{"id":2062311,"date":"2025-10-01T15:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2062311"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:40:10","slug":"finneas-opens-up-about-his-proposal-to-claudia-sulewski-and-what-it-taught-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/finneas-opens-up-about-his-proposal-to-claudia-sulewski-and-what-it-taught-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Finneas Opens Up About His Proposal to Claudia Sulewski and What It &#8216;Taught&#8217; Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Finneas O&#8217;Connell\u00a0got engaged to girlfriend Claudia Sulewski on Sept. 22, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Grammy winner opened up about the proposal on <em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon <\/em>about a week later<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">O&#8217;Connell revealed what the proposal &#8220;taught&#8221; him, and why he was &#8220;relieved&#8221; when it was over<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/finneas-billie-eilish-things-to-know\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Finneas O'Connell;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Finneas O&#8217;Connell<\/a> engagement taught him that he would be a terrible robber. Yes, really.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 28-year-old musician appeared on <em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em> with his Favors bandmate, singer-songwriter <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/why-ashe-disappeared-at-peak-of-success-back-with-new-music-exclusive-8693173\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ashe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ashe<\/a>, on Tuesday, Sept. 30. As host Fallon, 50, pointed out, love is in the air for the pair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ashe, 32, is slated to tie the knot in a few weeks, and the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/grammys-2020-album-of-the-year-billie-eilish\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Grammy-winning producer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Grammy-winning producer<\/a> (who also creates music under the name FINNEAS) just announced his engagement to longtime girlfriend <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/who-is-claudia-sulewski-finneas-oconnell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Claudia Sulewski;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Claudia Sulewski<\/a> \u2014 and the experience of proposing, he told Fallon, almost \u201cate me alive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI mean, I\u2019m very relieved that it happened,\u201d said O&#8217;Connell. \u201cI feel like it really taught me that I\u2019m not cut out to rob banks or steal cars or something because I was keeping a joyous, happy secret for several weeks, and it ate me alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnd I was lying in bed at night thinking about where the ring was and her not finding \u2026 whatever it was,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd this is a <em>nice<\/em> thing that I\u2019m keeping secret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">O&#8217;Connell and Sulewski, 29, got engaged on Monday, Sept. 22 after seven years of dating, and announced the news two days later on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPAL650Eu7r\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>. Alongside photos of their sunset proposal, Sulewski wrote, &#8220;Forever and ever 9.22.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>CLAUDIA SULEWSKI\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p> Claudia Sulewski&#8217;s engagement ring<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Favors musician, who is also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/billie-eilish\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billie Eilish;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billie Eilish<\/a>&#8216;s brother and frequent collaborator, first met his now-fianc\u00e9e \u2014 a host, actress and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/how-claudia-sulewskis-self-care-journey-led-creation-her-body-care-brand-cyklar-exclusive-11702684\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:founder of CYKLAR skincare;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">founder of CYKLAR skincare<\/a> \u2014 on a dating app in 2018. She quickly became his muse, he later revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Within hours of meeting Sulewski, O&#8217;Connell wrote the song &#8220;Claudia,\u201d and sent her parts of the song that same night, he told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wj5HkifNQtw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BuzzFeed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">BuzzFeed<\/a> in 2019. And if the lyrics are any indication, the musician already heard wedding bells in the pair\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI think you&#8217;re gonna change my plans \/ With those emerald eyes \/ But you don&#8217;t even understand \/ How much they&#8217;re on my mind,\u201d he sings on the track.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Claudia Sulewski\/Instagram; Finneas\/Instagram Claudia Sulewski and Finneas after getting engaged on Sept. 22\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"368\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/gRNQFC.FD3MyQcfLdtxqyQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTkyMDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/f0149cfc0257e594b63b4fa85e753e88\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Claudia Sulewski\/Instagram; Finneas\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p> Claudia Sulewski and Finneas after getting engaged on Sept. 22<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/people-news-inline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In October 2019, the \u201cTill Forever Falls Apart\u201d singer and YouTube star announced that they bought their first house together. A few months later, they announced that they had rescued a pitbull named Peaches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The couple has also walked several red carpets together over the years, from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/grammys-2022-celebrity-couples-red-carpet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the 2022 Grammys;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the 2022 Grammys<\/a> and the 2024 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/oscars-2024-finneas-girlfriend-claudia-sulewski-attend-vanity-fair-party-8607482\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Vanity Fair <\/em>Oscars afterparty<\/a> to the <em>Barbie <\/em>premiere\u2019s iconic pink carpet. Sulewski attended the latter to support both her beau and his sister \u2014 whom she has a close relationship with \u2014 after the sibling duo collaborated on the film&#8217;s Grammy-winning song, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/2024-grammys-billie-eilish-performs-what-was-i-made-for-8557780\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;What Was I Made For?&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8220;What Was I Made For?&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eilish, 23, also had a sweet <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/billie-eilish-reacts-to-brother-finneas-engagement-to-claudia-sulewski-11817887\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:reaction to her brother and friend's engagement news;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">reaction to her brother and friend&#8217;s engagement news<\/a>,\u00a0reposting the couple&#8217;s announcement along with the crying emoji and two red hearts. The &#8220;Bad Guy&#8221; musician also shared a sweet screenshot of a FaceTime call with the happy couple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/finneas-reveals-what-his-proposal-to-claudia-sulewski-taught-him-11822218\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Finneas O&#8217;Connell\u00a0got engaged to girlfriend Claudia Sulewski on Sept. 22, 2025 The Grammy winner opened up about the proposal on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon about a week later O&#8217;Connell revealed what the proposal &#8220;taught&#8221; him, and why he was &#8220;relieved&#8221; when it was over Finneas O&#8217;Connell engagement taught him that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2062312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[368961,355423,380032,23571],"class_list":["post-2062311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-claudia-sulewski","tag-engagement-ring","tag-finneas-oconnell","tag-jimmy-fallon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Finneas-Opens-Up-About-His-Proposal-to-Claudia-Sulewski-and.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2062311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2062313,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062311\/revisions\/2062313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2062312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2062311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2062311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2062311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}