Rosalía Joins Fontaines D.C. on 'Where Is Gone?'

Rosalía sings on "Where Is Gone?", the new Fontaines D.C. single released as the third track from their forthcoming album Dopamine Chamber, out Oct. 16 via XL Recordings. It's the first artist collaboration in the Dublin band's discography.

James Ford produced the ballad. Grian Chatten and Rosalía trade lines over a moody acoustic strum that swells with strings and clattering drums. "I remember when/They held me up against the summertime," they sing together on the chorus. "And the tears would fall, baby, if you try/There's no harm in saying, 'Leave it, let it die.'"

Why Rosalía?

Guitarist Carlos O'Connell explained the pairing in a statement. "I've been a fan of Rosalía since her debut album, which was absolutely beautiful," he said. "What really excited me was how she was keeping a Spanish tradition of music alive, which in a spiritual way felt akin to what we've tried to do with Irish music. For someone with roots in both countries, it's been beautiful to see. She's an artist who's blown me away at every stage since."

The logic is straightforward: both acts modernize a national tradition — flamenco on her side, Irish guitar rock on theirs. O'Connell, who has roots in both Spain and Ireland, frames the duet as two versions of the same project.

What is Dopamine Chamber about?

Per a press release, the album's material encompasses the news items of the endless scroll: the rise of AI, celebrity gossip, political violence, climate change, and the memes they spawn.

"The album itself is a dopamine chamber," frontman Grian Chatten said in a statement. "You step inside and we test these different mind or mood-altering pieces of music on you."

The band recorded the LP with Ford in London, the English countryside, and Palermo, Italy, where Chatten built a DIY vocal booth from mattresses and cushions. Two songs preceded "Where Is Gone?": "Marianne" and "Tongue".

Chatten was blunt about the tone. "I felt it would be more powerful to leave the hope out and reflect the ugliness honestly," he said. "This one needed to feel more like a catastrophic warning."

What does this change for the band?

Romance, their 2024 album, earned a Mercury Prize nomination, plus Grammy nods for Best Rock Album and Best Alternative Music Performance for its lead single "Starburster" at the 67th Grammy Awards. Dopamine Chamber is their fifth full-length, and the first to open the door to outside voices — a signal the band is scaling up its ambitions to arena size.

The tour schedule matches. Fontaines D.C. headline U.K. and European arenas in October and November, then Asia in January and Australia and New Zealand in February. Lollapalooza stops in Argentina, Chile and Brazil follow in March, and the North American headlining tour opens April 22 at MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston.