Finneas, Billie Eilish’s brother, plays Radiohead

After trying his hand at a cover of The Beatles’ “The fool on the hill” on his debut album, Finneas O’Connell, Billie Eilish’s brother, returns to surprise. He does it with a cover of Radiohead’s “Fake plastic trees”. The 27-year-old Californian musician, winner of eight Grammys and two Oscars as producer and co-writer of his sister’s songs, reinterpreted the classic by Thom Yorke and co during a performance on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge to promote his new album “For cryin’ out loud!”, just released. Here is the video of the performance:

“I wish my records didn’t sound like Billie’s, that people would listen to my album without thinking, ‘Oh, she reminds me of her,’” Finneas said of his singer-songwriter career. “For cryin’ out loud!” arrived three years after the previous “Optimist”. He accomplished that alone during the months of the pandemic. This time, however, Finneas wanted to involve other musicians in the sessions. “The previous record I made completely alone in a room. It was satisfying, because I kept working on it until it sounded just the way I wanted. But it was alienating. So on this record I tried to be hyper-collaborative. Luckily, most of my friends are producers,” he told Rolling Stone USA. He worked on the songs together with hitmakers such as Aron Forbes, already behind some hits of Billie Eilish herself, One Direction, Olivia Rodrigo and Halsey, and Miles Morris of the Los Angeles indie rock band Bad Suns.