Fontaines D.C. Enlist Rosalía for First-Ever Collaboration 'Where Is Gone?'

Fontaines D.C. have released “Where Is Gone?,” a duet with Rosalía that marks the Irish band’s first collaboration with an outside vocalist. The track arrived Monday, Oct. 12, and is the third single from the group’s fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, which XL Recordings will release on Friday, Oct. 16, according to Billboard and Pitchfork.

The song pairs Rosalía with frontman Grian Chatten over a moody acoustic arrangement 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.’” Rolling Stone describes the track as an aching orchestral ballad, while NME’s five-star review calls it “a lovelorn Morricone meets Bond theme ballad that peacefully realises that sometimes ‘there’s no harm in saying leave it, let it die.’”

Guitarist Carlos O’Connell, who grew up in Madrid with Spanish and Irish roots, said the pairing felt natural. “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,” he said in a press release. “For someone with roots in both countries, it’s been beautiful to see.” Speaking on Triple J radio, he added that Rosalía “kind of did something for Spain, you know, I feel like maybe similar to what we did for Ireland of opening the floodgates.”

“Where Is Gone?” follows lead single “Marianne” and the track “Tongue” from Dopamine Chamber. The band has also previewed unreleased cuts “Happy for You” and “Six Shot Morning” at recent live shows, including a Brooklyn performance where fans first spotted Rosalía’s name on the tracklist. The album, produced by James Ford, is the follow-up to 2024’s Mercury-nominated Romance.

Fontaines D.C. will mark the album’s release with an intimate benefit show at London’s Roundhouse on Thursday, Oct. 15, raising money for mental health charity CALM. That stands in contrast to the scale of the band’s upcoming dates: after a European arena tour that kicks off in Lisbon on Oct. 21, they will headline stadiums across the U.K. and Ireland next summer, including Slane Castle, where they will be the first Irish band to do so since U2.

Rosalía performed on Saturday Night Live on Oct. 10, playing “Reliquia” and “Magnolias” from her 2025 album Lux and appearing in a sketch.