OUR NEXT GUEST IS A SIX-TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNING
SINGER-SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER.
HE'S NOMINATED FOR THREE GRAMMYS THIS YEAR.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HIM WITH US TONIGHT.
WE LOVE HIM HERE AT THIS SHOW.
PLEASE WELCOME THE PHENOMENAL, THE SINGULAR,
FINNEAS IS HERE!
[ APPLAUSE ] HOW ARE YOU, FINNEAS, ARE YOU
WELL?
>> I'M GOOD.
SO GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
>> James: WE WERE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT YOU ON THE SHOW
LAST WEEK.
JARED LETO WAS HERE AND HE SAID YOU PERFORMED AT HIS HOUSE AT A
DINNER HE HAD FOR LOADS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE.
WHAT'S IT LIKE WHEN YOU GET THE CALL FROM JARED LETO?
WHAT'S YOUR SIDE OF THAT EVENING?
>> I REMEMBER IT VERY CLEARLY.
I WAS VERY NERVOUS.
IT WAS BEGIN TOCK A LONG TIME AGO.
IT WAS MAY OF 2017, AND JARED IS ONE OF THOSE DUDES THAT, LIKE,
IS VERY, LIKE, AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
HE'S REALLY EARLY.
HE'S AN EARLY ADOPTER OF ANYTHING.
ANYTIME YOU ARE JUST DISCOVERING SOMETHING, HE'S, LIKE, I HAVE
BEEN INVESTING IN IT FOR FIVE YEARS.
>> James: YEAH.
SO HE HAD, LIKE, REACHED OUT TO US A YEAR PRIOR AND THEN
THROUGH OUR WONDERFUL PUBLICIST SORT OF REACHED OUT AND SAID DO
THEY WANT TO COME TO THIS DINNER AT MY HOUSE?
AND WE WERE, LIKE, YEAH, OF COURSE!
AND THE DAY OF THE DINNER, HE CONTACTED OUR TEAM AND SAID DO
YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN PERFORMING TONIGHT?
AND WE SAID, OH, MY GOD AND WE WERE SEIZED WITH NERVES.
SO WE WENT A LITTLE EARLY TO SET UP OUR STUFF, WHICH AT THE TIME
WAS BASICALLY LEGOS IS WHAT WE PLAYED.
( LAUGHTER ) AND WE WENT TO HIS HOUSE, WHICH
IS, LIKE, A SET FROM A STANLEY KUBRICK FILM.
CAN'T QUITE IMAGINE HOW ANYONE IS EVER COZY THERE, AND IT'S
DEFINITELY HAUNTED.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE HOUSES THAT HAVE GHOSTS IN IT.
BUT HE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY GENEROUS TO THE TWO OF US AND
GIVEN US GREAT ADVICE.
IT WAS A VERY UNIQUE, BIZARRE EVENING IN OUR LIVES.
>> James: THE LAST TIME WE SAW YOU, FINNEAS, IT FEELS LIKE A
DECADE AGO WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR HOME FEST SHOW, AND HOW ARE
YOU PROCESSING?
BECAUSE WE HAD A LOVELY CHAT WITH YOUR PARENTS, AND I ADORE
YOUR PARENTS AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY, I REALLY LOOK UPON AS AN
EXAMPLE, REALLY, GENUINELY, AS A FATHER, THEIR NURTURE AND
NOURISHMENT TO HAVE THE BOTH OF YOU, I REALLY THINK ABOUT IT A
LOT AS I PARENT MY KIDS.
HOW ARE YOU PARENTS AND YOUR FAMILY PROCESSING EVERYTHING
THAT'S HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE?
>> OH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S SO SWEET, AND I'M GOING
TO CALL MY MOM AFTER THIS AND TELL HER THAT BECAUSE WE ALL
TALK -- >> James: I REALLY MEAN THAT.
YOU'RE A DINNER TABLE -- WE ALL SAY, WE LOVE THAT JAMES.
>> James: WELL, I'LL COME AND PERFORM AT YOUR DINNER.
( LAUGHTER ) CAN YOU IMAGINE, IF YOU WANT ME
TO, I WILL.
I'LL COME.
WE'LL GO, WON'T WE, BAND?
SHALL WE GO AND PLAY FOR THE EILISHS?
WE'LL COME AND SET UP AND PLAY, BUT WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE A
REALLY BORING DINNER, NOT A BIG GLAMOROUS THING, JUST THE FOUR
OF YOU HAVING WHAT YOU NORMALLY EAT AND WE'LL JUST PERFORM IN
THE CORRIDOR, RIGHT, GANG?
AND THAT'S AN OPEN INVITE, ANYTIME YOU WANT, BABE.
>> LOVE IT.
>> James: GO ON, SORRY.
THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN SO UNIQUE FOR EVERYONE.
THEY'RE A POD, RIGHT.
IT'S ME, MY SISTER, MY GIRLFRIEND WHO I LIVE WITH AND
OUR FOLKS, SO THAT'S THE ONLY PEOPLE I'VE SEEN FOR ABOUT A
YEAR NOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE TOUR WITH THEM, TOO, SO THAT GROUP OF
PEOPLE IS NOT ABNORMAL FOR US.
