In what movie does James Franco perform Britney Spears "Everytime"?

James Franco performs Britney Spears's "Everytime" in the 2012 film "Spring Breakers." Franco plays Alien, a flamboyant Florida drug dealer and aspiring rapper who entertains three of the young women at his house by singing and playing the song on a piano.

The performance becomes part of one of the movie's most recognizable sequences. Alien's rendition overlaps with a stylized montage of robberies carried out by the characters, creating a deliberately strange contrast between a gentle pop ballad and images of masks, guns, and violent crime. The scene reflects director Harmony Korine's interest in combining glossy pop culture with disorienting, transgressive imagery.

The film also references Spears elsewhere: the characters sing "...Baby One More Time" earlier in the story. That can cause confusion when identifying the song associated with Franco's piano performance. "Everytime" was originally released by Spears in 2004, while "Spring Breakers" premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2012 before its wider theatrical release in 2013. Franco's performance is an interpretation within the film, not a new Britney Spears recording.