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'''Finneas Baird O'Connell ''' (born July 30, 1997), also known as '''Finneas''' (stylized in [[all caps]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/finneas-mn0003709451/biography|title=Finneas|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2019-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/37M5pPGs6V1fchFJSgCguX|title=FINNEAS|website=[[Spotify]]|accessdate=2019-09-01}}</ref> is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and actor. He has released several singles and has written music for other artists, including his younger sister, singer [[Billie Eilish]]. As an actor, O'Connell starred in the 2013 independent film, ''[[Life Inside Out]]''.<ref>{{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=2015-09-18|website=Your Teen Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref> He is also known for his role as Alistair in the Fox TV series ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]''.<ref name="skyelyfe">{{cite web|last1=Shira|first1=Dahvi|title=Former Glee Actor-Musician Finneas O'Connell Talks About the Show's Pop-Culture Legacy, His Adoration for Kesha and Why He Goes to 'Desperate Measures' for His Girlfriend {{!}} skyelyfe {{!}} Music & Lifestyle|url=http://www.skyelyfe.com/2015/11/11/glee-finneas-oconnell-slightlys |website=skyelyfe.com|accessdate=2018-02-14}}</ref> In 2011, he portrayed Spencer in the film ''[[Bad Teacher]]''. He also appeared in two episodes of ABC's ''[[Modern Family]]''<ref name="skyelyfe" /> and two episodes of ''[[Aquarius (U.S. TV series). |Aquarius]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3906552/|title=Finneas O'Connell - IMDb|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=2018-06-01}}</ref>
'''Finneas Baird O'Connell ''' (born July 30, 1997), also known as '''Finneas''' (stylized in [[all caps]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/finneas-mn0003709451/biography|title=Finneas|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2019-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/37M5pPGs6V1fchFJSgCguX|title=FINNEAS|website=[[Spotify]]|accessdate=2019-09-01}}</ref> is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and actor. He has released several singles as a solo artist, as well as written and produced music for other artists including his younger sister, singer [[Billie Eilish]], for which O'Connell is nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical]]. As an actor, O'Connell starred in the 2013 independent film, ''[[Life Inside Out]]''.<ref>{{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=2015-09-18|website=Your Teen Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref> He is also known for his role as Alistair in the Fox TV series ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]''.<ref name="skyelyfe">{{cite web|last1=Shira|first1=Dahvi|title=Former Glee Actor-Musician Finneas O'Connell Talks About the Show's Pop-Culture Legacy, His Adoration for Kesha and Why He Goes to 'Desperate Measures' for His Girlfriend {{!}} skyelyfe {{!}} Music & Lifestyle|url=http://www.skyelyfe.com/2015/11/11/glee-finneas-oconnell-slightlys |website=skyelyfe.com|accessdate=2018-02-14}}</ref> In 2011, he portrayed Spencer in the film ''[[Bad Teacher]]''. He also appeared in two episodes of ABC's ''[[Modern Family]]''<ref name="skyelyfe" /> and two episodes of ''[[Aquarius (U.S. TV series). |Aquarius]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3906552/|title=Finneas O'Connell - IMDb|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=2018-06-01}}</ref>
O'connell has also been nominated for a grammy for [[Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical]] which he and his sister [[Billie Eilish]] were very excited about.


==Life and career==
==Life and career==

Revision as of 00:11, 11 January 2020

Finneas O'Connell
O'Connell at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards
Born
Finneas Baird O'Connell

(1997-07-30) July 30, 1997 (age 27)[1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • musician
  • actor
Years active2011–present
Parent
RelativesBillie Eilish (sister)
Musical career
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • keyboard
  • guitar
  • bass
  • digital audio workstation

Finneas Baird O'Connell (born July 30, 1997), also known as Finneas (stylized in all caps),[2][3] is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and actor. He has released several singles as a solo artist, as well as written and produced music for other artists including his younger sister, singer Billie Eilish, for which O'Connell is nominated for the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. As an actor, O'Connell starred in the 2013 independent film, Life Inside Out.[4] He is also known for his role as Alistair in the Fox TV series Glee.[5] In 2011, he portrayed Spencer in the film Bad Teacher. He also appeared in two episodes of ABC's Modern Family[5] and two episodes of Aquarius.[6]

Life and career

Finneas (right) performing with his sister Billie in 2017

Finneas was born in Los Angeles to actress and screenwriter Maggie Baird[7] and actor Patrick O'Connell, both of whom are also musicians.[8][9] Finneas has mainly Irish and Scottish ancestry.[10] In 2010, at age 12, he took a songwriting class with his mother, and began writing and producing songs, purchasing Logic Pro.[11][12] He is the lead singer and songwriter of the band The Slightlys, which has won awards and competitions in the Los Angeles area and played the Warped Tour in 2015.[13][14][9]

In 2011, Finneas played a student in the comedy film Bad Teacher.[9] In 2013, he co-starred in his mother's film Life Inside Out. He had a recurring guest role in Modern Family, and portrayed Alistair in the final season of the musical-comedy television show Glee in 2015.[9] Finneas said his experience with portraying characters helped in writing music for his sister Billie Eilish, as he writes from her perspective and for her vocal range.[9] 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".[9] When he writes for 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."[15]

"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?'"[15]