MOM AND DAD ARE ALWAYS KIND F INVOLVED.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, LIKE -- THEY HAVE PARENTAL, YOU KNOW, ADVICE
AND SORT OF SAGE MOMENTS OF WISDOM, AND THEN THERE'S THINGS
THAT HAPPEN TO ME AND BILLY WHERE THEY ARE EVEN MORE FREAKED
OUT BY THEM THAN WE ARE AND THE WISDOM GOES OUT THE DOOR WHERE
SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN AND WE'RE, LIKE, THAT'S AMAZING, THAT'S
CRAZY, AND OUR DAD WILL BE, LIKE, DO YOU KNOW HOW BIG A DEAL
THAT IS?!
AND BY VIRTUE OF OUR IGNORANCE OR INEXPERIENCE OF AGE, WE MIGHT
NOT.
WE WOULD BE, LIKE, OH, THAT'S GREAT, AND OUR PARENTS WILL BE
SORT OF FLIPPING OUT OR HAVING MORE OF A MOMENT THAN WE EVEN
ARE.
SO IT VARIES DAY TO DAY.
IF I HAVE A FLAT TIRE, MY DAD'S VERY USEFUL, BUT IF WE'RE
MEETING SOMEBODY HE'S IDOLIZED, HE'S MUCH MORE FLIPPED OUT ABOUT
IT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE
MANAGED TO DO SOMETHING THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF QUARANTINE WHICH
I AND MANY OTHERS HAVE FOUND A CHALLENGE.
YOU'VE SEEMED TO HAVE FOUND A WAY TO BE INCREDIBLY CREATIVE.
YOU HAVE BEEN WRITING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I IMAGINE YOU AND BILLY HAVE BEEN DOING, I IMAGINE, A NEW
RECORD BECAUSE YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON TOUR?
>> SHE SAID IT, SO I'M NOT SPILLING THE BEANS FOR HER, BUT
WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD ON HER SECOND ALBUM.
IT'S ALMOST DONE.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON I'VE WORKED WITH IN PERSON IN THE
WHOLE YEAR, SO EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN OVER ZOOM AND SOMEONE
WILL SEND ME A VOCAL OF THEIRS, AND I'LL PRODUCE IT AND SEND IT
BACK TO THEM, SO IT'S ALL BEEN THIS KIND OF LIKE VIRTUAL WORLD
OF THAT.
BUT BILLY AND I HAVE BEEN HOLED UP WORKING TOGETHER.
>> James: I'M SO EXCITED TO HEAR THOSE NEW SONGS, I REALLY
REALLY AM.
AND THE SONG YOU'RE PERFORMING TONIGHT "CAN'T WAIT TO BE DEAD"
I GENUINELY THINK IS A TRULY BRILLIANT SONG, AND YOU'RE GOING
TO PERFORM IT FOR US IN JUST A MOMENT.
EXPLAIN WHAT THE SONG'S ABOUT BECAUSE I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S
PROFOUND DURING THIS PAST FEW MONTHS OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
GOING THROUGH.
>> THANKS, MAN.
IT WAS A SONG THAT I WROTE, AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE
SOMETIMES YOU'RE JUST WRITING DOWN HOW YOU FEEL WHEN IT
HAPPENS AND YOU'RE NOT SORT OF THINKING ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE
AS MUCH, BUT IN RETROSPECT I REMEMBER SITTING DOWN AND
READING THE SONG AND BEING, LIKE, THIS SONG IS ABOUT MY
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INTERNET, I THINK, AND JUST SORT OF LIKE
THE INTERNET CAN OFFER A LOT OF CONNECTEDNESS AND POSITIVITY,
AND IT CAN ALSO BE SO OVERWHELMING.
MY GIRLFRIEND AND I TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT.
LIKE, EVERYONE KNOWS ONE MASSIVELY IRRESPONSIBLE PERSON
WHO VACATIONED THROUGH THE WHOLE OF COVID, WHERE ON THEIR
INSTAGRAM THEY'RE PARTYING AND VACATIONING, AND 50% OF YOU IS
JUDGING THEM LIKE WHAT A MORON, AND THE OTHER 50% IS HORRIBLY
JEALOUS.
IT'S I WANT TO BE AS IRRESPONSIBLE AS THAT PERSON.
SO TO ME THE SONG WAS ABOUT HOW OVERWHELMING THE INTERNET COULD
BE, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME WHERE
SOMETIMES THE INTERNET IS THE ONLY WAY I COMMUNICATED WITH
ANYONE THAT DAY.
>> James: YEAH.
I DIDN'T GO -- SO I -- YOU KNOW, I CAN WAIT TO BE DEAD, BUT
SOME MOMENTS, YOU KNOW, I CAN WAIT LESS LONG THAN OTHERS.
>> James: WELL, I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE PERFORMING ON THE
SHOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
WE ABSOLUTELY ADORE YOU HERE.
STICK AROUND, FINNEAS IS GOING TO PERFORM, WHEN WE COME BACK.