Finneas O'Connell
{{Short description|American musician and actor (born 1997)}}
{{Redirect|Finneas|the similar given name|Phineas}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Finneas O'Connell
| image = Finneas (February 16, 2025).jpg
| alt = O'Conell facing head on to the camera with a slightly parted lip smile
| caption = O'Connell in 2025
| birth_name = Finneas Baird O'Connell
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|7|30}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = {{Hlist|Singer-songwriter|record producer|actor}}
| years_active = 2011–present
| works = See discography
| partner = Claudia Sulewski (2018–present)
| father = Patrick O'Connell
| mother = Maggie Baird
| relatives = Billie Eilish (sister)
Brian Baird (uncle)
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| genre = Alternative pop{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/finneas-oconnell-mn0003569734/related|title=Finneas O'Connell|publisher=AllMusic|last=Donelson|first=Marcy|accessdate=August 6, 2021|archive-date=May 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509140419/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/finneas-oconnell-mn0003569734/discography}}
| label = {{Hlist|OYOY|Interscope|AWAL}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano|Logic Pro}}
| website = {{URL|finneasofficial.com}}
}}
}}
Finneas Baird O'Connell (born July 30, 1997),{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/billie-eilish-my-future-new-song-1033106/|title=Billie Eilish Drops 'My Future' in Time for Finneas' Birthday|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 30, 2020|access-date=July 31, 2020|issn=0035-791X|last1=Hissong|first1=Samantha|last2=Spanos|first2=Brittany |archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801042806/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/billie-eilish-my-future-new-song-1033106/|url-status=live}} also known mononymously by his first name (sometimes stylized in all caps),{{cite web|url=https://allmusic.com/artist/finneas-mn0003709451/biography|title=Finneas|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=April 1, 2019|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401100648/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/finneas-mn0003709451/biography|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/37M5pPGs6V1fchFJSgCguX|title=FINNEAS|publisher=Spotify |access-date=September 1, 2019|archive-date=November 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111012533/https://open.spotify.com/artist/37M5pPGs6V1fchFJSgCguX|url-status=live}} 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 for his younger sister, Billie Eilish, and is credited on all of her projects.
For his work with Billie Eilish, he has won 10 Grammy Awards among 21 total nominations, including nominations for the Big Four categories. He made history as the youngest act to win the Producer of the Year, Non-Classical category. 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 as a producer on Eilish's albums and songs. He was also nominated for Best New Artist for his solo work.{{Cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/9aceafe2574d6ee0dc7aae308ae6926a |title=Family affair: Billie Eilish, Finneas win big at Grammys |date=January 27, 2020 |work=Associated Press |access-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-date=October 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008191710/https://apnews.com/article/9aceafe2574d6ee0dc7aae308ae6926a |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url = https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/finneas-oconnell/251939|title = Finneas O'Connell|date = April 22, 2021|access-date = November 15, 2020|archive-date = May 15, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200515021515/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/finneas-oconnell|url-status = live}} 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 two-time Academy Awards winners ever.{{Cite journal |last1=Asadpour |first1=Milad |last2=Shirouyehzad |first2=Hadi |date=September 2019 |title=Performance evaluation and ranking of Academy Award winners for Best Original Score applying Data Envelopment Analysis: 1990–2016 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2019.07.003 |journal=Operations Research Letters |volume=47 |issue=5 |pages=371–376 |doi=10.1016/j.orl.2019.07.003 |s2cid=199119538 |issn=0167-6377|url-access=subscription }}
In addition to frequently working with Billie Eilish, he has also worked with other high-profile artists, including Drake, Kid Cudi, Nicki Minaj, Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello, Demi Lovato, Halsey, Justin Bieber, Karol G, Girl in Red, Rosalía, Tove Lo, Ringo Starr, and Tate McRae, and contributed to several film scores. O'Connell 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/finneas-shelter-blood-harmony-875264/|title=Finneas Previews Debut EP 'Blood Harmony' With New Song 'Shelter'|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|date=August 22, 2019|access-date=October 3, 2019|archive-date=April 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414105214/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/finneas-shelter-blood-harmony-875264/|url-status=live}} His debut studio album Optimist was released through Interscope Records in October 2021. He released his second album, For Cryin' Out Loud!, in 2024.
