40a83ad2c45a85/anna-kendrick.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: anna-kendrick og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Anna Kendrick and Billy Eichner Sing An Ode To Growing Up With James Corden twitter:description: Warning: You may never hear Adele’s “Hello” the same way again twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf835fafd4999c47/6988af67cf40a83ad2c45a85/anna-kendrick.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Anna Kendrick and Billy Eichner Sing An Ode To Growing Up With James Corden by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Nov 22, 2016 4:08 PM UTC  cbs by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Nov 22, 2016 4:08 PM UTC Anna Kendrick may have been born with a song in heart. Specifically, Adele’s “Hello.” The [_Pitch Perfect_ star](http://time.com/3846900/anna-kendrick-pitch-perfect-3/?iid=sr-link3) and _Scrappy Little Nobody_ [author](http://time.com/3851118/anna-kendrick-book-essays/?iid=sr-link4) returned to the scene of her birth on _The_ _Late Late Show_ Monday for a one-take musical about the circle of life co-starring [_Billy on the Street_](http://time.com/3715414/billy-on-the-street-michelle-obama/?iid=sr-link1)’s Billy Eichner and [James Corden](http://time.com/4538394/watch-tom-cruise-reenact-risky-business-top-gun-and-jerry-maguire-with-james-corden/?iid=sr-link2). The follow up to Kendrick’s and Corden’s “[The Soundtrack to a Love Story](http://time.com/4379624/anna-kendrick-james-corden-love-song-medley/?iid=sr-link2),” was called “The Soundtrack to Growing Up,” starring Eichner as Kendrick’s father and Corden as her beau. The musical medley told the story of life via a series of songs like Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It,” Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach” and “Like a Virgin,” Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” and Rihanna’s “B\*tch Better Have My Money.” At the end of the mini-musical, Eichner came to meet his grandchild, which called for a rousing rendition of Elton John’s song from _The Lion King_, “Circle of Life”. 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