Finn Keane

Finn Keane
Background information
Genres	Electronic hyperpop avant-pop bubblegum bass
Occupations	Record producer DJ musician songwriter
Years active	2013–present
Labels	PC Music
Member of	Thy Slaughter

Finn Keane, previously known as Easyfun (stylised in all caps and formerly as easyFun), is a British songwriter and record producer. He is known for his frequent collaborations with Charli XCX, his releases on experimental pop label PC Music, and his work with the label's founder A. G. Cook in the duo Thy Slaughter. His work with Charli XCX has earned him two Grammy Award nominations: Album of the Year for Brat and Best Dance Pop Recording for "Von Dutch", of which he won the latter. ^[1]

Career

2013–2015: Career beginnings

Keane's first release in 2013, originally under the name Easyfun, was a five-track self-titled EP with an early version of what would become PC Music's signature sound of bubblegum pop, futuristic riffs and chaotic arrangements. ^[2] Pitchfork later described the album as a "gaseous and disorienting beat tape that sounded a little like a methed-out take on TNGHT’s permanently in-the-red hip-hop experiments." ^[3]

Keane also joined the collaborative project Thy Slaughter with PC Music founder A. G. Cook in 2014, releasing their debut single, "Bronze", as part of PC Music Volume 1 . Cook and Keane did not release any further music under the Thy Slaughter name for the following nine years. ^[4]

2016–2024: Songwriting and production, EPs, Thy Slaughter return and Brat

Cook and Keane eventually started the collaboration easyFX as part of a Columbia Records deal with PC Music. Under this name, the two worked together to write and produce songs for Columbia to assign to its emerging artists. This project was later dropped when management at Columbia changed and PC Music lost its supporters within the label. ^[2]

Hannah Diamond released her single "Invisible" in October 2019, co-produced by Keane and Cook. ^[5] In 2022, Keane produced Bree Runway's single "That Girl". ^[6] Keane has songwriting and production credits on Charli XCX's mixtapes Number 1 Angel and Pop 2 and her album Charli . ^{[7] [8]}

In August 2023, Keane released two EPs named Acoustic and Electric. ^[9] Pitchfork gave Electric a score of 7.1/10, calling its songs "works of unadulterated nostalgia" and "a surprisingly emotional experience" with "deep, shuddering bass notes and unashamedly romantic melodies", ^[3] and included the EP in a list of the best pop music of 2023. ^[10]

In June 2023, Charli XCX released the Keane-produced single "Speed Drive" as part of Barbie the Album , the soundtrack of the 2023 film Barbie. ^[11] Keane also reunited with Cook in a return for Thy Slaughter that year, releasing the album Soft Rock on 1 December 2023. ^{[4] [9]} This followed the singles "Sentence" and "If I Knew", ^[12] as well as the release of singles "Lost Everything" and "Reign" on 16 November that year which were used to announce the album. "Lost Everything" was co-written by the late Sophie and Ellie Rowsell. ^[4] This was one of the final releases from the PC Music label before it pivoted solely to archival releases. ^[12]

Keane worked with Cook and George Daniel on the production for Charli XCX's 2024 album Brat. Keane has stated that in producing the album he tried to "make the strongest and most confident music" he could, and noted that he and Charli XCX had created "Speed Drive" and "Von Dutch" in one day. ^[13]

2024–present: EasyGroup lawsuit and The Finn Keane Album

Keane's logo prior to the EasyGroup lawsuit

EasyJet's logo

In October 2023, EasyJet's parent company EasyGroup sued the music label PC Music and its founder, Cook, for "mimic[ing] easyGroup’s famous branding to create instant brand recognition for his ‘DJing business." The lawsuit initially resulted in only the cover for Keane's album Deep Trouble being changed; it had originally depicted people leaving an aircraft which bore the text "easyFun" after a water landing, but was changed to a computer-generated image of water with Easyfun's logo at its base. ^[14] However in October 2024, Keane announced The Finn Keane Album, ^[15] which was to be a compilation album of his previous work, ^[16] released a remix of his song "Laplander" and stated that he would fully leave the Easyfun moniker behind. ^[15] On the same day as this announcement, Willow Kayne released her Keane-produced single "I’ve Got This All Under Control", featuring "synthesizers, fast-paced percussion, and a prominent bassline" according to Dork. ^[17] He fully retired the name at PC Music's Halloween event, Pop Crypt II, in London. ^[16]

In 2025, "Von Dutch" won best dance pop recording and Brat won best dance/electronic album at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. Keane accepted the award for "Von Dutch" on behalf of Charli XCX. ^[18]

Discography

Compilation albums

Year	Title	Release date	Label
2024	The Finn Keane Album	1 November 2024	PC Music

EPs

Year	Title	Release date	Label
2013	Debut EP	25 June 2013	PC Music
2015	Deep Trouble	26 February 2015
2023	Electric	11 August 2023
	Acoustic	13 October 2023

Singles

Year	Title	Release date	Label
2016	"Monopoly" (featuring Noonie Bao)	15 November 2016	PC Music
2017	"Blink"	28 July 2017
2018	"Be Your USA" (featuring Iiris)	25 May 2018
2022	"Audio"	21 April 2022
2023	"Audio (All I Ever Got)"	28 September 2023
	"Sentence" / "If I Knew" (with A. G. Cook, as Thy Slaughter)	26 October 2023
	"Lost Everything" / "Reign" (with A. G. Cook, as Thy Slaughter)	16 November 2023
2024	"Laplander" (Finn Keane remix)	17 October 2024

Songwriting and production credits

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Album	Credits	Writer(s)	Producer(s)
2016	"Got My Chad"	GFOTY	VIPOTY	Co-writer/co-producer	GFOTY, A. G. Cook, Keane	Cook, Keane
	"Fade Away"	Hannah Diamond	Reflections		Hannah Amond, Cook, Keane
	"Make Believe"
2017	"3AM (Pull Up)" (feat. MØ)	Charli XCX	Number 1 Angel		Charlotte Aitchison, Cook, Keane, Karen Marie Ørsted
	"Emotional"			Co-producer	Aitchison, Patrik Berger
	"Stranger"	Iiris	Non-album single	Co-writer	Iiris, Keane, Max Doohan	ProVerb
	"Midnight Vibes"	RahRah Q			Keane, RahRahQ, Brandon Skeie, Miya Folick, Lil Data	David Gamson
	"Backseat" (feat. Carly Rae Jepsen)	Charli XCX	Pop 2	Co-writer/co-producer	Aitchison, Cook, Keane, Carly Rae Jepsen	Keane, Cook
	"Femmebot" (feat. Dorian Electra & Mykki Blanco)				A. G. Cook, David Gamson, Keane, Francisca Hall, Michael Quattelbaum Jr.	Cook, David Gamson, Keane
	"Porsche" (feat. MØ)			Co-producer	Charlotte Aitchison, Cook, Henry Allen, Cassia O'Reilly, Karen Marie Ørsted	Cook, Keane, King Henry
2018	"Be My Anime"	Rat Boy	Civil Disorder		Rat Boy, L Devine	Keane, Rat Boy
	"You Say"	Sarah Close	And Now, We're Shining	Co-writer/producer	Sarah Close, Christy "Zee" Zakarias, Jerker Hansson, Keane	Keane
	"Apps" (feat. Robokid)	Sakima	Non-album single	Producer	SAKIMA, Robokid
	"Let You Love Me"	Rita Ora	Phoenix	Co-writer/co-producer	Rita Ora, Fred Gibson, Keane, Linus Wiklund, Noonie Bao, Ilsey Juber	Fred Again, Keane
2019	"Sick Thoughts"	Lou Bliss	Non-album single	Co-writer/producer	Melissa Faith Storwick, James Yami Bell, Keane, Lou Bliss	Keane
	"Blame It On Your Love" (feat. Lizzo)	Charli XCX	Charli	Co-writer/additional production	Aitchison, Noonie Bao, Lizzo, Sasha Sloan, StarGate, Keane	StarGate, Keane (add.), Cook (add.)
	"Official"			Co-writer/co- producer	Aitchison, Cook, Noonie Bao, Berger, Keane	Cook, Keane, Berger
	"Not Ready for Love"	TCTS	Non-album single	Co-writer	Keane, Gracey, Samuel O'Neill	TCTS
	"LA & The Parties"	Lost Kings	Lost Angeles EP		Luh Kel, Keane, Nick Shanholtz, Paul Jacobs, Robert Abisi	Lost Kings
	"Invisible"	Hannah Diamond	Reflections	Co-writer/co- producer	Amond, Cook, Keane, Thomas Carrell, Christopher Mason	Cook, Keane
2020	"Airhead"	A. G. Cook	Apple	Co-writer	Cook, Hayden Dunham, Keane	Cook
	"Girl On My Throne" (feat. Casey MQ)	Oklou	Galore		Marylou Mayniel, Casey Manierka, Cook, Keane	Casey MQ, Florian Le Prise, Oklou (co.), Cook (add.)
	"Little Nokia"	Bree Runway	2000and4Eva	Co-writer/producer	Brenda Mensah, Chloe Tighe, Keane	Keane
2021	"Want"	MNDR	Hell To Be You Baby	Co-writer	Amanda Warner, Keane, Peter Wade Keusch	MNDR, Peter Wade, Babydaddy
	"Gone"				Amanda Warner, Keane, Peter Wade Keusch, Scott Hoffman, Tom Stafford
	"You For Me" (feat. Rita Ora)	Sigala	Non-album single		Cook, Aitchison, Keane, Joakim Jarl, Madison Love, Rita Sahatçiu Ora, Bruce Fielder	Sigala, Jarly, Neave Applebaum
	"Sad Song"	Gracey	Fragile EP	Producer	Finlay Dow Smith, Grace Barker, Jonny Write	Keane, Starsmith
2022	"Into My Arms"	Hyd	Non-album single		Nick Cave	Keane
	"Somebody Like You"	Bree Runway		Co-writer/co-producer	Brenda Mensah, Keane, Klahr, Levi Gordon, Liohn	Keane, Liohn, Klahr, Levi Gordon