Finneas starred in the 2013 independent film Life Inside Out.{{Cite web|url=https://yourteenmag.com/stuff-we-love/celebrity-interviews/talking-with-maggie-baird-and-finneas-oconnell|title=Talking with Maggie Baird and Finneas O'Connell|date=September 18, 2015|magazine=Your Teen Magazine|access-date=September 1, 2019|archive-date=September 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901103122/https://yourteenmag.com/stuff-we-love/celebrity-interviews/talking-with-maggie-baird-and-finneas-oconnell|url-status=live}} He is also known for his role as Alistair in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee.{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenniferabidor/billie-eilishs-brother-finneas-oconnell-was-on-glee-and-i|title=Billie Eilish's Brother, Finneas O'Connell, Was On "Glee" And I Can't Believe I Just Realized That|work=BuzzFeed|last=Abldor|first=Jen|date=April 11, 2019|accessdate=June 2, 2021|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215602/https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenniferabidor/billie-eilishs-brother-finneas-oconnell-was-on-glee-and-i|url-status=live}} He has also made an appearance on the American sitcom Modern Family.
Early life
Finneas was born in Los Angeles to actress and screenwriter Maggie Baird{{cite web|title=Maggie Baird |url=https://www.groundlings.com/people/maggie-baird |website=The Groundlings Theatre & School|access-date=November 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116235106/https://www.groundlings.com/people/maggie-baird|archive-date=November 16, 2019|url-status=live}} and actor Patrick O'Connell, both of whom are also musicians.{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pdominguez/is-billie-eilish-really-that-weird|title=Is Billie Eilish Really That "Weird"?|work=BuzzFeed News|date=August 17, 2019|access-date=December 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902185411/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pdominguez/is-billie-eilish-really-that-weird|archive-date=September 2, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8504254/finneas-oconnell-interview-billie-eilish-brother-co-writer|title=Sibling Revelry: Finneas, Billie Eilish's Brother & Co-Writer, Steps Out|magazine=Billboard|date=March 27, 2019|access-date=December 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401144913/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8504254/finneas-oconnell-interview-billie-eilish-brother-co-writer|archive-date=April 1, 2019|url-status=live}} Finneas is of Irish and Scottish descent.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/an-interview-with-billie-eilish-pops-ferocious-new-enigma-21675864|title=An Interview with Billie Eilish: Pop's Ferocious New Enigma {{!}} Hotpress|last=Power|first=Ed|work=Hotpress|access-date=November 8, 2018|archive-date=November 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108070507/https://www.hotpress.com/music/an-interview-with-billie-eilish-pops-ferocious-new-enigma-21675864|url-status=live}} In 2010, at age 12, he took a songwriting class with his mother, and began writing and producing songs.{{cite web|url=http://bullettmedia.com/article/meet-finneas-billie-eilishs-big-brother-and-your-new-music-crush/|title=Meet FINNEAS, Billie Eilish's Big Brother and Your New Music Crush|date=October 26, 2017|publisher=Bullett Media|access-date=December 2, 2019|archive-date=January 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128081002/http://bullettmedia.com/article/meet-finneas-billie-eilishs-big-brother-and-your-new-music-crush/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gjsentinel.com/entertainment/movies/fruita-grad-s-indy-film-garners-acclaim/article_ccee8e17-354d-5e6f-9bea-ce78518aa3f7.html|title=Fruita grad's indy film garners acclaim|last=Mawdsley|first=Melinda|date=May 15, 2015|website=Grand Junction Daily Sentinel|language=en|access-date=December 22, 2019|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222214342/https://www.gjsentinel.com/entertainment/movies/fruita-grad-s-indy-film-garners-acclaim/article_ccee8e17-354d-5e6f-9bea-ce78518aa3f7.html|url-status=live}}
Career
=Songwriting and producing=
O'Connell 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. 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". 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."{{cite magazine|url=http://atwoodmagazine.com/finneas-2018-interview/|title=Wholehearted Obsession: A Conversation with FINNEAS|magazine=Atwood Magazine|date=April 27, 2018|access-date=February 18, 2019|first=Nicole|last=Almeida|archive-date=April 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414111828/https://atwoodmagazine.com/finneas-2018-interview/|url-status=live}} {{blockquote|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?'|author=|title=|source=}}
