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Six-time GRAMMY® Award-winning musician, songwriter and producer FINNEAS The new track follows the release of returns with a bold and fiery new song, “What They’ll Say About Us,” FINNEAS’ “Can’t Wait To Be Dead,” a testament to the rousing observation, written in lockdown. An times we’re living in. Speaking about the ode to human strength and connection when track, FINNEAS reveals, “I’m happy for this faced with life’s tribulations, “What They’ll song to mean anything to anyone who listens Say About Us” is buoyed by hope while to it but to me, it’s a song about my relation- bearing the weight of it all. FINNEAS reveals ship with the Internet,” he explains. “Espe- “I wrote this song in June after spending the cially in an election year. Especially during a day at a protest in Downtown LA, filled with pandemic. Sometimes, the internet makes me hope with the prospect that millions of people laugh, sometimes it makes me cry, sometimes were coming together from all over the world it makes me hopeful. But sometimes, it really to fight against institutionalized racism and makes me wanna be dead.” inequality. During that time, I’d also been following Amanda Kloots as she documented On Thursday, October 22 the official her husband Nick Cordero’s time in the ICU music video for “Can’t Wait To Be Dead” while in a coma after being admitted for was released. It was directed by Constella- COVID-19. Imagining her sitting by his side, tion Jones, the alter ego of longtime music waiting, hopeful for him to wake up, it got me video producer and director Clark Jackson, thinking about all the millions of people, all whose past work includes Lana Del Rey, over the world, who also have loved ones, Lady Gaga, and Miguel. parents, children and extended family 54 Rock and Blues International • November 2020 members going through the same thing. Fighting this horrific virus. Some will overcome and wake up again, while others, tragically may not. This song is dedicated to all who have had to endure this year. I hope this song can offer some sort of comfort to those who may need it.”
To commemorate the new song, FINNEAS has unveiled a new collection of official merchandise, inspired by the artwork and concept of “Can’t Wait To Be Dead.” For more information and to purchase, please visit www.finneasofficial.com.
Earlier this month, FINNEAS joined his sister on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, celebrating James Bond Day with a special performance (also directed by Constellation Jones) and interview. This year, FINNEAS released a DELUXE version of his critically acclaimed debut EP, Blood Harmony. Written and produced entirely by the 23-year-old artist, the eight-track collection exemplifies his skills as a songwriter, producer and storyteller. The new expanded version of the EP features all seven of the original EP tracks, plus fan favorite, “Break My Heart Again” and a brand new version of “Let’s Fall In Love For The Night” (1964). To date, FINNEAS has racked up an impressive 575 million combined streams across his entire catalog.
FINNEAS also performed “Let’s Fall In Love For The Night” on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the song peaked in the Top 15 at Alternative Radio and scanned GOLD in North America. The song’s video was directed by Sam Bennett, and shot in FINNEAS’ hometown of Los Angeles entirely in one-take.
In January, FINNEAS received an impressive 6 GRAMMY Awards® including the prestigious Producer of the Year, NonClassical and Best Engineered Album, Non Classical as well as Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year with his sister Billie Eilish for her groundbreaking No. 1 debut album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? and hit single ‘bad guy.’
Further to his growing list of accolades, FINNEAS co-produced (with Stephen Lipson) and co-wrote the official theme song and title track for the upcoming James Bond film, No Time To Die, alongside his sister Billie Eilish. The track features orchestral arrangements by Hans Zimmer and Matt Dunkley, and guitar from Johnny Marr. The song made its live debut alongside Zimmer and Marr on stage at this year’s BRIT Awards in London.
FINNEAS’ trademark production can also be heard on recent songs from Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, JP Saxe and Julia Michaels, Camila Cabello, Tove Lo, Trevor Daniel, Ben Platt, Bruno Major, Celeste, as well as Billie’s new single, “my future,” which he co-wrote with his sister.
