Finneas: Last News

Billie Eilish just gave the performance of a lifetime at the 2022 Oscars. As first-time Academy Award nominees this year, the 20-year-old singer and her music partner, brother Finneas, performed their James Bond theme song, «No Time to Die,» during the awards show on Sunday.The haunting track, which was first released in February 2020 and later served as the signature tune for the film of the same name, filled the star-studded Dolby Theatre as Billie sang and Finneas played the piano.Accompanied by musicians behind them, the siblings both wore black looks as they delivered their incredible performance.«No Time to Die» is one of five nominees this year for Best Original Song, joining 's «Be Alive,» 's «Dos Oruguitas,» 's «Down to Joy» and ' «Somehow You Do.» The siblings are in acclaimed musical company as Beyoncé, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Van Morrison and Diane Warren are some of the names behind the songs. Following the news of their nomination, the siblings told ET in part in a statement, «Words cannot describe how honored and excited we are to have been nominated for an Academy Award for our song 'No Time to Die.' It was a lifelong dream of ours to write a Bond theme, and one we never thought would ever come true. It’s completely unbelievable that we are here being recognized for this song, and this is a peak life experience for us as songwriters and artists.

Billie Eilish was back to black during Sunday’s94 annual Academy Awards. The “Happier Than Ever” singer arrived on the carpet in an all-black tulle dress by Gucci. The look was the perfect complement to the singer’s dark tresses that flowed down to her shoulders.

Turning Red, wherein powerhouse siblings Finneas and Billie Eilish – the former appearing as part of the fictional boyband 4*Town (a tongue-in-cheek riff on *NSYNC) – take fans right back to 2002.Titled ‘Nobody Like U’, the song is an almost scarily accurate pastiche of early ‘00s pop. It starts with washed-out vocals, clicky synth beats and quasi-flamenco strumming, before bursting into a lively bop driven by bold, modulated piano chords and stacked lead vocals.Opening the intently cheesy, ultra-nostalgic track, the fictional 4*Town quintet – flanked by Eilish on backing vocals – croon: “I’ve never met nobody like you / Had friends and I’ve had buddies, it’s true / But they don’t turn my tummy the way you do.”Check out the lyric video for ‘Nobody Like U’, replete with scrapbook-esque nods to relics of ‘00s culture, below:Finneas voices the role of Jesse in Turning Red, with his “bandmates” rounded out by Robaire (as portrayed by Jordan Fisher), Aaron T (Topher Ngo), Aaron Z (Josh Levi) and Tae Young (Grayson Villanueva). The film is set for a worldwide release on March 11.

Billie Eilish kicked off the first night of her ‘Happier Than Ever’ world tour last night (February 3) in New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center – see footage and photos below.The first show of the US leg of the highly anticipated tour, which will continue across North America tomorrow night (February 5) at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, saw the pop star deliver a jam-packed 90-minute set.Among the setlist, she performed the hits ‘Bury A Friend’, ‘Bad Guy’, ‘Ocean Eyes’, and tracks from her latest album, ‘Happier Than Ever’, such as ‘Therefore I Am’, ‘Happier Than Ever’, and ‘NDA’.

Finneas has revealed to his fans that his “most embarrassing moment” occurred at a birthday party hosted by Taylor Swift.The singer/songwriter made the admission while speaking to his fans during a Q&A session on Instagram Stories over the weekend.Finneas was asked by one fan to share his “most embarrassing moment”, to which he briefly recalled an incident at one of Swift’s birthday parties.“I said ‘thanks for coming’ to Taylor Swift at her own birthday party,” he explained. “Meant to say ‘thanks for inviting me’ or whatever, obviously.”pic.twitter.com/TLOTkuGczi— music struggles (@musicstruggles1) January 23, 2022Finneas was recently a recipient of the Golden Globe for Best Original Song, which he won along with his sister Billie Eilish for their theme song for the James Bond film No Time To Die.The sibling pair have also been shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Original Song for ‘No Time To Die’.

Billie Eilish has shared a charming acoustic version of her ‘Happier Than Ever’ highlight ‘Billie Bossa Nova’, which she performed live with her brother and creative partner Finneas O’Connell.Directed by Philip Andelman as part of a promotional campaign for Gucci, the video’s warm, sepia-tinged lighting and dapper aesthetic matches the song perfectly.

Billie Eilish’s third album is officially underway, according to her brother and creative partner, Finneas O’Connell.In an interview with Rolling Stone to promote his own new album, ‘Optimist’, the Los Angeles multi-hyphenate said he and Eilish were “really excited to start working on” the latter’s third album. When asked how far along they’d made it into the creative process, O’Connell said they had “interesting skeletons” for songs written, but were “not sure what animals they are”.“We’ve got the net in the ocean, and we’re picking up detritus,” he told the publication. “And then you sift through all that, and you pick out the treasure, and then you have an album.

Billie Eilish and Finneas to appear in the forthcoming Pixar film Turning Red.The coming-of-age film, set in the early 2000s, will centre around 13-year-old Meilin “Mei” Lee, who has the unfortunate quirk of turning into a red panda whenever she feels a strong emotion. It stars Sandra Oh, Orion Lee and newcomer Rosalie Chiang, and is directed by Domee Shi.Mei and her group of friends are obsessed with the fictional boyband 4*Town, and Billie Eilish and Finneas were approached by the makers of the film to write three of the band’s songs that feature in the film.One of which, ‘Nobody Like U’, appears in the opening moments of the film’s first trailer, which arrived online today (November 18).

