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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 nominations at the Grammy Awards; Album of the Year for Brat and Best Dance Pop Recording for "Von Dutch". [1]
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]
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]
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]
Year | Title | Release date | Label |
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2024 | The Finn Keane Album | 1 November 2024 | PC Music |
Year | Title | Release date | Label |
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2013 | Debut EP | 25 June 2013 | PC Music |
2015 | Deep Trouble | 26 February 2015 | |
2023 | Electric | 11 August 2023 | |
Acoustic | 13 October 2023 |
Year | Title | Release date | Label |
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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 |
Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Writer(s) | Producer(s) |
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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, Thomas George 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 |
Year | Title | Artist(s) |
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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 |
Charlotte Emma Aitchison, known professionally as Charli XCX, is an English singer and songwriter. Born in Cambridge and raised in Start Hill, Essex, Charli XCX began posting songs on Myspace in 2008 before entering the London rave scene. She signed a recording contract with Asylum Records in 2010, releasing a series of singles and mixtapes throughout 2011 and 2012. She later featured on "I Love It" with Swedish duo Icona Pop, with the song becoming her first number-one in the UK and receiving global success. Her debut studio album, True Romance (2013), was released to positive reviews but failed to meet commercial expectations.
English singer Charli XCX has released six studio albums, five mixtapes, three extended plays, one live album, one soundtrack album, one remix album, two DJ mixes, 48 singles, and 13 promotional singles. In 2007, XCX began recording her debut album on a loan granted by her parents. Titled 14, after her age at the time, it received only a restricted public release. Two singles, "!Franchesckaar!" and double A-side "Emelline" / "Art Bitch", were released in late 2008 under Orgy Music. In June 2012, Charli XCX released her first mixtape, titled Heartbreaks and Earthquakes, a one-track file consisting of eight songs. A second mixtape, titled Super Ultra, was released in November of the same year. Charli XCX's major-label debut studio album, True Romance, was released in April 2013, and peaked at number 85 on the UK Albums Chart. While failing to appear on any main album charts internationally, the album reached number five on the Heatseekers Albums chart in the United States and number 11 on the ARIA Hitseekers chart in Australia. The album spawned five singles—"Stay Away", "Nuclear Seasons", "You're the One", "You " and "What I Like". In 2012, Charli XCX was featured on Icona Pop's song "I Love It", which peaked at number one in the UK and reached the top 10 in various countries including the US, Canada, Ireland and Germany.
Sophie Xeon, known mononymously as SOPHIE, was an English music producer, songwriter, and DJ. Her work is known for its brash take on pop music and is distinguished by experimental sound design, "sugary" synthesized textures, and incorporation of underground dance styles. It would help pioneer the 2010s hyperpop microgenre.
PC Music is a record label and art collective based in London and run by producer A. G. Cook. It was founded in 2013, uploading its first releases to SoundCloud that year. Artists on its roster have included Hannah Diamond, GFOTY, Danny L Harle, Easyfun, Namasenda, and Planet 1999. The label's releases have been showcased on the compilations PC Music Volume 1 (2015), Volume 2 (2016), and Volume 3 (2022). Following a decade-long run, since 2024 the label is now only dedicated to archival projects and special reissues.
Alexander Guy Cook is an English music producer and the head of the now-closed UK record label PC Music. Cook released his first solo singles in 2014. He has also collaborated with PC Music artists such as Hannah Diamond, GFOTY, Finn Keane, Danny L Harle and Felicita. He formed the one-off project QT with musician Sophie and performance artist Hayden Dunham, producing the 2014 single "Hey QT".
Hannah Amond, known professionally as Hannah Diamond, is an English singer, songwriter, photographer, and visual artist. She has recorded on A.G. Cook's PC Music label since 2013, beginning with her debut single "Pink and Blue". Her music and visual art employs an aesthetic of hyperreality and heavily produced cuteness in tension with sincerity.
Thy Slaughter is a British musical duo formed in 2014 that consists of producers A. G. Cook and Finn Keane under Cook's label PC Music. In 2014, the duo released only one original song, "Bronze", which appeared in the label's debut compilation album the next year. They did not release any new music until their 2023 debut album, Soft Rock, less than a month prior to the label switching to archival releases only.
Number 1 Angel is the third mixtape by English singer Charli XCX, released on 10 March 2017 by Asylum Records. The mixtape contains ten tracks and was created in Los Angeles as a collaboration with producer A. G. Cook, the founder of PC Music. Several other producers associated with the label also contributed to the mixtape, including Sophie who previously produced Charli XCX's extended play Vroom Vroom. Musically, it has been labeled as avant-pop and electropop.
