Finneas and Ashe want you to start a band

Everyone should be in a band at some point—and Finneas and Ashe prove why. The Grammy-winning producer and rising singer-songwriter discuss how their friendship evolved into The Favors, a new band debuting their album The Dream on September 19th, 2025. We explore what it means to create as a band, how stepping back from confessional songwriting freed them creatively, and why sometimes the best way forward is embracing older ways of making music.

SONGS DISCUSSED

• The Favors - "The Little Mess You Made"

• Ashe - "Moral of the Story"

• Ashe & Finneas - "Till Forever Falls Apart"

• Billie Eilish - "What Was I Made For?"

• The Favors - "Home Sweet Home"

• The Favors - "The Dream"

• The Favors - "Lake George"

• Billie Eilish - "bad guy"

• Simon and Garfunkel - "Old Friends"

• Simon and Garfunkel - "The Only Living Boy in New York"

• Simon and Garfunkel - "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright"

• Simon and Garfunkel - "America"

• Rick Springfield - "Jessie's Girl"

• The Favors - "David's Brother"

• The Favors - "The Hudson"

• Fleetwood Mac - "Landslide"

• Fleetwood Mac - "Dreams"

• Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill"

• Olivia Rodrigo - "drivers license"

• Sabrina Carpenter - "emails i can't send"

• Miley Cyrus - "Flowers"

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