Finneas and Claudia Sulewski’s Relationship Timeline: From Raya to Marriage

Congrats are in order for Finneas O’Connell and Claudia Sulewski—the couple just got married on August 29! The musician and the YouTuber/actor tied the knot in a ceremony in Montecito, California, that was officiated by Finneas’s sister and longtime collaborator, Billie Eilish. The wedding looks beautiful (Vogue got the exclusive, ofc), and there were plenty of famous faces in attendance, including Justin and Hailey Bieber, Nina Dobrev, Emma Chamberlain, and Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard. Billie’s boyfriend, Nat Wolff, was also there.But what led to this point? Let’s take a look into Finneas and Claudia’s relationship history and check out some of the moments that came before “I do.”Jump to:September 2018February 2019December 2019July 2022November 2023September 2025August 2026September 2018David Crotty//Getty ImagesClaudia and Finneas met on the exclusive dating app Raya in the fall of 2018, as she later revealed on the Skinny Confidential Him & Her podcast. Claudia said that mutual friends she had with Finneas said that she would hit it off with him, but because he was out of town a lot, it might not be worth pursuing anything. Then, when she eventually came across him on Raya, her friend told her that she had to match with him.“Everything fell into place so perfectly and so quickly,” Claudia said on the podcast, “because we already knew so many people in the same friend group.”February 2019Finneas released a song called “Claudia” in February 2019, five months after they started dating—but he wrote it immediately after they met!“I wrote the first verse the night I met her and the rest two days later,” Finneas wrote on Instagram. “I never thought about calling this song anything else. The Artwork is a painting of hers too. How lucky can you get.”December 2019Toward the end of 2019, Claudia and Finneas adopted a dog together.“MEET OUR PITTY PEACH🐾” Claudia wrote on Instagram. “We adopted her from a wonderful nonprofit @angelcitypits and I vlogged the first 24 hours with her.”July 2022“Claudia” is definitely not Finneas’s only song about Claudia. He’s said that she inspires a lot of his music. In 2022, he released the song “Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa.” Claudia directed the music video, which shows clips of the couple together.November 2023Four years after adopting Peach, Finneas and Claudia welcomed another pet to their family, a dog named Mousse.September 2025Claudia and Finneas got engaged on September 22, 2025. They shared photos and video from the proposal that showed them standing in front of a gorgeous sunset over a mountain range, as well as a helicopter ride and Claudia’s huge diamond. Thanks for including us, guys!August 2026And that brings us to...the wedding! Claudia and Finneas went from dating apps to married—with a lot of fancy celebrity stuff and romantic personalized songs in between, but still, it’s otherwise a story that many can relate to!