Pop 2 is the fourth mixtape by English singer Charli XCX, released on 15 December 2017 by Asylum Records. Executively produced by A. G. Cook of PC Music, sessions for the mixtape began several months before its release and featured a wide variety of guest contributions. The mixtape was backed by its only single "Out of My Head" featuring Alma and Tove Lo, released exactly one week before its release.
"Blame It on Your Love" is a song by English singer Charli XCX featuring American singer and rapper Lizzo. It was released on 15 May 2019 as the second single from Charli XCX's third studio album, Charli, and soon after debuted on BBC Radio 1 as Annie Mac's "Hottest Record in the World". It is Charli XCX's first single since her 2018 collaboration with Troye Sivan, "1999". The single is a reworked version of "Track 10", the final track from Charli XCX's mixtape Pop 2 (2017). The music video was released on 13 June 2019.
"Gone" is a song by British singer Charli XCX and French singer Christine and the Queens. It was released on 17 July 2019 as the third single from Charli XCX's third studio album Charli. The music video was released alongside the track.
Apple vs. 7G is the debut remix album by British producer A. G. Cook. It compiles reworked versions of songs from his first two albums 7G and Apple, both released in 2020. It was released on 28 May 2021 by Cook's label PC Music. A deluxe "Silver Edition" includes 7 extra tracks and is exclusively available for purchase on Bandcamp. Many of the remixes featured were premiered on various compilation albums, DJ mixes or hidden zip files prior to Apple vs. 7G's release. The album was promoted by seven singles.
"Speed Drive" is a song by English singer Charli XCX from Barbie the Album, the soundtrack of the 2023 film Barbie. The song was released on 29 June 2023 as the fourth single from the soundtrack and reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Charli XCX's sixth top 10 single in the chart.
George Bedford Daniel is a British drummer, record producer, and electronic musician. He came to prominence as a member of pop band the 1975, as part of which he released five albums that topped the UK Albums Chart. His songwriting and producing partnership with the band's Matty Healy made him the co-recipient of multiple awards and nominations including two Ivor Novello Awards including Songwriter of the Year and four Brit Awards. He has also been co-nominated twice for the Mercury Prize and once for the Grammy Awards. He released his debut single, "Screen Cleaner", in August 2024.
"Von Dutch" is a song by English singer Charli XCX. It was released on 29 February 2024 through Atlantic Records. Written by Charli alongside its producer Finn Keane, the track serves as the lead single from her sixth studio album, Brat. The song and its remix version received a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Pop Recording and Best Remixed Recording, respectively.
Brat is the sixth studio album by English singer Charli XCX, released through Atlantic Records on 7 June 2024. It features production by Charli XCX, her longtime executive producer A. G. Cook, Finn Keane, Cirkut, her partner George Daniel, and others. The album draws influence from the 2000s English rave music scene, with a more aggressive club sound than her previous album, Crash (2022).
"Girl, So Confusing" is a song by English singer Charli XCX from her sixth studio album Brat (2024). She wrote the song with its producer A. G. Cook and released it through Atlantic Records. A glitch-influenced indie dance song, "Girl, So Confusing" is built on talk-sing Auto-Tune vocals and a throbbing bassline. It deals with Charli XCX's strained relationship with another female musician.
"360" is a song by English singer Charli XCX. It was released on 10 May 2024 through Atlantic Records as the second single from her sixth studio album, Brat, wherein it was included as the opening track. Featuring minimalistic electropop and hyperpop production by A. G. Cook and Cirkut and deadpan singing by Charli XCX, its boastful, tongue-in-cheek lyrics make references to her musical career, her reverence in the music industry, and her friends Julia Fox and Gabbriette. Its Aidan Zamiri-directed music video stars an ensemble cast of online "it girl" influencers, models, and actresses, including Fox, Gabbriette, Rachel Sennott, and Chloë Sevigny, and begins with a skit in which they meet at dinner to find a "new hot Internet girl".
Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat is the first remix album by English singer Charli XCX. It was released on 11 October 2024 by Atlantic Records. The album contains remixes of seventeen out of eighteen tracks from the deluxe version of her sixth studio album, Brat and It's the Same but There's Three More Songs So It's Not (2024), but also features the original tracks, thereby serving as a double album.
"Sympathy Is a Knife" is a song by English singer Charli XCX. It was released on 7 June 2024 through Atlantic Records as the third track from her sixth studio album, Brat. Written and produced by Charli XCX herself and long-time collaborator Finn Keane, better known as Easyfun, the former bares her thoughts on a woman that evokes feelings of "doubt and insecurity" in herself on the song. It was seen as a representation of one of the central themes of its parent album, as it deals with the singer's "complicated emotions about other women".