Finneas O’Connell Info
Born – 30th July 1997
Father – Patrick O’Connell
Mother – Maggie Baird
Siblings – Billie Eilish (b. 2001)
Spouse – none
Children – none
Finneas O’Connell Timeline
1997 (30th July)
Finneas Baird O’Connell was born to Patrick O’Connell and Maggie Baird in Los Angeles, California. His mother is an actress and screenwriter, his father an actor and musician. .
2001 (18th December)
Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell was born to Patrick O’Connell and Maggie Baird in Los Angeles, California.
2002 (Autumn)
Finneas was home-schooled and began singing when he was young.
2006 (around)
O’Connell joined the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus.
2009 (during)
Finneas O’Connell, began writing and producing songs after attending a song writing class with his mother.
2011 (during)
O’Connell appeared in the film Bad Teacher.
2012 (during)
O’Connell began writing songs with his sister Billie. He also formed a band.
2012 (during)
Finneas and his group took part in the Battle of the Bands and lost. While at the competition he met Darius Dudley, David Marinelli and Robby Fitzpatrick who were all members of other bands. They decided to form the group the Slightlys.
2012 (21st December)
The single ‘Superhero’ was released by the Slightlys.
2014 (26th September)
The Slightlys, took part in the Battle of the Bands and won first place. The prize was $1,200 and a place on the Warped Tour.
2015 (during)
The Slightlys, took part in the Warped Tour.
2015 (during)
O’Connell appeared in the TV show Glee playing Alistair.
2015 (29th April)
The single ‘Don’t Forget Me’ which featured in the movie Life Inside Out, was released by the Slightlys.
2015 (29th April)
The Slightlys released the single ‘Mask of Lies’ which featured in the movie Life Inside Out.
2015 (October)
Billie Eilish recorded ‘Ocean Eyes’ which Finneas had written for his group the Slightlys.
2015 (15th October)
The Slightlys released the single ‘Desperate Measures’.
2016 (early)
The single ‘Ocean Eyes’ was released on the online music sharing platform, SoundCloud. It was very well received.
2016 (14th January)
The single ‘A Warning’ was released by the Slightlys.
2015 (12th April)
The Slightlys released the single ‘Thai Iced Tea’.
2016 (20th May)
The Slightlys released the single ‘I’m No Good’.
2016 (28th June)
The single ‘Holly Should I Miss You’ was released by the Slightlys.
2016 (15th August)
O’Connell released his first solo single ‘New Girl’.
2016 (1st September)
The Slightlys released the single ‘Mask of Lies’ which featured in the movie Life Inside Out.
2016 (18th November)
The single ‘Ocean Eyes’ was re-released. It reached number 72 in the UK charts and number 84 in the US.
2016 (late)
The Slightlys broke up.
2017 (14th January)
Following the success of ‘Ocean Eyes’, Finneas began writing music with his sister. He also began producing her material.
2017 (4th October)
O’Connell released the single ‘I’m in Love Without You’.
2018 (9th February)
The single ‘Break My Heart Again’ was released.
2018 (9th March)
The single ‘Heaven’ was released.
2018 (4th May)
The single ‘Life Moves On’ was released.
2018 (14th June)
O’Connell released the single ‘Landmine’.
2018 (27th July)
The single ‘Hollywood Forever’ was released.
2018 (September)
Finneas O’Connell began a relationship with YouTuber Claudia Sulewski..
2018 (7th September)
The single ‘College’ was released.
2018 (13th October)
The single ‘Luck Pusher’ was released.
2018 (19th October)
The single ‘Fall in Love for the Night’ was released.
2019 (early)
Finneas played concerts in New York and Los Angeles.
2019 (21st February)
The single ‘Claudia’ was released.
2019 (29th March)
Billie Eilish’s album ‘When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go?’, co-written and produced by Finneas, was released. It reached number 1 in the US and the UK.
2019 (13th April)
Finneas supported his sister on her six-month ‘When We All Fall Asleep’ world tour.
2019 (Summer)
Finneas produced two tracks on the Camila Cabello album ‘Romance’.
2019 (25th June)
The single ‘I Lost A Friend’ was released.
2019 (30th June)
O’Connell supported his sister, Billie Eilish, in a 60 minute set at Glastonbury Festival. They performed to a 40,000 crowd.
2019 (22nd August)
The single ‘Shelter’ was released.
2019 (24th August)
Finneas supported his sister, Billie Eilish as she performed at the Reading/Leeds festival on the main stage.
2019 (20th September)
The single ‘I Don’t Miss You At All’ was released.
2019 (4th October)
The EP ‘Blood Harmony’ was released.
2019 (5th October)
Finneas began a 6-date tour of America.
2019 (23rd October)
‘Lose You to Love Me’ by Selena Gomez, co-produced by Finneas, was released.
2020 (26th January)
O’Connell won six Grammy Awards for his work on ‘When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go?’.
2020 (19th April)
Finneas and Billie Eilish sang the song ‘Sunny’ for the ‘One World: Together At Home’ concert for Coronavirus.
2020 (2nd September)
The single ‘What They’ll Say About Us’ was released.
2020 (21st October)
The single ‘Can’t Wait To Be Dead’ was released.
2021 (15th October)
The album ‘Optimist’ was released.
2022 (24th June)
Finneas accompanied Billie Eilish as she headlined Glastonbury Festival, performing on the famous Pyramid stage.
Published Jun 25, 2022 @ 3:05 am – Updated – [last-modified]
Harvard Reference for this page:
Heather Y Wheeler. (2019 – 2022). Finneas O’Connell 1997-Present.