EASYFUN

Finn Keane, previously known as Easyfun (stylised in all caps and formerly as easyFun), is a British songwriter and record producer. He is known for his frequent collaborations with Charli XCX, his releases on experimental pop label PC Music, and his work with the label's founder A. G. Cook in the duo Thy Slaughter. His work with Charli XCX has earned him two Grammy Award nominations: Album of the Year for Brat and Best Dance Pop Recording for "Von Dutch", of which he won the latter.

Career

2013–2015: Career beginnings Keane's first release in 2013, originally under the name Easyfun, was a five-track self-titled EP with an early version of what would become PC Music's signature sound of bubblegum pop, futuristic riffs and chaotic arrangements. Pitchfork later described the album as a "gaseous and disorienting beat tape that sounded a little like a methed-out take on TNGHT’s permanently in-the-red hip-hop experiments."

Keane also joined the collaborative project Thy Slaughter with PC Music founder A. G. Cook in 2014, releasing their debut single, "Bronze", as part of PC Music Volume 1. Cook and Keane did not release any further music under the Thy Slaughter name for the following nine years. In 2022, Keane produced Bree Runway's single "That Girl". Keane has songwriting and production credits on Charli XCX's mixtapes Number 1 Angel and Pop 2 and her album Charli.

In August 2023, Keane released two EPs named Acoustic and Electric. Pitchfork gave Electric a score of 7.1/10, calling its songs "works of unadulterated nostalgia" and "a surprisingly emotional experience" with "deep, shuddering bass notes and unashamedly romantic melodies",

In June 2023, Charli XCX released the Keane-produced single "Speed Drive" as part of Barbie the Album, the soundtrack of the 2023 film Barbie. Keane also reunited with Cook in a return for Thy Slaughter that year, releasing the album Soft Rock on 1 December 2023. as well as the release of singles "Lost Everything" and "Reign" on 16 November that year which were used to announce the album. "Lost Everything" was co-written by the late Sophie and Ellie Rowsell.

2024–present: EasyGroup lawsuit and The Finn Keane Album

In October 2023, EasyJet's parent company EasyGroup sued the music label PC Music and its founder, Cook, for "mimic[ing] easyGroup’s famous branding to create instant brand recognition for his ‘DJing business." The lawsuit initially resulted in only the cover for Keane's album Deep Trouble being changed; it had originally depicted people leaving an aircraft which bore the text "easyFun" after a water landing, but was changed to a computer-generated image of water with Easyfun's logo at its base. However in October 2024, Keane announced The Finn Keane Album'', released a remix of his song "Laplander" and stated that he would fully leave the Easyfun moniker behind. On the same day as this announcement, Willow Kayne released her Keane-produced single "I’ve Got This All Under Control", featuring "synthesizers, fast-paced percussion, and a prominent bassline" according to Dork. He fully retired the name at PC Music's Halloween event, Pop Crypt II, in London.

Discography

Compilation albums

EPs

Singles YearTitleRelease dateLabel2016"Monopoly" (featuring Noonie Bao)15 November 2016PC Music2017"Blink"28 July 20172018"Be Your USA" (featuring Iiris)25 May 20182022"Audio"21 April 20222023"Audio (All I Ever Got)"28 September 2023"Sentence" / "If I Knew" (with A. G. Cook, as Thy Slaughter)26 October 2023"Lost Everything" / "Reign" (with A. G. Cook, as Thy Slaughter)16 November 20232024"Laplander" (Finn Keane remix)17 October 2024

Songwriting and production credits +YearTitleArtist(s)AlbumCreditsWriter(s)Producer(s)2016"Got My Chad"GFOTYVIPOTYCo-writer/co-producerGFOTY, A. G. Cook, KeaneCook, Keane"Fade Away"Hannah DiamondReflectionsHannah Amond, Cook, Keane"Make Believe"2017"3AM (Pull Up)"

Remixes Year Title Artist(s)2015"I.D.L"Life Sim (with A. G. Cook, as Thy Slaughter)2017"Taker" K.I.D2017"No Sleeep"Janet Jackson2018"Wildfire"Slow Magic 2019"Comme si" Christine and the Queens"1999"Charli XCX, Troye Sivan2021"Beautiful Superstar"A. G. Cook"4Runner"Rostam2022"Demonic"Namasenda, La Zowi (with A. G. Cook, as Thy Slaughter)2024"Sympathy Is a Knife"Charli XCX, Ariana Grande"Everything is Romantic"Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek"B2b"Charli XCX, Tinashe"365"Charli XCX, Shygirl, Toby Wincorn"Spring Breakers"Charli XCX, Kesha2025"Sugar Free Venom"F5ve, Kesha