Finneas O'Connell | |
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![]() O'Connell at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards | |
Born | Finneas Baird O'Connell July 30, 1997 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Years active | 2011–present |
Works | See discography |
Partner | Claudia Sulewski (2018–present) |
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Relatives | Billie Eilish (sister) Brian Baird (uncle) |
Musical career | |
Genres | Alternative pop [1] |
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Website | finneasofficial |
Finneas Baird O'Connell (born July 30, 1997), [2] also known mononymously as Finneas (stylized in all caps), [3] [4] is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. The recipient of numerous accolades, he has written and produced music for various artists, most notably his younger sister, Billie Eilish. He has won 10 Grammy Awards among 18 total nominations, including nominations for the Big Four categories. He has made history as the youngest act to win the Producer of the Year, Non-Classical category. For his work with Eilish, he has won Record of the Year twice in a row, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. He was also nominated for Best New Artist for his solo work. [5] [6] Their song "No Time to Die" from the film of the same name earned him an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and another Grammy. Two years later, for their song "What Was I Made For?", they won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year, along with the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song. They became the youngest 2-time Academy Awards winners ever. [7]
Finneas has released several singles as a solo artist, and his debut EP, Blood Harmony , was released in October 2019. The EP includes "Let's Fall in Love for the Night", his most successful song to date, peaking at number 17 on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart. [8] His debut studio album Optimist was released through Interscope Records in October 2021.
Finneas starred in the 2013 independent film Life Inside Out . [9] He is also known for his role as Alistair in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee . [10] He has also made an appearance on the American sitcom Modern Family . [11]
Finneas was born in Los Angeles to actress and screenwriter Maggie Baird [12] and actor Patrick O'Connell, both of whom are also musicians. [13] [11] Finneas is of Irish and Scottish descent. [14] In 2010, at age 12, he took a songwriting class with his mother, and began writing and producing songs. [15] [16]
Finneas has said his experience playing characters helped with writing music for his sister Billie Eilish, because he writes from her perspective and for her vocal range. [11] He stated: "Being able to hear an artist and emulate them has been a huge part of being successful as a producer and co-writer". [11] When he writes for his sister, he wants to "write a song that I think she'll relate to and enjoy singing and empathise with the lyrics and make her own", and when he writes with her he tries to "help her tell whatever story she's trying to tell, bounce ideas off of her, listen to her ideas." [17]
Similarly to other artists, if you're writing and you know that someone else's voice is going to be the voice telling the story, it should be a language that fits them. ... Everybody has a different vocabulary, a different way of putting sentences together, and the easiest way to tell if a song wasn't written by someone is if it doesn't fit their vernacular, so I try to match whatever I'm helping them make to whoever they seem to be. A lot of that also ... is asking an artist how they feel about it. If you come up with a line, even if an artist really likes it and is like 'That's a really cool line,' it's like 'Yeah, but can you wear it? Is it a thing you'd feel comfortable with singing every time?' [17]
Finneas had written and produced his song "Ocean Eyes" originally for his band, and gave it to Eilish when her dance teacher asked them to write a song for a choreography. [11] [18] They posted the song on SoundCloud, garnering praise from various websites. [11] Finneas's manager reached out to him in November 2015 to talk about Eilish's potential. Finneas then helped Eilish sign to the A&R company Platoon. [13] He co-wrote and produced Eilish's debut EP Don't Smile at Me (2017), which peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard 200. [19] [20] Finneas also co-wrote and produced Eilish's debut studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019), which debuted atop the US and UK charts. [21] He won the 2020 Grammy Awards for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical; Record of the Year and Song of the Year for Eilish's "Bad Guy"; and Album of the Year and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? [22]
He has also been known to work with Grammy winners the Coutinho twins ( Mason and Jules Coutinho). [23] He produced the 2019 single "Lose You to Love Me" by Selena Gomez, [24] which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, [25] and two tracks on the 2019 album Romance by Camila Cabello. [26] He also produced "Moral of the Story" by Ashe, [27] and collaborated with John Legend on an unreleased song. [28] O'Connell composed the score for the 2021 teen drama film The Fallout. [29]
He is the lead singer and songwriter of the band The Slightlys, which played the Warped Tour in 2015. [30] [31] [11] His first solo single, "New Girl", was released in 2016, [32] with the music video released in 2019. [33] In 2017, he released the single "I'm in Love Without You", and eight singles in 2018: "Break My Heart Again", "Heaven", "Life Moves On", "Landmine", "Hollywood Forever", "College", "Luck Pusher", and "Let's Fall in Love for the Night". In early 2019, Finneas played his first sold-out headline shows in New York [11] and Los Angeles. [34]
His debut EP, Blood Harmony , was released on October 4, 2019. [8] The EP's first single, "I Lost a Friend", was released on June 25, 2019, [35] while the second single, "Shelter", was released on August 22, 2019, [36] and the third single, "I Don't Miss You At All", on September 20, 2019. [37] In October 2019, he embarked on his first headlining tour, in five cities in the US, in addition to a performance at Austin City Limits. [8]
On August 7, 2020, he released a surprise deluxe version of Blood Harmony, featuring two new tracks, "Break My Heart Again" and "Let's Fall in Love for the Night (1964)", the latter being an alternate version of the sixth track, "Let's Fall in Love for the Night". About two weeks later, O'Connell released a single titled "What They'll Say About Us". [38] It peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart. On October 21, Finneas released his single "Can't Wait to Be Dead" about his love-hate relationship with the Internet, along with a visual directed by Constellation Jones the following day. [39] [40]
Finneas is one of twelve artists featured on Ringo Starr's 2021 EP Zoom In , contributing backing vocals to the song "Here's to the Nights". On March 2, 2021, Finneas and Ashe released a collaboration titled "Till Forever Falls Apart", which he co-wrote and produced. [41] [42]
On August 5, 2021, Finneas announced that his debut studio album Optimist would be released on October 15, 2021, through Interscope Records, and shared its lead single "A Concert Six Months from Now". [43] He also composed the scores to the films The Fallout (2021), and Vengeance (2022).
