Fontaines D.C. have released their collaboration Where Is Gone? with Rosalía.
The track appears on the Irish rock outfit’s forthcoming Dopamine Chamber album, due out on Friday (16.10.26). For guitarist Carlos O’Connell, linking up with the Spanish icon carries personal significance given his Spanish heritage.
He explained that he has admired Rosalía since her debut album, which he described as utterly beautiful.
He added that what thrilled him most was her dedication to preserving a Spanish musical tradition, a devotion that, in a spiritual sense, resonated with what they’ve aimed to do with Irish music. For someone with ties to both nations, it’s been wonderful to witness. She’s an artist who has impressed me at every turn.
Frontman Grian Chatten called collaborating with Rosalía one of the biggest moments of his career.
Rosalía described it as humbling that she agreed to contribute to their record.
In an NPR interview, Grian explained that he has long felt there’s a single overarching idea he hopes to communicate to the world before growing old, and he suspects Rosalía may share that impulse. He praised her as an extraordinary arranger, composer, and lyricist, and said it’s incredibly humbling that she agreed to sing on something they had arranged. For him, it’s a career high.
Rosalía’s Irish rock connections don’t end there. She also helped shape and influence the Spanish lyrics on U2’s The Mirror Maker (Rosalía) from their forthcoming album, Carnaval de Luz.
During a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, she discussed Bono, saying: “I don’t know him personally, but he texted me and told me that he had this new project and this song, The Mirror Maker.”
Rosalía laughed that he had likely invented some words.
She told him: “I don’t know, but feel free to invent your own language.”
It was a huge honour getting to work with the 66-year-old music veteran.
She said: “Bono is a legend.”
“It’s incredible.”
Bono recently admitted he didn’t want to “look like a stalker” when calling Rosalía to ask for her permission to name the song after her.
