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.’
FINNEASI’m not a control freak in that like I boss everybody around, but like a control freak and like, I like knowing exactly what I get to do that day and having a say.
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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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All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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It’s always important to be checking in with people you love.
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All the albums that I grew up listening to were produced by one person.
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You know, that’s kind of always been our philosophy: not letting the place that we are get in the way of making great music.
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When I wrote ‘When the Party’s Over,’ it had a universal quality.
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To me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
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I think if you’re not trying to change things a little bit, you’re not evolving.
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You know, I grew up very self-taught.
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I mainly try to foster long-term collaborative relationships.
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It’s important to recognize when a song remains important to you.
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Imagine if somebody was like, ‘Who’s the next Timothee Chalamet?’ It’s like, he’s currently Timothee Chalamet.
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Usually, I get bored of my stuff almost immediately.
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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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In my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe’s.
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