The FINNEAS Episode
5/5/20261 hr 3 min
Finneas comes over to hang. We talk about working with Billie and making music with Benny, including how some songs come together in like 15 minutes. We get into anxiety and perfectionism, from childhood separation stuff to getting stuck in your head in the studio, and what it feels like when something clicks vs when you’re forcing it. We overshare a bit about our families and fears. Finneas hops on the keyboard, we start making up songs on the spot, and it somehow settles into chill, rainy day music vibes. Thanks for watching - we respect you!
What happens:
0:00 going deeper
2:09 Finneas arrives
3:14 separation anxiety
6:10 Spirited Away
8:21 OCD rituals
10:20 origin stories and hair
13:15 old music discoveries
14:55 performing live
15:47 releasing songs vs holding them back
17:05 old music part ii
19:20 when Finneas first saw Dave
20:21 Finneas’s mom on Friends
21:06 acting
23:05 getting engaged and married
26:05 tofu
28:34 colorblindness
30:00 gymnastics
31:09 high school
34:44 vacation time
35:42 family
37:25 stupidest thing we bought
38:25 robots and AI
41:00 burning questions
45:15 reading
47:38 keyboard session
58:32 manifesting
59:52 Kristin on the keys
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[singing] Phineas.
Speaker 20:04
[singing] Stop calling me that, Phirbian.
benny blanco· Host0:09
[laughing] [laughing] Phineas.
Speaker 10:12
[laughing] [singing] [singing] Billie Eilish's brother, but he's his own man.
Speaker 20:19
[singing] He came from the water, now he's on the sand.
Speaker 30:22
Landlocked Phineas coming at you next. [laughing] [laughing] Guys, I'm just letting you know, today- I've been cleaning those for you and putting them on the side ... yes, I'm gonna get a little deeper.
benny blanco· Host0:35
What do you mean?
Speaker 20:35
You're gonna go for the- I'm just gonna be a deeper- ... the depth ...
Speaker 30:39
I'm just gonna be a lot deeper today than you're probably used to.
benny blanco· Host0:41
What are you talking about?
Speaker 30:42
Deeper. Conversationally, I'm gonna dig deeper. I'm gonna pull a lot out of both of you, and I'm gonna pull a lot out of whoever comes here.
Speaker 20:50
That's good, 'cause I kind of need to be pulled out of.
benny blanco· Host0:52
I, I- Great ... I wanna be the opposite. I wanna go full surface level comic relief.
Speaker 30:56
That's great.
benny blanco· Host0:56
Okay. What are you gonna do, Kristen? [sighs] Kristen might go into cardiac arrest because she has two numb arms.
Speaker 21:02
I have two n- But you're never cold ... I have a numb- No, her arms are numb. I know, but I have a numb hand.
Speaker 31:06
Anything I can do for you to make you feel better?
benny blanco· Host1:08
Hey, you don't mind if I grab life by the claw, do you?
Speaker 21:12
Not at all.
benny blanco· Host1:15
White Claw. [laughs] [laughs] [laughs] You know this happens to be my favorite flavor.
Speaker 31:21
Yeah?
Speaker 21:22
You got anything else to say?
Speaker 31:23
Yeah.
benny blanco· Host1:24
2020, me and Phineas- Huh ... are writing a song together.
Speaker 31:29
Okay.