Switched on Pop

Finneas and Ashe want you to start a band

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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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