Maggie Rogers celebrates 10th anniversary of 'Alaska' with 'Colbert' performance

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' and musical guest Maggie Rogers during Wednesday’s April 1, 2026 show. (Scott Kowalchyk ©2026 CBS Broadcasting Inc.) (Scott Kowalchyk/Scott Kowalchyk /CBS)

By Josh Johnson

April 02, 2026 at 1:15 pm EDT

Maggie Rogers performed her breakout single "Alaska" Wednesday on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to celebrate the 2016 song's 10th anniversary.

Rogers famously played a recording of "Alaska" for Pharrell Williams while he was visiting her music class at New York University. Footage of Williams' stunned, impressed reaction to the song — "I have zero notes for that," he said — helped "Alaska" go viral.

You can watch Rogers' Colbert performance on YouTube. She also played a cover of the standard "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" during the show.

Rogers announced in March she was launching a foundation and scholarship at NYU to mark the "Alaska" anniversary.