-You guys are performing at the Oscars.
You and Billie. -So, I've heard.
[ Cheers and applause ] -You can't say anything.
-One of those. -Can't say anything.
So we don't know what song. -If I say anything,
then we're no longer performing at the Oscars.
-I understand. That's the way it works.
But after the Oscars, I want to talk to you about
what you did at the Oscars.
Here's just a quick photo of you holding a hundred Grammys.
[ Cheers and applause ]
How fun is that?
-Too many. -That's unbelievable.
That is great. -Too many.
-But then, my favorite thing, I gotta say,
first of all, your E.P., "Blood Harmony" --
congrats on that. It's available now.
[ Cheers and applause ]
How do you find the songs that you write for you
or the ones you write for different artists or Billie?
-Well, predominantly, if I'm writing for another artist,
I'm sitting there with them, and we're writing it together.
So that kind of works itself out, right?
'Cause they're in the room, and we're talking about their lives.
There've been a couple cases, there are a couple songs
of Billie's that I just wrote on my own,
a song called, "When the Party's Over"
and actually the song "Ocean Eyes" was just me.
[ Cheers and applause ] But -- Thanks.
But the thing about, like, Billie singing a song is, like,
I know that -- like, her voice
just makes any song sound better to me.
And so, if she wants a song, I'm like, "Take it.
It'll be better if you do it." -That's nice.
-The only ones that I really keep are ones where I'm like,
"This is like a diary entry."
It's so personal that, like, I feel like only I can sing it.
Even though, like, her voice would probably
sound better on it, but it's the story of my life.
-Yeah, you wouldn't fit in this one.
You were asked to do, which I think is probably
one of the greatest honors in any music thing --
Because I'm the biggest, giantest, James Bond fan.
You're writing the new Bond theme for the brand-new Bond.
[ Cheers and applause ]
No. No.
No!
I'm freaking out!
Now I'm freaking out!
Before, I was calm, and I was cool.
Now I'm getting a little sweaty and -- I'm freaking out.
What are you guys gonna do with it?
-This is me for the last two months.
-What are you gonna do with this thing?
Are you going Tom Jonesy? Like...
♪ He always runs ♪
♪ Ba, ba-da, wa-da ♪
-Exactly. -Oh, yeah.
-Nailed it. How did you already know the song?
-Are you doing -- Are you doing Duran Duran,
"View to a Kill" type of vibe?
♪ Meeting you to a view to a kill ♪
♪ Da-da-ding, ga-na-ing ♪
-We should've had you in the room when we were writing.
♪ You were young in your heart ♪
Oh, yeah, I know that song.
-You guys are blowing my mind. This is so good.
-What's the other ones I like? Uh...
Oh, yeah.
I think you're gonna base it off of this one.
"Spy Who Loved Me." -Mm. You think so?
♪ Nobody does it better ♪
♪ Wah, wah, wah ♪
-Keep going.
I love that one. I like...
♪ Goldfinger ♪
♪ He's the man, the man with the Midas touch ♪
[ Laughter ]
-They're gonna release a compilation album,
but it's gonna be only you, just all --
The Fallon cover of every --
-Don't get me into Rita Coolidge.
But anyway, so you are -- You're hopping into this.
-Crazy. -That's so exciting.
Can you give us hints? What's the title of it?
-Dude, it's another -- -Come on.
You have to tell me something. You're here.
You have a microphone on. -One of the double-0 agents
is in the crowd, and I get a hypodermic dart in my neck.
[ Laughter ] -Like James Bond?
-Yeah, exactly. -There's a helicopter,
and they -- you know.
-And we don't know when it's gonna come out?
-I think I'm allowed to say soon.
Really soon. Really soon.
-That's the title?
-Yeah, the song's called "Really Soon." No.
It comes out really soon. -Really soon.
-The movie's great. Yeah.
-What? You've seen the movie?
-It's great. -What are you --
No, I know -- Of course it's great.
But you saw the movie? -I can tell you something.
It's great. -Oh, my God.
Now you're actually getting, like, an Irish accent now.
You're going, "It's great." -It's great.
The movie's so great. It's wonderful.
-Want to hear Finneas.
And there -- there are children out there...
-Right. -...that are looking up to you.
And they are looking for some advice.
Do you have any advice that you would give to a...?
-You know what? That's such a tricky thing,
and I think everybody -- Like, you probably
want to give it. I have a real desire
to give advice because I always wanted advice
when I was first starting out.
And I would go on YouTube and watch other producers
talk about what they did or whatever.
And I think the overwhelming piece of advice
I could probably give is just that, like, everybody's, like,
journey to the same destination, career-wise, is so different.
And I think, whatever you're doing,
if you're enjoying doing it and you feel like
you're making something that you're proud of, like,
that's what you should be doing.
And I think people -- people really think that
the person that did it before them,
whatever got them to the right place,
whatever café they did the open-mic at was the right place.
It's really just about whatever your personal story is,
and then somebody will be inspired
by what you did in the future. It's like --
It's this kind of never-ending, evolving thing.
You know, like --
And I guess that's the only advice I'd give.
As a kid, I thought I should be doing
what some hero of mine did,
and none of those things ever worked out for me.
It only really worked out when I was just like,
"I'll just do what I really like doing."
-There you go. Right there.
Oh, my gosh. Finneas, everybody.
[ Cheers and applause ] Great advice.
You know I love you, man.
Check out his new E.P., "Blood Harmony,"
which is out right now.