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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-billie-eilishs-ocean-eyes-turned-her-into-an-overnight-sensation|title=How Billie Eilish's "Ocean Eyes" Turned Her Into an Overnight Sensation|magazine=Teen Vogue|date=February 24, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2019|archive-date=February 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219013530/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-billie-eilishs-ocean-eyes-turned-her-into-an-overnight-sensation|url-status=live}} They posted the song on SoundCloud, garnering praise from various websites. 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. 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.{{cite magazine|title=Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Billie Eilish's 'Don't Smile at Me' Hits New High|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8459964/billboard-200-chart-moves-billie-eilish-dont-smile-at-me|date=June 7, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 16, 2018|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328090129/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8459964/billboard-200-chart-moves-billie-eilish-dont-smile-at-me|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|title=Billie Eilish Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/billie-eilish/chart-history/tlp/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 14, 2018|archive-date=May 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508140031/https://www.billboard.com/music/billie-eilish/chart-history/billboard-200|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2019/04/billie-eilish-makes-chart-history-with-debut-album/|title=Billie Eilish makes chart history with debut album|date=April 8, 2019|website=Consequence of Sound|access-date=April 8, 2019|archive-date=April 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409145525/https://consequence.net/2019/04/billie-eilish-makes-chart-history-with-debut-album/|url-status=live}} 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?.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/finneas-oconnell|title=Finneas O'Connell|date=November 26, 2019|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=January 27, 2020|archive-date=May 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515021515/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/finneas-oconnell|url-status=live}} Eilish's subsequent albums Happier Than Ever (2021) and Hit Me Hard and Soft (2024) were also co-written and produced by Finneas.
He has also been known to work with Grammy winners the Coutinho twins (Mason and Jules Coutinho).{{Cite web|date=December 17, 2018|title=Mason Coutinho Shares his Love of Performing and how he Uses his Talents for Good|url=https://www.yayomg.com/mason-coutinho-interview/|access-date=October 29, 2020|website=YAYOMG!|language=en-US|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101130040/https://www.yayomg.com/mason-coutinho-interview/|url-status=live}} He produced the 2019 single "Lose You to Love Me" by Selena Gomez,{{cite news |last1=Roth |first1=Madeline |title=SELENA GOMEZ RETURNS AS A STRONGER VERSION OF HERSELF IN 'LOSE YOU TO LOVE ME' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3143331/selena-gomez-lose-you-to-love-me/ |access-date=January 16, 2020 |publisher=MTV |date=October 23, 2019 |archive-date=January 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106131213/http://www.mtv.com/news/3143331/selena-gomez-lose-you-to-love-me/ |url-status=dead }} which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100,{{cite news |last1=Hobson |first1=Jeremy |title=FINNEAS, Billie Eilish's Brother, Steps Out From Behind The Scenes With 1st Solo Album |url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/11/05/finneas-oconnell-musician-billie-eilish |access-date=January 16, 2020 |publisher=WBUR |date=November 5, 2019 |archive-date=November 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106154950/https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/11/05/finneas-oconnell-musician-billie-eilish |url-status=live }} and two tracks on the 2019 album Romance by Camila Cabello.{{cite news |last1=D'Souza |first1=Shaad |title=Camila Cabello drops Romance, feat DaBaby, Shawn Mendes, Finneas |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/12/05/camila-cabello-romance-listen-dababy-shawn-mendes-finneas |access-date=January 16, 2020 |publisher=The Fader |date=December 5, 2019 |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230040207/https://www.thefader.com/2019/12/05/camila-cabello-romance-listen-dababy-shawn-mendes-finneas |url-status=live }} He also produced "Moral of the Story" by Ashe,{{cite news |last1=Castel |first1=Gregory |title=Ashe writes the perfect anthem for broken relationships in "Moral of the Story" |url=https://earmilk.com/2019/02/20/ashe-moral-of-the-story-video-castel/ |access-date=January 16, 2020 |publisher=Earmilk |archive-date=May 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525014738/https://earmilk.com/2019/02/20/ashe-moral-of-the-story-video-castel/ |url-status=live }} and collaborated with John Legend on an unreleased song.