If you don’t like the music in the upcoming season of Netflix’s Beef, when it premieres on April 16, take a minute to consider what went into writing it. Finneas O’Connell reports proudly, via a statement, that he “spent the last 12 months in BEEF land.” Moreover, he said, “I probably watched every scene 100 times while I scored the show and I felt it every time.” So just imagine what a year it’s been for O’Connell hitting repeat again and again times a hundred. (But considering the attention-to-detail he puts into the music he writes for his sister, Billie Eilish, and his own solo music, chances are the score will be great.)
“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,” Beef showrunner Lee Sung Jin said in a statement. “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.”
The anthology series, which focused on a beef between characters played by Ali Wong and Steven Yeun in its last iteration in 2023 (and subsequently won eight Emmys), will this time focus on a Gen-Z couple played by Cailee Spaeny and Charles Melton. The actors portray a newly engaged couple who work together at a country club and witness a fight between the country club’s general manager (Oscar Isaac) and his wife (Carey Mulligan). As everything falls apart, both couples attempt to win the favor of the club’s billionaire owner, Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh-jung), who, herself, is in an unraveling marriage to her second husband (Song Kang-ho).
“All 8 episodes out April 16, All Original music by me,” O’Connell said in his statement. “Very grateful to Sonny for involving me, very grateful for the incredible performances from the entire cast. … True fan of this show, very honored and proud to be a part of it.”
Last month, O’Connell won the Song of the Year Grammy with Eilish for “Wildflower.” During their acceptance speech, Eilish spoke out against ICE, saying, “No one is illegal on stolen land.” After conservatives reacted online, O’Connell spoke out in support of his sister. “Seeing a lot of very powerful old white men outraged about what my 24 year old sister said during her acceptance speech,” he wrote on Threads. “We can literally see your names in the Epstein files.”