On August 8, 2024, he announced that his second studio album "For Cryin' Out Loud!" would be released on October 4, 2024, that day he also released the title track as the lead single. [44]
In 2011, Finneas played a student in the comedy film Bad Teacher . [11] In 2013, he co-starred in Life Inside Out , written by and starring his mother Maggie Baird and directed by Jill D'Agnenica. [45] He had recurring guest roles on Modern Family and Aquarius , and played Alistair in the final season of the musical comedy-drama television series Glee in 2015. [11] [46]
Finneas lives in the Los Feliz neighborhood in Los Angeles. [47] He has been in a relationship with YouTuber Claudia Sulewski since September 2018. [48] [49] [50] His single "Claudia" was written after the night they met. [51]
Studio albums
Extended plays
Soundtrack albums
Headlining tours
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Bad Teacher | Spencer | |
2013 | Life Inside Out | Shane | |
Tomorrow | Tom | Short | |
2013–2014 | Modern Family | Singer; Ronnie Jr. | 3 episodes |
2014 | happySADhappy | Andrew | Short |
2015 | Glee | Alistair | 4 episodes |
Aquarius | Earnest Boy | 2 episodes | |
Fallout 4 [54] | Liam Binet (voice) | Video game | |
2018 | Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk [55] | Tom | |
2021 | Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry [56] | Himself | Documentary |
Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles [57] | Concert film | ||
Saturday Night Live | Episode: "Billie Eilish/Billie Eilish" | ||
2022 | Turning Red | 4*Town member Jesse (voice) |
Robert Michael Kinelski is an American audio engineer, mixer, and record producer. He is best known for his work with Billie Eilish, Finneas, Lil Dicky, Big Sean, Karol G, Joji, and Beyoncé, among others. In 2020, Kinelski won four Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for mixing Billie Eilish's debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.
"Bellyache" is a song by American singer Billie Eilish from her debut EP, Don't Smile at Me (2017). The song was released as the EP's second single on February 24, 2017, through Darkroom and Interscope Records. It was written by Eilish and Finneas O'Connell, with production being handled by the latter. A midtempo electropop, R&B, and alternative hip hop song, it has hip hop, deep house and Latin macabre influences. Lyrically, the song is written from the perspective of a psychopathic murderer. A remix by Marian Hill was released on May 5, 2017. The song received mainly positive reviews from music critics, several of whom praised the production and lyrics.
"Ocean Eyes" is a single by American singer Billie Eilish and was released as the lead single from her debut EP, Don't Smile at Me, and the soundtrack album to the film Everything, Everything (2018). The song was written and produced by Eilish's older brother, Finneas O'Connell, and was originally written for his band. Finneas gave the song to Eilish for her dance performance after realizing the song suited her vocals. It was originally released on SoundCloud on November 18, 2016, but was later re-released commercially on November 18, 2017, as a single through Darkroom and Interscope Records.
Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell is an American singer and songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single "Ocean Eyes", written and produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell, with whom she collaborates on music and live shows. In 2017, she released her debut extended play (EP), Don't Smile at Me. Commercially successful, it reached the top 15 of record charts in numerous countries, including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.
"Copycat" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish. It was released by Darkroom and Interscope Records as the fourth single from Eilish's debut studio EP, Don't Smile at Me (2017). Eilish and her brother, Finneas O'Connell, co-wrote the song, with the latter solely handling the production. Musically an electronica and pop track with a hip hop-influenced instrumentation, the song was heavily inspired by someone who kept on copying Eilish and what she did.
"When the Party's Over" is a song by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and the second single from her debut studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019). It was released on October 17, 2018, through Darkroom and Interscope Records. It was written and produced by Finneas O'Connell.
"Idontwannabeyouanymore" is a song by American singer Billie Eilish from her debut EP, Don't Smile at Me (2017). Eilish and her brother, Finneas O'Connell, co-wrote the song, with the latter solely handling the production. It was released through Darkroom and Interscope Records on July 21, 2017, as the fifth single from the EP. Musically, the song is pop and R&B track with a jazz and neo soul-influenced melody, that was heavily inspired by Eilish being depressed.