Finneas has opened up the “surreal” feeling of singing with Coldplay recently.He and sister Billie Eilish joined Coldplay on stage in NYC in Central Park recently to sing ‘Fix You’.Speaking about the experience to NME in today’s (October 1) Big Read, Finneas said: “It was a cool weekend.”He continued: “The singing with Coldplay part was very surreal. It’s not something I ever thought I would get to do.

Finneas has opened up about his struggles to keep optimistic when he is creating.Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read, Finneas explained that he tries to keep a hopeful, optimistic mindset, but admitted that he can sometimes find that challenging when writing music.“It’s definitely something I have to work at,” he said.“Maybe some people are really naturally optimistic, but to me, it’s a choice that you can make. The most pessimistic version of me works the least hard and is the least hopeful and helpful because I think things are going to fail.“The version of me that I wish I always was is the optimistic, helpful, positive me, which is aspirational for me.

Billie Eilish and Finneas‘ James Bond theme song ‘No Time To Die’ has revealed how the pair won over the film’s star, Daniel Craig.Ahead of the UK release of the long-awaited 007 film tomorrow (September 30), Stephen Lipson discussed last year’s ‘No Time To Die’ theme song, which was written and performed by Billie Eilish with help from Finneas, Lipson, Hans Zimmer and Johnny Marr.Discussing the process of creating a theme that Craig was satisfied with, Lipson told Music Week: “Most important was getting Daniel’s approval. I finished the mix and everybody was happy but we still had to get Daniel on board.

Finneas has previewed the second single from his upcoming new album – listen to ‘The 90s’ below.The singer-songwriter and brother/producer of Billie Eilish announced his debut LP last month, arriving alongside its first single, ‘A Concert Six Months From Now’.Now, following up with ‘The 90s’, Finneas opts to go back a couple of decades, highlighting what he deems a simpler time, while also examining how his own life has changed in recent years.“Sometimes I think about the 90s/ I know that everyone romanticised it/ But you could sign me up/ For a world without the internet/ Hate how easy they can find me/ Just by looking up my mom’s address/ I think about the 90s/ When I was not a problem yet,” he sings in the opening verse.On the chorus, he

Billie Eilish has finally dropped her new album ‘Happier Than Ever’, and she’s given a statement on Instagram referring to its creation as the “most satisfying and profound experience” she’s ever had.In a lengthy Instagram post sharing the album artwork, Eilish wrote “‘Happier Than Ever’ my sophomore album is finally out.

Billie Eilish‘s brother and co-writer Finneas has hit out at a joke Twitter account posting fake news updates about Eilish.The @BilliesUpdatess account shares fabricated stories about the singer, ranging from accusing her of supporting queer-baiting to saying she wanted to be poor so she could relate to her fans.“I still want to be broke and poor, it looks really fun and cute,” one of the made-up quotes posted by the account read, leading her brother to intervene.In a new interview, Billie stated that she cried when she got rich and “wanted to be poor so I can relate to most of my fans.” pic.twitter.com/yU8LWSzVoq— Billie Eilish Updates (@BilliesUpdatess) July 27, 2021“Can you do something right for once and get this account suspended,” one

James Blake has announced the release of a new album called ‘Friends That Break Your Heart’ – listen to lead single, ‘Say What You Will’, below.The upcoming album, which is set to arrive on September 10, is the singer, songwriter and producer’s first since 2019’s ‘Assume Form’, and follows on from the two EPs he released last year, ‘Before’ and ‘Covers EP’.‘Friends That Break Your Heart’ includes features from SZA, JID, SwaVay and Monica Martin, and its artwork, which Blake worked on with artist Miles Johnston, is “a visual encapsulation of the emotions brought forth throughout the body of work,” according to a press release.Previewing the album with new single ‘Say What You Will’, Blake puts on social blinkers as he sets out to find peace

Billie Eilish has teased a “new era” starting in 2021.The Therefore I Am singer has told fans that she has a bunch of “announcements” coming soon regarding new releases, telling fans on her Instagram Story: “It will be the end of an era. I’m gonna give you a new era.

Billie Eilish’s “hope” for the future is what’s making her “hold on” through the COVID-19 pandemic.The Bad Guy hitmaker appeared alongside her brother and collaborator Finneas on the latest installment of NPR’s Tiny Desk this week (ends August 30, 2020), as the pair recreated the iconic shelved backdrop from the show with cardboard cutouts in their home.“So obviously, we are not actually at Tiny Desk, because this is a cardboard cut-out of it.

"I would love to do some acting again. I really enjoyed it growing up, and I pretty much only stopped because I was so busy making music.

Shaggy, Finneas, and Alessia Cara lead Friday’s (April 3, 2020) lineup of MTV Unplugged At Home, a socially distanced version of the hit acoustic MTV concert series.

Finneas dropped by The FADER offices about a week after sweeping the Grammys alongside his sister, Billie Eilish. He turned out to be one of the most down-to-Earth musicians who’d rolled through the office in the past year. He even spent some time hanging out with our resident French Bulldog, Wasabi. For Digital FORT, the songwriter and producer sent us an appropriately unassuming video — just Finneas playing a lilting “I Don’t Miss You At All” on a small Spanish guitar.

Finneas turned his Fader Fort digital festival performance into a public service announcement on Tuesday by begging fans to stay home during the coronavirus crisis.