Fontaines D.C. share new song ‘It’s Amazing To Be Young’
The new song was written in the presence of guitarist Carlos O'Connell's child.
By Nick Reilly
Fontaines D.C. have released ‘It’s Amazing To Be Young’, the first single from the Irish rockers since releasing their fourth album Romance last summer.
The track was teased earlier this week and – as that preview suggested – it sees the group taking up a warm and friendly melody that isn’t entirely dissimilar to their 2024 song ‘Favourite’.
“It’s amazing To be young / Sometimes I wake up and it’s dark / Perform the ritual that puts me in the part,” sings Grian Chatten.
Speaking about the tune, bassist Conor Deegan III explained how it had been directly influenced by the birth of guitarist Carlos O’Connell’s child.
“It’s Amazing To Be Young” is a song that was written in the presence of a newborn child — Carlos’ child. It sounded more like a lullaby or a music box then, but with the same lyric — “it’s amazing to be young,” explained Deegan, per Stereogum.
“The feeling of hope a child can give is profound and moving, especially for young men like us. That sense of wanting to create a world for them to grow up in happily. It’s a feeling that fights against the cynicism that can often overtake us in the modern world. So we wanted to declare which side we were on — it really is amazing to be young. We are still free, and want to make that feeling spread. We want to protect it for the others around us, and maybe in doing that, can also help protect it for ourselves.”
A music video, meanwhile, comes courtesy of Luna Carmoon.
Read our interview with frontman Grian Chatten all about Romance here.
Reviewing Romance upon its release, Rolling Stone UK said: “Fontaines D.C. have abandoned the serious for the fantastical, the tangible for the surreal. This new identity and successful quest for something, ahem, BIG, suits them down to the ground. They’re in a brilliant world, and indeed a league of their own.”