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish. It was released on March 29, 2019, by Darkroom and Interscope Records in the US and Polydor Records in the UK. Eilish, aged 17 at the time of release, largely wrote the album with her brother Finneas O'Connell, who produced it at his small bedroom studio in Highland Park, Los Angeles.
"I Love You" is a song by American singer Billie Eilish from her debut studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019). Eilish co-wrote the song with her brother Finneas O'Connell, who also handled production. As the 13th track on the album, "I Love You" is an acoustic guitar-based ballad accompanied by various plane-related noises, where Eilish's lyrics describe the resistance to falling in love with someone.
"Bored" is a song by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish from the soundtrack album, 13 Reasons Why (2017). The song was written by Eilish, her brother Finneas O'Connell, Aron Forbes, and Tim Anderson. Production was solely handled by Finneas. It was released by Darkroom and Interscope Records for digital download and streaming on March 30, 2017, as the lead single from the soundtrack. A mid-tempo pop ballad, the song's lyrics see Eilish sing about finally discovering her former lover's mistakes. The song has received generally mixed reviews from music critics, with a number of them deeming it as forgettable.
"Everything I Wanted" is a song by American singer and songwriter Billie Eilish, and co-written by Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell, who also produced it. Darkroom and Interscope Records released the track as a standalone single on November 13, 2019, and later added it to the deluxe edition of Eilish's debut studio album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019) in December that year. It is a house and electronica-influenced pop and alternative pop track with minimal piano and downtempo bass guitar instrumentation. Inspired by a nightmare she experienced, the song is about Eilish's strong relationship with O'Connell and his protectiveness of her from harm.
"Six Feet Under" is the debut single by American singer Billie Eilish. It was first released through SoundCloud on June 23, 2016. It was later re-released on November 17, 2016, by Darkroom and Interscope Records. Finneas O'Connell, Eilish's brother, solely wrote and produced the track. The track is described as a "somber" and "delicate" pop ballad. Commercially, it was certified platinum by Music Canada (MC).
Maggie May Baird is an American actress. She grew up in Colorado performing music, and studied theater and dance at the University of Utah, before moving to New York City, where she performed on Broadway. She made her television debut in 1981 in the soap opera Another World and her film debut in the 1989 feature An Innocent Man.
"No Time to Die" is the theme song for the James Bond film of the same name. Performed by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and written by Eilish and her brother and collaborator, Finneas O'Connell, the song features orchestration by Hans Zimmer and was produced by Finneas O'Connell and Stephen Lipson. It was released through Darkroom and Interscope Records on February 13, 2020. Seventeen years old at the time of recording, Eilish is the youngest artist to have recorded a James Bond theme in the history of the franchise.
No Time to Die: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 25th James Bond film of the same name. Released by Decca Records on 1 October 2021, the music was composed by Hans Zimmer, making him the sixth non-British composer after Marvin Hamlisch, Bill Conti, Michael Kamen, Éric Serra and Thomas Newman to score a film in the series. The film's theme song of the same name performed by Billie Eilish, was composed with her brother Finneas O'Connell. The 12" vinyl album version features an additional four short music cues listed only as Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4.
"Ilomilo" is a song by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and the seventh, final single from her debut studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019). The song was released to Italian contemporary hit radio stations on April 10, 2020, by Universal Music Group, and to US alternative radio on May 26, 2020, through Darkroom and Interscope Records. Musically an electropop, electronic, and industrial track with ska-influenced instrumentation, the song was heavily inspired by the puzzle video game of the same name. The track also references "Bury a Friend", its predecessor on the album track list. Eilish wrote the song with her producer, Finneas O'Connell.
"Happier Than Ever" is a song by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish from her 2021 second studio album of the same name. It was released as the album's sixth single on July 30, 2021, through Darkroom and Interscope Records. An emo and pop-punk song with elements of jazz, it is about Eilish's anger towards a former partner due to a toxic relationship. It opens with soft vocals backed by classical and bass guitars, and transitions into a distorted pop-punk and rock production with electric guitars and snare drums midway. She wrote the song with its producer, Finneas O'Connell, after completing the American leg of her When We All Fall Asleep Tour (2019).
Happier Than Ever is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish, released by Darkroom and Interscope Records on July 30, 2021. Eilish co-wrote the album with her brother and frequent collaborator Finneas O'Connell, who also produced the album and played every instrument. Eilish cited self-reflection during the COVID-19 pandemic as the biggest inspiration for the record.
Claudia Sulewski is an American YouTuber, host and actress. In 2007, she started making videos on her YouTube channel in her hometown of Chicago, before moving to Los Angeles in 2014, where she jumped into hosting. A year later, she began hosting videos for Teen Vogue's YouTube channel, becoming its regular host. She has continued on to an acting career, debuting in the 2022 film I Love My Dad.
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