“Little moments of things like that have been jarring, but we’re very grateful.”

He recently composed the music for the Apple TV show Disclaimer, and has co-written with major artists such as Justin Bieber, Tate McRae and Tove Lo. He’s been dubbed a “pop-star’s secret weapon” by the New York Times.

Finneas has won 10 Grammy awards including Producer Of The Year Non-Classical, 2020. Credit: Amanda Edwards/Getty Images

And after years of touring with his sister — even with his parents when Billie was still a young teen — the siblings are now touring by themselves for the first time. Finneas was in Australia in early January performing his new album, and Billie will be here in February.

“This was beyond our wildest dreams to get to have the careers that we’ve both had together, and separately we’ve gotten to do exciting things,” Finneas says.

But they’re situations that he notes aren’t unique to himself or the music industry.

Finneas performs onstage during Billie Eilish’s HIT ME HARD AND SOFT tour in California. Finneas co-wrote the record with Billie. Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation Ent

The key to writing hits

Lately, though, he had been looking for something different.

Finneas completed almost all of his latest album, For Cryin’ Out Loud!, by jamming with a band before picking through the audio recordings and weaving them together. Credit: Jim Dyson/Getty Images

“The first time you write a song, you find an open G chord on a guitar, really inspiring,” he says.

“I was looking for a thing to re-inspire myself and this definitely did it.”