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.