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Multiple Academy Award and GRAMMY(R) Award Winning Artist Finneas O'Connell to Score Netflix's Next Installment of BEEF
· Today, Netflix and A24 announced that two-time Academy Award and eleven-time GRAMMY(R) Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer and composer Finneas O'Connell will score the upcoming installment of the critically acclaimed anthology series BEEF which premieres only on Netflix on April 16, 2026.
· Quote from Finneas O'Connell: "Spent the last 12 months in BEEF land. All 8 episodes out April 16, All Original music by me. Very grateful to Sonny for involving me, very grateful for the incredible performances from the entire cast; I probably watched every scene 100 times while I scored the show and I felt it every time. True fan of this show, very honored and proud to be a part of it."
· Quote from Creator/Showrunner/Writer/Director/Executive Producer Lee Sung Jin: "Finneas is the brilliant mind behind most of the music that has soundtracked my personal life over the last decade, so it's an absolute honor to collaborate with him on the new season. He has an incredible ability to make the darkest emotions sound so achingly beautiful, and I cannot wait for everyone to hear what he's cooked up."
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About BEEF:
· Launch Date: April 16, 2026
· Format: 8-episodes, Anthology Series
· Synopsis: BEEF returns with a new cast and a new "beef," as a Gen-Z couple witnesses an alarming fight between their Millennial boss and his wife. Newly-engaged Ashley Miller (Cailee Spaeny) and Austin Davis (Charles Melton), both lower-level staff at a country club, become entangled in the unraveling marriage of their General Manager, Joshua Martín (Oscar Isaac), and his wife, Lindsay Crane-Martín (Carey Mulligan). Through favors and coercion, both couples vie for the approval of the elitist club's billionaire owner, Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh-jung), who struggles to manage her own scandal involving her second husband, Doctor Kim (Song Kang-ho).
· Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer: Lee Sung Jin
· Executive Producers: Jake Schreier, Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Charles Melton, Cailee Spaeny, Anna Moench, Kitao Sakurai and Ethan Kuperberg
· Series Regulars: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, Cailee Spaeny, Seoyeon Jang
· Recurring Cast: Youn Yuh-jung, Song Kang-ho, William Fichtner, Mikaela Hoover, Matthew Kim (also known as BM)
· Studio: A24
· The first installment of BEEF, starring Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, premiered in 2023 and went on to become the most recognized and award-winning anthology series of the 2023-2024 season with wins including 8 Emmy Awards, 4 Critics Choice Awards, 3 Golden Globe Awards, 2 Gotham Awards, 2 Film Independent Spirit Awards, 2 SAG Awards, as well as PGA, WGA and AFI Honors. The series also resonated with audiences around the globe, claiming a spot on the Netflix Global Top 10 for five consecutive weeks.
About FINNEAS O'CONNELL:
· Multi-Academy(R) and GRAMMY(R) Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Finneas O'Connell has quietly emerged as an unassumingly ubiquitous presence in popular music and culture. He introduced a heartfelt and hypnotic style on 2019's debut Blood Harmony EP highlighted by the gold-certified "Let's Fall in Love for the Night." 2021 saw him unveil his full-length debut, The Optimist [Interscope Records]. It arrived to widespread acclaim. He packed houses on headline tours and performed at festivals such as Coachella. His catalog grew to encompass popular collaborations with Ashe, Ringo Starr, and Lizzy McAlpine in addition to producing and/or co-writing tracks with Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello, and Tove Lo. He achieved stratospheric success for his work with his sister Billie Eilish, including eleven GRAMMY(R) Awards, two Academy(R) and Golden Globe(R) Awards both in the category of "Best Original Song" for "No Time To Die" from No Time To Die and "What Was I Made For?" for Barbie. He expanded his oeuvre as a sought-after composer, with a filmography boasting original scores for HBO Max's award-winning The Fallout and BJ Novak's Vengeance. In 2022, on behalf of the Disney PIXAR animated hit Turning Red, he wrote the music for the film's boyband 4*Town. In 2023, he co-wrote and produced the critically acclaimed song "What Was I Made For?" for the Greta Gerwig-directed feature-length Barbie, which earned him his second Academy(R) Award for Best Original Song and won two GRAMMY(R) Awards (Best Song Written For Visual Media and Song Of The Year) as well as a Golden Globe Award (Best Original Song). In 2024, he released his critically acclaimed sophomore album 'For Cryin' Out Loud,' and hit the road on a sold-out North American and European tour. The same year, Finneas scored the Apple Original series "Disclaimer," a psychological thriller from the multi-Academy Award-winning director, writer, producer, cinematographer and editor Alfonso Cuarón. In 2025, he released his latest body of work with long-time friend Ashe, together as The Favors they released their debut album The Dream. In 2026, he is announced to score the upcoming installment of the critically acclaimed anthology series BEEF on Netflix.
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