finneas
Billie Eilish Shares Two New Songs, ‘TV’ and ‘The 30th’
Last week, Billie Eilish teased on Instagram that she was working with her brother and longtime collaborator FINNEAS on… something. Today (July 21), she unveiled two new songs on an EP titled Guitar Songs: “TV,” which was performed several times on Eilish’s recent European tour, and “The 30th,” which has never been heard. “FINNEAS and I really wanted these to be yours as soon as possible,” Eilish said in a statement. “So here they are!! Performing ‘TV’ on tour was such a highlight for us too, so we took the audio from the first night we played it in Manchester and put it in the song. I get shivers every time I hear it. Hope you love the songs and thank you for letting us share our music with you.” Last year, Eilish released her second album, Happier Than Ever. She’s been on tour in support...
Apparently Billie Eilish Loves Dubstep—And Skrillex
Have you ever wondered what a dubstep song from Billie Eilish would sound like? Neither have we. But it’s now top-of-mind thanks to a new interview with The New Yorker, who chatted with Eilish and her brother FINNEAS, a prolific music producer and the mastermind behind the vast majority of her recordings. The Grammy-winning siblings recently took the virtual stage at the The New Yorker Festival, which featured discussions and performances by some of the most prominent names in music, literature, politics, film, art, and pop culture. And of all the things to analyze at such a prestigious summit, Eilish and FINNEAS chose dubstep. Eilish is apparently a fan of Skrillex and his old-school sound, which longtime diehards have been clamoring for as he continues to produce pop-ori...
Finneas Reimagines ‘Friends’ Fountain Dance in New Video for ‘The 90s’
“The 90s” is the second single from Finneas’ debut solo album. Given the title, it’s a little hard not to think about a certain famous Nineties sitcom when Finneas joins a group of people dancing with umbrellas in the rain. [embedded content] The melodic ode to this bygone — albeit trending — appears on Finneas’ debut solo album, Optimist, which arrives on October 15. Last month, Finneas lit up an arena in the video for his first single off Optimist, “A Concert Six Months Ago.” Between a global pandemic, TikTok detonating our attention spans, and a looming climate disaster, it’s hard to disagree with Finneas for wanting to return to a simpler era. In the lyrics he’s talking about the world, but also about how his life has also changed: “But you can sign me up/for a world without the intern...
FINNEAS Lights Up An Arena In New Video for ‘A Concert Six Months From Now’
FINNEAS is following the footsteps of his little sister, pop superstar Billie Eilish, by announcing his debut solo album. The 13-track set, called Optimist, is out via Interscope on Oct. 15. The 24-year-old musician wrote and produced all of the songs, including the first single, a dynamic power ballad called “A Concert Six Months From Now.” The single is a bruising meditation on where we are now — a year and a half after the COVID-19 lockdowns began. The video, directed by Sam Bennett, features FINNEAS performing onstage at the Hollywood Bowl (which he namechecks in the song). The sound of clapping and shouting bursts and fades as FINNEAS sees there’s not a soul in the audience. Watch the full video below: [embedded content] Last year, FINNEAS caught up with SPIN following the U.S. Presid...
Watch Billie Eilish and Finneas Perform ‘Everything I Wanted’ at the Grammys
Billie Eilish’s success at the Grammys last year was something to remember, so it’s only fair that her Sunday night performance at this year’s awards kept us just as much on our toes. Eilish, alongside brother Finneas, shared an enchanting performance of her Grammy-nominated track “Everything I Wanted” while standing on a sports car on a dim-lit stage. Her performance, which followed an opening by Harry Styles, During the theatrical showing, the 18-year-old pop icon shined in a sequin shirt as her voice lit up the rest of the room. Finneas hung back on a keyboard in the smokey room as Eilish held things down vocally. <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,...
Billie Eilish, Beastie Boys, Wilco, Phoebe Bridgers and More Customize Coolers for Charity
The Beastie Boys, Billie Eilish, Wilco and more have customized a bunch of Yeti coolers for a charity auction benefitting out-of-work touring and venue crews. Bidding is now open, with the opening bid for the Eilish cooler starting at $225; Phoebe Bridgers’ decorated cooler at $300 and the Beasties’ starting at $700. All proceeds from Yeti’s One for the Roadies campaign go to Crew Nation, a relief fund established by Live Nation that helps unemployed live music workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Beasties’ cooler comes “full of merch and includes a vinyl copy of Beastie Boys Music”; the Brandi Carlile cooler features art created by the singer and her family — and includes a drawing of a unicorn and rainbows on the lid– while the My Morning Jacket one comes with cool artwork...