	"Co1n"	LVL1	Play	Co-writer/producer	Emilio Martín, Keane, Guillermo Rodriguez Moracho, Luthien Barrea Barroso	Keane
	"Lonely Heart" (feat. Gracey)	Europa	Non-album single	Additional production	Timucin Lam, Martin Solveig, Josh Grimmet, Ethan Shore, Grace Barker	Jax Jones, Martin Solveig, Goodboys (add.), Neave Applebaum (add.), Keane (add.), Mark Ralph (add.)
	"So Clear"	Hyd	Clearing	Co-writer/co-producer	Hyd, Keane, Sophie	Keane, Sophie, Cook (add.)
	"Breaking Ground"			Co-writer/producer	Hyd, Keane	Keane, Cook (add.)
	"Chlorophyll"			Co-writer/co-producer		Thy Slaughter
	"Archive Mami"	Bree Runway	WOAH, WHAT A BLUR!	Co-writer/producer	Bree Runway, Keane, Richard Zastenker	Keane
	"Breee!"			Co-writer/co-producer	Bree Runway, Keane, Klahr, Richard Zastenker, Atia "Ink" Boggs	Liohn, Klahr, Keane
	"FWMM"				Bree Runway, Keane, Klahr, Liohn, Trey Campbell
	"That Girl"			Co-writer/producer	Bree Runway, Keane, Richard Zastenker	Keane
2023	"Speed Drive"	Charli XCX	Barbie the Album	Co-writer/producer	Charli XCX, David James Parker, Keane, Ewart Everton Brown, Fabian Peter Torsson, Frans Joakim Ahlund, Klas Frans Åhlund, Michael Chapman, Nicholas Chinn, Patrik Knut Arve, Sylvia Robinson, Troy Rami
	"Automatic"	Birdy	Portraits	Additional production	Birdy, Gabe Simon, Mark Crew, Dan Priddy	Gabe Simon, Mark Crew, Dan Priddy, Keane (add.)
	"Impossible"	Hannah Diamond	Perfect Picture	Co-writer	Hannah Amond, David Gamson, Alexander Guy Cook, Keane, Nate Campany	David Gamson
	"Think Of Us" (with GRACEY)	The Chainsmokers	Summertime Friends	Co-writer/co-producer	Alex Pall, Andrew Taggart, Keane, Grace Barker	The Chainsmokers, Keane
2024	"Ride or Die"	Baby Queen	TBA	Co-producer	Baby Queen, King Ed	King Ed, Keane
	"360"	Charli XCX	Brat	Co-writer/additional production	Cook, Blake Slatkin, Aitchison, Keane, Henry Walter, Omer Fedi	Cook, Cirkut, Keane (add.)
	"Sympathy Is a Knife"			Co-writer/co-producer	Aitchison, Keane, Jonathan Christopher Shave	Charli XCX, Keane
	"Von Dutch"			Co-writer/producer	Aitchison, Keane	Keane
	"So I"			Co-writer	Aitchison, Keane, Shave	Cook, Jon Shave
	"I Think About It All the Time"			Co-writer/co-producer	Cook, Aitchison, Keane, Shave	Cook, Keane
	"Spring Breakers"					Cook, Keane, Shave
	"Just Like That"	Bree Runway	TBA		Brenda Mensah, Keane, Richard Zastenker	Keane, Johannes Klahr, Richard Zastenker
	"If You Get It You Get It"	Bimini			Bimini, Keane, Grace Barker, Matt Rad	Matt Rad, Keane
	"Control"				Bimini, Keane, Matt Rad, Sarah Boe
	"2BadGyalz"	Bree Runway		Co-producer	Brenda Mensah	Raf Riley, Keane
	"So Tru"	Confidence Man	3AM (LA LA LA)	Co-writer/additional production	Janet Planet, Sugar Bones, Reggie Goodchild, Ina Wroldsen, Keane	Reggie Goodchild, Keane (add.)
	"I've Got This All Under Control	Willow Kayne	TBA	Co-writer/co-producer	Keane, James Murray, Mustafa Omer, Willow Kayne	Mojam, Keane
2025	"Cupid's Bow"	Olly Alexander	Polari	Additional production	Olly Alexander, Danny L Harle	Danny L Harle, Keane (add.)
	"Dizzy"				Olly Alexander, Danny L Harle

Remixes

Year	Title	Artist(s)
2015	"I.D.L"	Life Sim (with A. G. Cook, as Thy Slaughter)
2017	"Taker"	K.I.D
2017	"No Sleeep"	Janet Jackson
2018	"Wildfire"	Slow Magic
2019	"Comme si"	Christine and the Queens
	"1999"	Charli XCX, Troye Sivan
2021	"Beautiful Superstar"	A. G. Cook
	"4Runner"	Rostam
2022	"Demonic"	Namasenda, La Zowi (with A. G. Cook, as Thy Slaughter)
2024	"Sympathy Is a Knife"	Charli XCX, Ariana Grande
	"Everything is Romantic"	Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek
	"B2B"	Charli XCX, Tinashe
	"365"	Charli XCX, Shygirl, Toby Wincorn
	"Spring Breakers"	Charli XCX, Kesha

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