Billie Eilish Reacts to Rumored Fallout With Brother Finneas

Billie Eilish is putting rumors of a rift with brother and longtime collaborator Finneas O’Connell to rest.

The Grammy winner, 24, opened up about her relationship with O’Connell after rumors swirled that the siblings were on the outs when he didn't join her on the Hit Me Hard and Soft tour.

“I heard somebody say, ‘Did you guys hear Finneas and Billie had a falling-out?'” she told Elle.

However, the “Birds of a Feather” singer clarified that she and O’Connell, 28, "have never and will never have a falling-out, ever in our lives."

"We’ll get in the biggest [expletive] fight you’ve ever heard of in your life…and five minutes later, we’re back, laughing and making music," she continued of O’Connell, who released a second solo album, "For Cryin’ Out Loud!," in 2024. "It’s sibling [expletive]. There’s nothing else in the world like sibling relationships.”

Eilish - who will release her concert film, "Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)," on May 8 - emphasized that much of her work wouldn't happen without her brother's collaboration, explaining, “If I never saw Finneas at all, I might literally never make a song again … But how do we move on and have separate lives?”

She admitted her choice to tour solo was "a few years in the making."

“We got so busy that we would only see each other right before going onstage. Finneas and Andrew [the artist's touring drummer], who were the only band members I had back in the day, performed on some sort of platform that was hard to leave," she recalled. "Finneas was stuck in a tower - like Rapunzel. He never said it, but I was feeling like, ‘You have more to be doing than being my band member in the back.'”

Eilish - who was recently serenaded by Justin Bieber onstage at Coachella - opened up about her longtime musical partnership with O’Connell during a Q&A with broadcaster Edith Bowman in London in July 2025.

"Working with my brother for all of these years has forced me to be a good collaborator, which I appreciate," she said, per Billboard. "But with a sibling, you can be so honest and brutal with each other. With Finneas, I never have to worry about if we're not going to be friends again or have a falling out, or hurt his feelings in a way that we can't fix."

Noting the pair have said "the most cruel things that anyone has or ever will say because we're siblings, and that's how it goes," she added, "We love each other more than anyone's been capable of loving anyone else. I think that's why it's so special, and why I don't feel the need to work with anyone else to be real."

"Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)" will be released in theaters on May 8.

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This story was originally published April 29, 2026 at 12:18 PM.