Fontaines D.C. launch into 2025 with brand new single ‘It’s Amazing To Be Young’. Produced by ROMANCE album producer James Ford, it’s Fontaines D.C. at their most anthemic and is set to soundtrack a huge year of live shows for the band.
The single is accompanied by a video from acclaimed BAFTA-winning filmmaker Luna Carmoon, who previously directed the videos for Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Here’s The Thing’ and ‘In The Modern World’. ‘It’s Amazing To Be Young’ completes the cinematic trilogy, bringing together ‘In The Modern World’’s Martin (Ewan Mitchell) and ‘Here’s The Thing”s Spider (Grace Collender) in an unlikely but beautifully surreal love story. The video will go live tonight at 9pm AEDT.
Speaking about the song, Conor Deegan III says: “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”. 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.”
Fontaines D.C.’s seven-date Australia tour kicks off in Perth 27th February, with all dates on final tickets or sold out, more details and ticket info below!
Stream / download ‘It’s Amazing To Be Young’ here.
Stream / download ROMANCE here.
Fontaines D.C. ROMANCE Australia + NZ Tour
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Perth Festival, Perth
Sat 1 Mar 2025
Riverstage, Brisbane
Sun 2 Mar 2025
Yours & Owls, Wollongong
Thu 6 Mar 2025
Sydney Opera House Forecourt, Sydney [SOLD OUT]
Sat 8 Mar 2025
Palace Foreshore, Melbourne [SOLD OUT]
Sun 9 Mar 2025
Golden Plains Festival, Meredith [SOLD OUT]
Mon 10 Mar 2025
Palace Foreshore, Melbourne
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Spark Arena, Auckland
Final tickets and further tour details here.
