Glen Powell & Sydney Sweeney Recreate Anyone But You Scene

Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney just recreated an Anyone But You scene at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards. The co-stars referenced their 2023 romcom with a live rendition of Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwritten” while presenting an award at the ceremony on Feb. 18.

In the movie, Powell’s character, Ben, gets over his vertigo by singing along to the nostalgic track — which is also the theme song for MTV’s The Hills.

In a comedic bit at the award ceremony, Powell appeared nervous onstage. “You alright, Glen?” Sweeney asked. “Yeah, it’s just a lot of people here. I don’t know, I’m a little nervous,” he responded. His co-star doing “that thing that calms you down.”

Bedingfield’s Surprise Performance

With the assistance of the crowd, Sweeney then began singing “Unwritten” to help calm Powell’s nerves, as seen in Anyone But You. “It’s time to bring out the big guns,” she added, as Bedingfield joined the pair on stage.

Bedingfield’s “Unwritten” was the third single from her 2004 album of the same name. The song peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained in the Top 10 for 13 weeks.

Viewers were quick to comment on the trio’s surprise performance, with one fan declaring it “iconic.”

“Not only are 2000s songs coming back, but romcoms in general are coming back. This was so great to see,” another user commented, while one fan also joked, “The Hills fans are gagging right now!”

Loosely based on Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Anyone But You follows a seemingly perfect couple, Bea (Sweeney) and Ben, whose initial attraction turns sour after their first date. However, the pair decide to keep up appearances and pretend to be a couple while attending a destination wedding.

The Will Gluck-directed romcom was nominated for Comedy Movie of the Year at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards, and Sweeney and Powell were both recognized in the Comedy Movie Star of the Year category.