{{cite news |last1=Aswad |first1=Jem |title=Billie Eilish and Her Brother and Co-Writer, Finneas, Get Deep About Their Music and What's Next |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/billie-eilish-finneas-oconnell-songwriting-1203421768/ |access-date=January 16, 2020 |publisher=Variety |date=December 4, 2019 |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608003654/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/billie-eilish-finneas-oconnell-songwriting-1203421768/ |url-status=live }} O'Connell composed the score for the 2021 teen drama film The Fallout.{{Cite web|last=Del Rosario|first=Alexandra|date=March 3, 2021|title='The Fallout' Trailer: Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler & Niles Fitch Kindle Healing Friendship In SXSW Drama|url=https://deadline.com/video/the-fallout-trailer-jenna-ortega-maddie-ziegler-niles-fitch-sxsw/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309065642/https://deadline.com/video/the-fallout-trailer-jenna-ortega-maddie-ziegler-niles-fitch-sxsw/|archive-date=March 9, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021|website=Deadline}}
=Solo music career=
{{Main|Optimist (album)}}
He is the lead singer and songwriter of the band The Slightlys, which played the Warped Tour in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/in-battles-of-the-bands-the-slightlys-keep-winning-video-5165227|title=In Battles of the Bands, The Slightlys Keep Winning (VIDEO)|date=October 23, 2014|website=LA Weekly|access-date=January 11, 2018|archive-date=January 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112043749/http://www.laweekly.com/music/in-battles-of-the-bands-the-slightlys-keep-winning-video-5165227|url-status=live |last1=Weekly |first1=LA }}{{cite web|url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/music/a28435391/finneas-o-connell-billie-eilish-brother/|title=Who Is Billie Eilish's Brother Finneas O'Connell?|work=Seventeen|date=December 11, 2019|access-date=December 22, 2019|archive-date=January 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107023605/https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/music/a28435391/finneas-o-connell-billie-eilish-brother/|url-status=live}} His first solo single, "New Girl", was released in 2016,{{Cite web|url=https://wefoundnewmusic.com/premiere-finneas-new-girl/|title=[PREMIERE] FINNEAS: 'New Girl' – WE FOUND NEW MUSICWE FOUND NEW MUSIC|website=wefoundnewmusic.com|date=July 26, 2016|access-date=April 8, 2019|archive-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626191027/https://wefoundnewmusic.com/premiere-finneas-new-girl/|url-status=live}} with the music video released in 2019.{{Citation|last=FINNEAS|title=FINNEAS – NEW GIRL (Official Music Video)|date=February 4, 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a06MpBob08E|access-date=April 8, 2019|archive-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204165629/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a06MpBob08E&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}} 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 and Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url=http://buzzbands.la/2019/01/29/finneas-fans-fall-in-love-for-the-night-at-the-troubadour/|title=Finneas' fans fall in love for the night at the Troubadour|last=Bronson|first=Kevin|date=January 30, 2019|website=buzzbands.la|language=en|access-date=April 8, 2019|archive-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607184052/http://buzzbands.la/2019/01/29/finneas-fans-fall-in-love-for-the-night-at-the-troubadour/|url-status=live}}
His debut EP, Blood Harmony, was released on October 4, 2019. The EP's first single, "I Lost a Friend", was released on June 25, 2019,{{cite news |last=Fernando |first=Madeleine |title=Finneas Unveils Gorgeous Sunset Video For 'I Lost a Friend' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8509966/finneas-single-i-lost-a-friend-listen |access-date=January 16, 2020 |publisher=Billboard |date=June 25, 2019 |archive-date=June 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625201105/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8509966/finneas-single-i-lost-a-friend-listen |url-status=live }} while the second single, "Shelter", was released on August 22, 2019,{{cite news |last=Burks |first=Tosten |title=Here's What Billie Eilish's Brothers Music Sounds Like |url=https://www.spin.com/2019/08/finneas-shelter-billie-eilish-brother/ |access-date=January 16, 2020 |publisher=Spin |date=August 22, 2019 |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716144609/https://www.spin.com/2019/08/finneas-shelter-billie-eilish-brother/ |url-status=live }} and the third single, "I Don't Miss You At All", on September 20, 2019.{{cite news |last=Mamo |first=Heran |title=Finneas Selfishly Reminds His Ex 'I Don't Miss You At All' in New Upbeat Single |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8530646/finneas-i-dont-miss-you-at-all-listen |access-date=January 16, 2020 |publisher=Billboard |date=September 20, 2019 |archive-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820010427/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8530646/finneas-i-dont-miss-you-at-all-listen |url-status=live }} 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.