Ringo Starr Joined by Dave Grohl, Jenny Lewis, Paul McCartney and More on ‘Here’s to the Nights’
Ringo Starr, with a little help from his (celebrity) friends — including Paul McCartney, Corinne Bailey Rae, Eric Burton (Black Pumas), Sheryl Crow, FINNEAS, Dave Grohl, Ben Harper, Lenny Kravitz and Jenny Lewis — shared his new song “Here’s to the Nights.” Described as a song of “peace, love and friendship,” the single was written by Diane Warren and also features Joe Walsh, Steve Lukather, Chris Stapleton and Yola. The song is the lead single from his forthcoming EP, titled Zoom In, which was recorded at Starr’s home studio between April and October 2020. The EP has a release date of March 2021. “When Diane presented this song to me I loved the sentiment of it,” Starr said in a statement. “This is the kind of song we all want to sing along to, and it was so great how many ...
Billie Eilish Delivers Live Cover of the Beatles’ ‘Something’
Billie Eilish took on the poignant George Harrison-penned Beatles song “Something” during a SiriusXM Alt Nation performance tonight (Dec. 3). She also performed acoustic versions of her hits “Therefore I Am,” “Everything I Wanted” and “Ocean Eyes.” [embedded content] Eilish and her brother/collaborator FINNEAS also chatted with host Jeff Regan about forthcoming music they’ve recorded during quarantine, with Eilish saying the “project’s goals are to be cohesive and make sense, but not just be a repeat and clone of every other song. Everything about every song is very different.” The young singer-songwriter also talked about the toll huge success can take: “It’s especially hard on an undeveloped brain,” she says. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates On...
Finneas on COVID-Era Creativity, Why He Has ‘More Than Enough’ Grammys
“When I’m in the room with another artist, I’m only there because I’m an admirer of their work, so I’m just trying to help them make something good,” Finneas O’Connell tells SPIN. “When I’m in a room alone, it’s about expressing myself and making sure that I am honest and exacting when I finish stuff. I don’t like to make sloppy work.” And he now finds himself in high demand — on both fronts. After the success of his sister Billie Eilish’s 2019 debut, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, which hit No. 1 and won him a Producer of the Year Grammy, Finneas has been slammed with work from pop monoliths like Halsey, Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello and Justin Bieber. And he’s somehow making time for his own solo projects — including his first EP, 2019’s Blood Harmony, and timely 2020 sin...
Finneas on COVID-Era Creativity, Not Being Starstruck and His Dream Collaboration
“When I’m in the room with another artist, I’m only there because I’m an admirer of their work, so I’m just trying to help them make something good,” Finneas O’Connell tells SPIN. “When I’m in a room alone, it’s about expressing myself and making sure that I am honest and exacting when I finish stuff. I don’t like to make sloppy work.” And he now finds himself in high demand — on both fronts. After the success of his sister Billie Eilish’s 2019 debut, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, which hit No. 1 and won him a Producer of the Year Grammy, Finneas has been slammed with work from pop monoliths like Halsey, Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello and Justin Bieber. And he’s somehow making time for his own solo projects — including his first EP, 2019’s Blood Harmony, and timely 2020 sin...
Finneas Drops Timely New Single ‘Where the Poison Is’
As many musicians celebrate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ historic election win, FINNEAS is taking it one step further by releasing a timely new single called “Where the Poison Is.” The upbeat tune makes references to the coronavirus pandemic (“When the month of March felt more like 40 years”) and Trump’s response to it (“When all my friends get sick it’s on the President/ When all my friends get sick it’s on his government”) before unleashing full-on scorn during the chorus. “Take me to the place where the poison is/ To put a face to what’s poisonous/ To give him a little taste of his medicine/ There’s a snake that thinks it’s the President,” he sings. Listen to “Where the Poison Is” below. [embedded content] This is the third single FINNEAS has dropped this year, following “Can’t Wait to ...
Billie Eilish and Finneas Perform ‘No Time to Die’ on Tonight Show
After unveiling her monochorme video for “No Time to Die” last week, Billie Eilish brought a live performance of the track to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (Oct. 5). With her brother Finneas at the piano, Eilish was seated on the steps of a beautiful theater and gave a smoldering performance of the song from the upcoming James Bond film. Before their performance, the brother-sister musical powerhouse chatted with Jimmy Fallon about the “crazy, surreal” experience of how they got the opportunity to write the next 007 theme song. “I don’t know when it was real,” Eilish said. “But I do know, for many years, we’ve wanted to write a Bond song, not even [that] we thought we could. It was more like a fantasy, like a complete fantasy, like, ‘How cool would it be to do this?R...
- 1
- 2
