Kate Hudson is the star within the music video for Finneas’s “2001,” which the superproducer launched on Wednesday.
The music video sees the Finneas play an actor pining for Hudson’s love and a spotlight as he stars in her intergalactic movie. All through the clips, Finneas sings the lyrics to the monitor whereas chasing after Hudson, who doesn’t pay him a lot thoughts.
“Honey, what you runnin’ from? / Whenever you comin’ again to mattress? / Toss and switch all of it evening lengthy with me as a substitute / Honey, what you runnin’ from? / The place the hell you headed to? / Do you want the way in which I run after you?” he sings all through the music.
Whereas Hudson starred within the music video as a director, “2001” was truly helmed by Finneas’ girlfriend, Claudia Sulewski, who was impressed by the 1968 movie of the identical title, 2001: A House Odyssey.
“Once I first began conceptualizing this music video, I knew I needed to pay homage to 2001: A House Odyssey with nods to a few of the movie’s most iconic set-ups just like the fisheye lens and the upside-down sequence, together with a couple of little easter eggs from the behind-the-scenes of the movie ,” Sulewski mentioned in a press launch. “To play off Finneas’ lyrics, I needed to combine in some gentle, cheeky moments between Finneas and Kate. An actor hopelessly in love together with his director, who couldn’t care much less and is simply targeted on making an amazing movie.”
“2001” hails from Finneas’ second studio album, For Cryin’ Out Loud, which additionally included fellow tracks “Household Feud” and “Lotus Eater.” Other than his music, Finneas notably picked up 4 Grammy nominations on the 2025 awards ceremony, all stemming from Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Onerous and Comfortable. The document picked up a nod for the coveted album of the 12 months, in addition to for the music/document of the 12 months classes.