5 Songs You May Not Know Written By FINNEAS For Artists Apart From Billie Eilish

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JAKARTA - Almost everyone knows Billie Eilish, a pop singer who - before the age of 21 - won seven Grammy Awards among a number of other awards. However, knowing Eilish means knowing her almost as famous brother - Finneas O'Connell. O'Connell, who has the stage name FINNEAS, is also a singer, but became famous as a very successful songwriter and producer.

FINNEAS has collaborated with Eilish many times, winning awards for its contributions to songs like Bad Guy, Come Out and Play, Six Feet Under, and Lost Cause. In the following years, FINNEAS also wrote for the film. He made history with his sister as the two youngest people to win the Academy Award in Best Song for No Time to Die, the title of the song from the James Bond film of the same title. The theme song, sung by Eilish, also earned the two brothers a number of other awards, including the Grammys and the Golden Globe.

FINNEAS is also a frontman for the band The Highlightlys, and has released several albums as solo artists. One of the songs, What They'll Say About Us, landed on the Billboard Alternative Chart, up to No. 24, while Let's Fall in Love for the Night reached No. 17.

However, more than anything, FINNEAS is a very active songwriter. He has worked behind the scenes with artists like Justin Bieber, Trevor Daniel, Camila Cabello, and many more. Known for his expertise in writing lyrics and compiling complicated and unique instruments, FINNEAS has become highly sought after as songwriters for the stars.

Here are five songs that you may not know he wrote for other artists compiled by VOI from Ewansongwriter.com.

1. Bikini Porn, Tove Lo (2020)

When Swedish artist Tove Lo wrote the lyrics for Bikini Porn, his team received less enthusiastic responses, even telling him that the potential for the song was only in his head. So the singer contacted FINNEAS in an attempt to realize his vision. The result is a strange song that is cheerful and shy about relaxing on the beach.

I've been a fan of Tove Lo since I first heard of Habits in 2014, "wrote FINNEAS in an Instagram post. Sometimes you can immediately find out that a songwriter or singer will soon have a long-lasting influence and that's what I've always felt about tove. Writing with him proves that I'm right.

2. So Will I, Ben Platt (2020)

Ben Platt is known as an actor from Pitch Perfect and Dear Evan Hansen, but this singer with a soft voice also made a scene with his singer So Will I. This song was written at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during a period of global fear and uncertainty. Platt intended to make it a song about human relationships - ironically because he and his co-author had to collaborate through FaceTime. After Platt wrote the lyrics, he contacted FINNEAS to help compose the song, but almost didn't dare hope he would respond. But he replied, he did.

3. Used to This, Camila Cabello (2019)

FINNEAS teamed up with singer Camila Cabello to write and produce the song Used to This in 2019. The song, which was shown on their second studio album, tells the story of his relationship with Shawn Mendes. Mendes' song,ita, is also about their relationship.

FINNEAS contacted Cabello in hopes of collaborating with him, then posting on Instagram: "Camila Cabello is one of my favorite artists. I stood in the crowd at Lollapalooza last summer and saw him amazed. I sent a message to my manager/biter at the time that I was going to die to write with him."

4. Moral of the Story, Ashe (2019)

Ashe released the song Moral of the Story in 2019 at her second EP. However, it was only the following year that the song was featured in the soundtrack To All the Boys: PS I Still Love You which hit. The song peaked at No. 71 on Billboard Hot 100. Ashe wrote the song with FINNEAS after meeting him during the songwriting session.

The singer said she and FINNEAS had a deep creative relationship and believed in their EP power long before reaching Top 100. Ashe also praised FINNEAS for adding some of the most interesting sound effects of the song, making it really stand out.

5. The Most Beautiful Thing, Bruno Major (2020)

FINNEAS contacted indie singer Bruno Major, hoping to collaborate. Together they wrote Major's The Most Beautiful Thing, a soft guitar ballad for an unnamed soulmate. This song has a lyrical genius and musical complexity that makes FINNEAS famous.

"Bruno became one of my favorite artists after his music was recommended to me by my manager Danny in 2017," wrote FINNEAS on Instagram. [We] met for coffee in the summer of 18, chatting for 2 hours, I caught a sun and we started writing songs whenever we were in the same city. Every day what I spend with Bruno feels like work and I'm very proud of the song we wrote together.."