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  • -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.

-You guys are performing at the Oscars.

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