Stream: Finneas, ‘What They’ll Say About Us’

Kevin Bronson on September 2nd, 2020

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“We’ve got the time to take the world / And make it better than it ever was / That’s what they’ll say about us,” Finneas declares on his new single “What They Say About Us.” It’s a powerful message for youth everywhere — not just of hope, but one of confidence.

The 23-year-old singer-songwriter-producer, already a five-time Grammy winner for his work with his sister Billie Eilish, established himself as a balladeer nonpareil on his 2019 debut EP “Blood Harmony” (a deluxe edition of which was released last month). On his new single, instead of falling in love for the night, he reacts viscerally and poignantly to the dual crises facing American: the fight for social justice and the coronavirus.

“I wrote this song in June after spending the day at a protest in downtown L.A., filled with hope with the prospect that millions of people were coming together from all over the world to fight against institutionalized racism and inequality,” says the songwriter, born Finneas O’Connell. “During that time, I’d also been following Amanda Kloots as she documented her husband Nick Cordero’s time in the ICU while in a coma after being admitted for COVID-19. Imagining her sitting by his side, waiting, hopeful for him to wake up, it got me thinking about all the millions of people, all over the world, who also have loved ones, parents, children and extended family members going through the same thing. Fighting this horrific virus. Some will overcome and wake up again, while others, tragically may not.

“This song is dedicated to all who have had to endure this year. I hope this song can offer some sort of comfort to those who may need it.”

Finneas again teams up with visual collaborator Sam Bennett on the one-take video for the song.

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