Finneas O'Connell
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Multi-Academy® and GRAMMY® 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 his 2019 debut Blood Harmony EP, highlighted by the gold-certified “Let’s Fall in Love for the Night.”
In 2021, he unveiled his full-length debut, The Optimist (Interscope Records), which arrived to widespread acclaim. He went on to headline tours, perform at major festivals such as Coachella, and expand his catalog with collaborations alongside Ashe, Ringo Starr, and Lizzy McAlpine. He has also produced and/or co-written tracks forJustin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello, and Tove Lo.
FINNEAS achieved stratospheric success through his work with his sister Billie Eilish, earning eleven GRAMMY® Awards, along with two Academy® Awards and two Golden Globe® Awards for Best Original Song — “No Time To Die” from No Time To Die and “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie. He has also expanded his oeuvre as a sought-after composer, with original scores for HBO Max’s award-winning The Fallout and B.J. Novak’s Vengeance.
In 2022, he wrote the music for fictional boy band 4*Town for Disney and Pixar’s animated hit Turning Red. In 2023, he co-wrote and produced “What Was I Made For?” for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, earning his second Academy® Award for Best Original Song, along with two GRAMMY® Awards (Best Song Written for Visual Media and Song of the Year) and a Golden Globe® Award.
In 2024, he released his critically acclaimed sophomore album For Cryin’ Out Loud and embarked on a sold-out North American and European tour. That same year, he scored the Apple Original series Disclaimer, a psychological thriller from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón.
In 2025, he released a collaborative project with longtime friend Ashe under the name The Favors, debuting their album The Dream. This year, he expanded his work as a composer by scoring Season 2 of Netflix’s critically acclaimed anthology series BEEF.
Diallo Riddle
KEYNOTE MODERATOR
Diallo Riddle is a NAACP Image Award-winning director, and EMMY-nominated writer, showrunner, and actor, not to mention podcast host and moonlighting DJ.
He and his creative partner Bashir Salahuddin have crafted numerous projects for film and television, and is known in particular for his award-winning work as the creator of shows like Sherman’s Showcase and South Side. These beloved, groundbreaking shows debuted within a week of each other and BOTH shows received 100% Rotten Tomatoes scores for their first seasons.
As an actor, Diallo is best known for starring as Stevie on the NBC comedy series Marlon, where he played the best friend of Marlon Wayans. Diallo has a host of guest star credits on shows ranging from Silicon Valley, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Insecure, and St Denis Medical, just to name a few.
Most recently, Diallo has appeared in the box office hit Scary Movie 6, as well as in Larry David's latest series Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, and the Amazon series Barbershop.
Born and raised in Atlanta, Diallo attended Harvard University, majoring in History. While in school, he made money as a DJ, with it later becoming a second career. As a DJ, Diallo has played large music festivals like KAABOO Del Mar and has DJ’d such A-list events as the Golden Globes and the People’s Choice Awards. He recently DJ’d for the Obama Foundation during the opening weekend of the Obama Library and has also DJ’d on-air for BBC Radio 1 and KCRW.
Today, Diallo shares his passion for music as the creator and co-host of the very popular One Song podcast, with his co-host LUXXURY. Together, these two self-proclaimed “music nerds” go on a deep dive regarding literally one song per episode, exploring its creative origins, the artists involved, the culture out of which it was born, and the legacy it leaves behind.
Diallo currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife Brittany, their children and their dogs.