Finneas had written and produced the 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.[9][16] They posted the song on SoundCloud, garnering praise from various websites.[9] 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.[8] He co-wrote and produced Eilish's debut EP Don't Smile at Me (2017), which peaked at 14 on the U.S. Billboard 200.[17][18] Finneas also served as producer and co-writer or writer on Eilish's debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019), which debuted at number one in the U.S. and U.K. charts.[19]

Finneas' first single, "New Girl", was released in 2016.[20] The music video for the single was released in 2019, was directed by Emma Sydney Menzies, and stars Finneas and Yasmine Vega.[21] He released the single "I'm in Love Without You" in 2017, 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". At the start of 2019, Finneas played his first, sold-out, headline shows in New York[9] and Los Angeles.[22]

Personal life

Finneas has been in a relationship with YouTuber Claudia Sulewski since 2018.[23][24] He released "Claudia", a recent single, written partly after the first night they met.[25]

Billie Eilish has stated that she and Finneas both have synesthesia.[26]

Discography

EPs

Singles

  • "Maybe I'm Losing My Mind" (2015) from Life Inside Out Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • "Call Me When You Find Yourself" (2015) from Life Inside Out Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • "Your Mother's Favorite" (2015) from Life Inside Out Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • "New Girl" (2016)
  • "I'm in Love Without You" (2017)
  • "Break My Heart Again" (2018)
  • "Heaven" (2018)[28]
  • "Life Moves On" (2018)
  • "Landmine" (2018)[29]
  • "Hollywood Forever" (2018)[30]
  • "College" (2018)
  • "Luck Pusher" (2018)
  • "Let's Fall in Love for the Night" (2018)
  • "Claudia" (2019)[31]
  • "I Lost a Friend" (2019)
  • "Angel" (2019)
  • "Shelter" (2019)
  • "I Don't Miss You at All" (2019)[32]

Songwriting and production credits

Year Title Artist Album Co-writer or writer Producer
2016 "Come to Think" Gabrielle Current Non-album single checkY checkY
"Six Feet Under" Billie Eilish checkY checkY
"Ocean Eyes" Don't Smile at Me checkY checkY
2017 "Your Eyes"
(featuring Tayla Parx) 		The Knocks Testify EP checkY
"Filthy Rich" Evelyn Non-album single checkY
"Bellyache" Billie Eilish Don't Smile at Me checkY checkY
"Bored" Non-album single checkY checkY
"Lost My Mind" Alice Kristiansen checkY checkY
"Watch" Billie Eilish Don't Smile at Me checkY checkY
"Copycat" checkY checkY
"Idontwannabeyouanymore" checkY checkY
"My Boy" checkY checkY
"Party Favor" checkY checkY
"Hostage" checkY checkY
"Satellite" Rebecca Black RE / BL checkY checkY
"&burn"
(with Vince Staples) 		Billie Eilish Don't Smile at Me checkY checkY
2018 "Bitches Broken Hearts" checkY checkY
"Lovely"
(with Khalid) 		checkY checkY
"You Should See Me in a Crown" When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? checkY checkY
"When the Party's Over" checkY checkY
"Come Out and Play" Non-album single checkY checkY
2019 "When I Was Older" Music Inspired By The Film Roma checkY checkY
"Bury a Friend" When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? checkY checkY
"Moral of the Story" Ashe Moral of the Story: Chapter 1 EP checkY[33] checkY[34]
"Wish You Were Gay" Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? checkY checkY
"!!!!!!!" checkY checkY
"Bad Guy" checkY checkY
"Xanny" checkY checkY
"All the Good Girls Go to Hell" checkY checkY
"8" checkY checkY
"My Strange Addiction" checkY checkY
"Ilomilo" checkY checkY
"Listen Before I Go" checkY checkY
"I Love You" checkY checkY
"Goodbye" checkY checkY
"Everything I Wanted" TBA checkY checkY
"If The World Was Ending"
(featuring Julia Michaels) 		JP Saxe checkY
"Lose You to Love Me" Selena Gomez Rare checkY
"Used To This" Camila Cabello Romance checkY checkY
"First Man" checkY

Filmography

Finneas (right) with his mother Maggie Baird at the 2014 Palm Beach International Film Festival
Films + TV
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Bad Teacher Spencer
2013 Life Inside Out Shane
2013 Tomorrow Tom Short
2013–2014 Modern Family Ronnie Jr. 2 episodes
2014 happySADhappy Andrew Short
2015 Glee Alistair 4 episodes
2015 Aquarius Earnest Boy 2 episodes
2018 Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk[35] Tom

Awards and nominations

Award Year[A] Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Category Result Ref.
ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2019 Himself & Billie Eilish Vanguard Award Won [36]
Grammy Awards 2020 "Bad Guy" Record of the Year Pending [37]
Song of the Year Pending
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Album of the Year Pending
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Pending
Himself Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Pending

Notes

  1. ^ Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

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  23. ^ "Claudia Sulewski on Instagram: "favorite🌹"". Instagram. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  24. ^ "Cabo with you♥️". YouTube. 2019-01-13. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  25. ^ "UP AND COMING ARTIST FINNEAS DEDICATES HEARTFELT BALLAD 'CLAUDIA' TO GIRLFRIEND CLAUDIA SULEWSKI". Tiger Beat. 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
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