I think we’re always looking for ways to inject a sense of humor into our music.
FINNEASThe way that we tried to approach every piece of music is, if the song had a brain, it would be aware of its catalog.
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To me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
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I don’t think if you set out to make an album to get a bunch of Grammy nominations… you just have to set out to make an album you’ll really love.
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Definitely for me and my sister, wherever we are the most comfortable is where the best music’s going to be made.
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Working on TV shows was fun, but I felt crazy pressured and stressed.
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As soon as you make anything that people like, you get all these new artists hitting you up like ‘I want to sound just like Billie Eilish.’ And I’m always like, ‘Absolutely not.’
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When we are making a song for Billie I want it to resonate and speak the truth with her and want it to be a piece of fabric she can wear.
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When I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer.
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People were like, ‘he’s collaborating with Taylor Swift’ and I was like, ‘I am?’ I think she’s wonderful. Her songwriting has inspired me for years.
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Kids have tools to do what I’m doing.
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All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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Obviously I’m very grateful ‘Bad Guy’ is doing so well – it’s shocking and surprising and gratifying – but I do think it’s important to try to make the next song that people are gonna be excited about.
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What I really didn’t want to do is work with other people and have them go, ‘Oh, Finneas just does that sound for everybody.’ The Billie sound is only Billie – I’ll only do that for her.
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I feel like a lot of music producers have, like, the same toolbox. And I think, like, to me, as a producer, like, I want something to set my stuff apart.
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All the albums that I grew up listening to were produced by one person.
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I came to NAMM once and saw this guitar that self-tuned, and I thought, ‘Wow, this is the future!’ And I’ve never seen it again.
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