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".{{Cite web |url=https://roanoke.com/people/finneas-oconnell-releases-new-single-what-theyll-say-about-us/article_007be5c3-6b9a-5b9d-b987-edb520645730.html |title=Finneas O'Connell releases new single What They'll Say About Us |work=Roanoke Times |access-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020115522/https://roanoke.com/people/finneas-oconnell-releases-new-single-what-theyll-say-about-us/article_007be5c3-6b9a-5b9d-b987-edb520645730.html |url-status=live |last1=Celebretainment |first1=By }} 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.{{cite web |last=Corcoran |first=Nina |title=FINNEAS Gets Real on New Song "Can't Wait To Be Dead": Stream |url=https://consequence.net/2020/10/finneas-cant-wait-to-be-dead/ |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=October 21, 2020 |date=October 21, 2020 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029162617/https://consequence.net/2020/10/finneas-cant-wait-to-be-dead/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Tan |first=Emily |title=FINNEAS Struggles With the Internet on 'Can't Wait to Be Dead' |url=https://www.spin.com/2020/10/finneas-new-song-cant-wait-to-be-dead/ |website=Spin |access-date=October 21, 2020 |date=October 21, 2020 |archive-date=October 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023233524/https://www.spin.com/2020/10/finneas-new-song-cant-wait-to-be-dead/ |url-status=live }}File:Finneas in 2023.jpgFinneas 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.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9533798/finneas-ashe-till-forever-fall-apart-collaboration/ |title=Finneas & Ashe Embrace an Unshakable Love in 'Till Forever Fall Apart' Duet |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=March 2, 2021 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 7, 2021 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304163042/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9533798/finneas-ashe-till-forever-fall-apart-collaboration/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ashe-finneas-new-song-till-forever-falls-apart-1135492/ |title=Ashe and Finneas Team Up for Epic Duet 'Till Forever Falls Apart' |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=March 2, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=March 7, 2021 |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305103122/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ashe-finneas-new-song-till-forever-falls-apart-1135492/ |url-status=live }}
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".{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/finneas-announces-debut-album-optimist-shares-video-for-new-song-watch/|title=Finneas Announces Debut Album Optimist, Shares Video for New Song: Watch|last=Minsker|first=Evan|work=Pitchfork|date=August 5, 2021|access-date=August 13, 2021|archive-date=August 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806070717/https://pitchfork.com/news/finneas-announces-debut-album-optimist-shares-video-for-new-song-watch/|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Finneas Announces 2nd Studio Album "For Cryin' Out Loud" |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/finneas-unveils-new-single-for-cryin-out-loud}}
File:Finneas (2025) (For Cryin’ Out Loud Tour, Raleigh, North Carolina) 03.jpg in February 2025]]
On January 24, 2025, Finneas made his Like a Version debut with a cover of The Zombies' "Time of the Season".{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e99bt1BtSsE |title=FINNEAS covers The Zombies' 'Time of the Season' for Like A Version |date=2025-01-23 |last=triple j |access-date=2025-01-24 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-23 |title=FINNEAS covers The Zombies' 'Time Of The Season' for Like A Version |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/like-a-version/finneas-covers-the-zombies-time-of-the-season/104821040 |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=triple j |language=en-AU}}
O'Connell embarked on the United States leg of his 2025 tour in support of For Cryin' Out Loud! on February 13, with a performance in Nashville, Tennessee.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-07 |title=FINNEAS announces 2025 US tour |url=https://consequence.net/2024/10/finneas-2025-us-tour/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Consequence |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Nelles |first=Andrew |title=Photos: Singer-songwriter Finneas makes Ryman debut at tour-opening Nashville show |url=https://www.knoxnews.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/music/2025/02/13/photos-singer-songwriter-finneas-makes-ryman-debut-at-tour-opening-nashville-show/78548552007/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Knoxville News Sentinel |language=en-US}}
