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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.’

Finneas

There’s no other person I like working with as much as my sister.
FINNEAS

Myself Person Sister Work
A lot of the time, in pop music especially, there’s reverb. And the reason is that reverb makes vocals sound better 99% of the time. It makes the notes ring out.
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Better Myself Reason Sound Time Vocal
I have nothing against reverb.
FINNEAS

Myself Rivalry
I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
FINNEAS

Institution Interest Myself Place Record
There’s always a better word than a swear word.
FINNEAS

Bad Better Choice Language Myself Option Word
If you need to record live instruments, especially drums, it’s still best to do it in a studio.
FINNEAS

Instrument Live Myself Record
I feel like you’re able to be your most creative in private environments, and not a studio where an A&R person is coming in, telling us a song isn’t a smash.
FINNEAS

Creativity Feeling Myself Privacy Song
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.
FINNEAS

Album Love Nomination Thinking Yourself
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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Herself Myself People Sound Work
Usually, I get bored of my stuff almost immediately.
FINNEAS

Bored Myself Stuff
To me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
FINNEAS

Apart Myself Production
I feel like the thing that I’ve learned a lot is when you’re involved in something, you don’t always get to appreciate it for what it is as much. You’re focused on the details and how you can make it better. It’s kind of torture.
FINNEAS

Better Detail Feeling Focus Kind Learning Myself
All the albums that I grew up listening to were produced by one person.
FINNEAS

Album Listening Myself Person Production
You go to a truck stop and there are key chains with names on them, and there’s no Finneas. There’s no Billie. They’re little things, but as a kid, you just feel weirdly ostracized.
FINNEAS

Chain Children Myself Shop Truck Weird
My dreams as a kid were so far below the Grammys, like, maybe selling out a show, or, like, seeing your album on a shelf in an Urban Outfitters… and the Grammys are so far above that. It’s very ridiculous.
FINNEAS

Album Children Dreams Yourself
Our mom cooks well, and we cook poorly. We try.
FINNEAS

Cook Mom Ourselves Poor Try

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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