Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten on “career high” of working with Rosalía: “I’ve got a suspicion that her heart is similar to mine”
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Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten says collaborating with Rosalía on the band’s new album was a career high, describing a sense of shared purpose between them. Their song, ‘Where Is Gone?’, is the band’s first track to feature a guest vocalist and offers a more theatrical, heartbroken sound than the other songs released so far.
Chatten praised Rosalía’s work as a composer, arranger and lyricist, while guitarist Carlos O’Connell said the collaboration resonated with his Irish and Spanish roots. Rosalía returned her vocals within 48 hours of receiving the track. The song appears on ‘Dopamine Chamber’, Fontaines D.C.’s fifth album, due on 16 October as the follow-up to 2024’s ‘Romance’.
- Grian Chatten calls working with Rosalía a career high.
- ‘Where Is Gone?’ is Fontaines D.C.’s first song with a guest vocalist.
- The track features on ‘Dopamine Chamber’, out 16 October.
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Fontaines D.C. are an Irish rock band, with Grian Chatten as their singer. Their fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, follows 2024’s Romance and is due for release on 16 October.
Rosalía is a Spanish singer and songwriter known for blending musical styles. “Where Is Gone?” is Fontaines D.C.’s first song to feature a guest vocalist, and guitarist Carlos O’Connell has said the collaboration connects with his Irish and Spanish roots.
The song has a more theatrical, heartbroken sound than the other tracks released from the album so far. The collaboration brings together artists from different musical backgrounds on a record that marks a new stage in the band’s work.