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In 2011, Finneas played a student in the comedy film Bad Teacher. In 2013, he co-starred in Life Inside Out, written by and starring his mother Maggie Baird and directed by Jill D'Agnenica.{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Gary |title=When it's 'Life Inside Out', they turn to music |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-life-inside-out-review-20141017-story.html |access-date=January 16, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 16, 2014 |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324042907/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-life-inside-out-review-20141017-story.html |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite news |title=What other TV shows has Finneas O'Connell been in? |url=https://www.popbuzz.com/music/features/finneas-oconnell/tv-shows/ |access-date=January 16, 2020 |publisher=Pop Buzz |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731204314/https://www.popbuzz.com/music/features/finneas-oconnell/tv-shows/ |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Finneas lives in the Los Feliz neighborhood in Los Angeles.{{cite news |last1=Flemming |first1=Jack |title=Finneas O'Connell, Billie Eilish's brother and producer, snaps up Los Feliz home |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2019-11-26/billie-eilishs-brother-and-producer-finneas-oconnell-buys-charming-home-in-los-feliz |access-date=January 16, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 26, 2019 |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212072731/https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2019-11-26/billie-eilishs-brother-and-producer-finneas-oconnell-buys-charming-home-in-los-feliz |url-status=live }} O'Connell has been in a relationship with YouTuber and actress Claudia Sulewski since September 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BpBGYZFA4RW/|title=Claudia Sulewski on Instagram: "favorite🌹"|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=December 14, 2019|archive-date=June 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616022414/https://www.instagram.com/p/BpBGYZFA4RW/|url-status=bot: unknown}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8TyR-0Fj8U|title=Cabo with you♥️|website=YouTube|date=January 13, 2019|language=en|access-date=March 23, 2019|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401010333/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8TyR-0Fj8U&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.mx/celebrities/articulos/claudia-sulewski-quien-es-amiga-de-billie-eilish/19136|title=¿Quién es Claudia Sulewski? Te contamos todo sobre esta celeb y gran amiga de Billie Eilish|website=Glamour|date=March 9, 2021|language=es|access-date=May 2, 2021|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502232756/https://www.glamour.mx/celebrities/articulos/claudia-sulewski-quien-es-amiga-de-billie-eilish/19136|url-status=live}} His single "Claudia" was written after the night they met.{{Cite web|url=http://tigerbeat.com/video/finneas-claudia/|title=UP AND COMING ARTIST FINNEAS DEDICATES HEARTFELT BALLAD 'CLAUDIA' TO GIRLFRIEND CLAUDIA SULEWSKI|website=Tiger Beat|date=February 22, 2019|language=en|access-date=March 23, 2019|archive-date=March 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323073655/http://tigerbeat.com/video/finneas-claudia/|url-status=live}}
He was raised vegetarian before becoming vegan.{{cite web |last1=Coscarelli |first1=Joe |title=Billie Eilish Is Not Your Typical 17-Year-Old Pop Star. Get Used to Her. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/arts/music/billie-eilish-debut-album.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=September 18, 2020 |date=March 28, 2019 |quote=They were also raised vegetarian and slept in a four-person family bed until Finneas was about 10 |archive-date=July 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711202623/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/arts/music/billie-eilish-debut-album.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Parket |first1=Lyndsey |title=Maggie Baird, mother of Billie Eilish and Finneas, talks homeschool advice, fears and hopes for Generation Z, and COVID-19 initiative Support + Feed |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/maggie-baird-mother-of-billie-eilish-talks-covid-19-initiative-support-feed-174757094.html |website=Yahoo! Entertainment |access-date=September 18, 2020 |date=April 22, 2020 |archive-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015151210/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/maggie-baird-mother-of-billie-eilish-talks-covid-19-initiative-support-feed-174757094.html |url-status=live }}
Discography
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Studio albums
- Optimist (2021)
- For Cryin' Out Loud! (2024)
Extended plays
- Blood Harmony (2019)
Soundtrack albums
- The Fallout (2021)
- Vengeance (2022)
- Disclaimer (2024)
Studio Albums with The Favors
- The Dream (2025)
Tours
Headlining tours
- Optimist Tour (2021)
- For Cryin' Out Loud Tour (2025)
Filmography
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Awards and nominations
Notes
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References
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External links
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