Finneas O'Connell

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Finneas O'Connell (2019)

Finneas Baird O'Connell (born July 30, 1997 in Los Angeles , California ), also known as FINNEAS , is an American singer-songwriter , record producer and actor . He gained fame as a producer and co-songwriter for his younger sister Billie Eilish and as a performer in television series such as Glee and Modern Family .

Life

Finneas Baird O'Connell was born in 1997 in Los Angeles to musicians and actors Patrick O'Connell and Maggie Baird. He has Irish and Scottish roots. His younger sister is the 2001 born musician Billie Eilish . Finneas grew in the district Highland Park and was before the high school moved, homeschooled . As a child, he accompanied his mother to various auditions , and according to his own statements, he experienced a realistic idea of ​​the entertainment industry.

Finneas is in a relationship with the well-known US YouTuber Claudia Sulewski.

Career

At the age of twelve, Finneas began composing and recording his own songs. In 2011 he was in the movie Bad Teacher alongside Cameron Diaz his acting debut. In 2013 he first took on a leading role in the independent film Life Inside Out , in which he can be seen alongside his parents. Mother and son also contributed some songs to the soundtrack . A wider audience, he was by two appearances on the ABC - sitcom Modern Family known. In 2014 he released the power pop single Superhero and an EP with his band The Slightlys, and won several local band competitions. In 2015 he got recurring roles in the series Glee and Aquarius , but soon decided to focus more on his musical career.

So he began to work closely with his sister and wrote and produced her debut single Ocean Eyes for her . The song, originally intended for The Slightlys, was first released via SoundCloud and made Billie Eilish famous. Two years later, Finneas produced Billie's first EP Don't Smile at Me , which became an international success. While releasing more and more solo singles in 2018, he worked with his sister on her debut album. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? was released in March 2019 and, along with critical acclaim, reached number one on the Billboard 200 and numerous other charts. In October of the same year he released his first solo EP Blood Harmony . At the 2020 Grammy Awards , he shared the three awards for album , record and song of the year with his sister and also won two awards in the categories of producer and best mixed album of the year .

In 2020 he composed and wrote the lyrics with Billie Eilish for the title song No Time to Die for James Bond 007: No Time to Die , the 25th film in the series. When recording, the siblings worked together with Hans Zimmer and Johnny Marr , among others .

style

Finneas O'Connell's music is categorized as pop , indie rock , alternative singer-songwriter and indie electronic . While producing a lot of solo material in 2018, his own style began to crystallize. According to Billboard , his songs tend to have lush piano chords and breathy vocals and are often very personal. For example, the text of his ballad Break My Heart Again refers word for word to a conversation with an ex-girlfriend. This is said to have heard him before everyone else and approved the publication. Lyrically, his songs often reference each other. His acoustic piece Luck Pusher finds an allusion in Let's Fall in Love For the Night with the words "I like to push my luck". The same handwriting is also evident in the Billie Eilish track Copycat , which he co-composed and which takes its chord progression from another of their songs.

Discography

EPs

  • 2019: Blood Harmony

Singles

  • 2014: Superhero (with The Slightlys)
  • 2016: I'm in Love Without You
  • 2016: New Girl
  • 2018: land mine
  • 2018: College
  • 2018: Life Moves On
  • 2018: Let's Fall in Love for the Night
  • 2018: Luck Pusher
  • 2018: Hollywood Forever
  • 2018: Heaven
  • 2018: Break My Heart Again
  • 2019: I Lost a Friend
  • 2019: Angel
  • 2019: Shelter
  • 2019: I Don't Miss You at All

as a producer

Filmography

  • 2011: Bad Teacher
  • 2013: Life Inside Out
  • 2013: Tomorrow (short film)
  • 2013–2014: Modern Family (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 2014: happySADhappy (short film)
  • 2015: Glee (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 2015: Aquarius (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 2015: Fallout 4 (computer game, voice)
  • 2017: Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk

Awards

year Award Nominee work category result
2019 ASCAP Himself and Billie Eilish Vanguard Award Won
2020 Grammy Awards Bad guy Record of the Year Won
Song of the Year Won
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Album of the Year Won
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Won
He himself Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Won

Web links

Commons : Finneas O'Connell  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ed Power: An Interview with Billie Eilish: Pop's Ferocious New Enigma. Hot Press, February 1, 2018, accessed June 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Tatiana Cirisano: Sibling Revelry: Finneas, Billie Eilish's Brother & Co-Writer, Steps Out. Billboard , March 27, 2019, accessed June 29, 2019 .
  3. ^ Al Newstead: First Spin: Billie Eilish's brother FINNEAS goes solo with 'Claudia'. ABC , February 25, 2019, accessed June 29, 2019 .
  4. ^ A b Matt Collar: Finneas - Biography. Allmusic , accessed on June 28, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Leah Brungardt: An Interview With Finneas O'Connell About His Band, THE SLIGHTLY'S, His Experience Being On Glee and Much More! All Access Music, January 18, 2016, accessed June 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME O'Connell, Finneas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES O'Connell, Finneas Baird (full name); Finneas (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer-songwriter, record producer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California