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"Starburster" is a song by Irish rock band Fontaines D.C. It was released on the 17 April 2024 as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album Romance.
The song was the band's first entry on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 57. It received critical acclaim and placed on several publications' year-end lists. It was listed as a top 10 song of the year by Business Insider, Consequence, The Guardian, The Independent and NME. Spin proclaimed it the Song of the Year. At the 67th Grammy Awards, the song received a nomination for Best Alternative Music Performance.
"Starburster" is featured as part of the official soundtrack for EA Sports FC 25 and was used in the premiere trailer and end credits for Borderlands 4 as well as the Netflix series Outer Banks, Black Rabbit, and House of Guinness. The song is also the main theme for the Paramount+ TV series MobLand.
The song was written about a panic attack that frontman Grian Chatten suffered at London's St Pancras station. Grian admitted that he wrote the song "as a joke", and when showing the track to the rest of the band, "they laughed. But I was serious."
NME described "Starburster" as a "pensive art-rock beast that fuses elements of electronica and hip-hop". Consequence labelled it "trip-hop-infused" with "hip-hop-esque production" that frames Fontaines D.C. "as much more than just a gang of Irish rockers." Rolling Stone believed it to be a "funky, disco-rock track". Clash wrote of its construction: "An elegant string loop precedes tasteful piano before being consumed by a bulky trip-hop beat." Spin said the song was "fused with a driving drumbeat keeping 4/4 time and layered with electric guitar, trickling piano, and a hauntingly romantic synth sound".
The band debuted the song live on 7 May 2024 during their performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
In March 2025, the band performed a special live version for Australian radio station Triple J's "Like a Version" segment, alongside a mash-up cover of "Can You Feel My Heart" by Bring Me the Horizon and "Heart-Shaped Box" by Nirvana.
NME gave "Starburster" a five-star review, praising how it "captures that shock of trying to grasp reality amidst all the chaos." The Irish Times rated it four stars out of five, comparing it to Shygirl, The Prodigy and Björk's song "Army of Me". Consequence bestowed the "Song of the Week" honour to the track for its "remarkably well-constructed composition, one that pushes the band into new, unexpected places."
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Starburster
"Starburster" is a song by Irish rock band Fontaines D.C. It was released on the 17 April 2024 as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album Romance.
The song was the band's first entry on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 57. It received critical acclaim and placed on several publications' year-end lists. It was listed as a top 10 song of the year by Business Insider, Consequence, The Guardian, The Independent and NME. Spin proclaimed it the Song of the Year. At the 67th Grammy Awards, the song received a nomination for Best Alternative Music Performance.
"Starburster" is featured as part of the official soundtrack for EA Sports FC 25 and was used in the premiere trailer and end credits for Borderlands 4 as well as the Netflix series Outer Banks, Black Rabbit, and House of Guinness. The song is also the main theme for the Paramount+ TV series MobLand.
The song was written about a panic attack that frontman Grian Chatten suffered at London's St Pancras station. Grian admitted that he wrote the song "as a joke", and when showing the track to the rest of the band, "they laughed. But I was serious."
NME described "Starburster" as a "pensive art-rock beast that fuses elements of electronica and hip-hop". Consequence labelled it "trip-hop-infused" with "hip-hop-esque production" that frames Fontaines D.C. "as much more than just a gang of Irish rockers." Rolling Stone believed it to be a "funky, disco-rock track". Clash wrote of its construction: "An elegant string loop precedes tasteful piano before being consumed by a bulky trip-hop beat." Spin said the song was "fused with a driving drumbeat keeping 4/4 time and layered with electric guitar, trickling piano, and a hauntingly romantic synth sound".
The band debuted the song live on 7 May 2024 during their performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
In March 2025, the band performed a special live version for Australian radio station Triple J's "Like a Version" segment, alongside a mash-up cover of "Can You Feel My Heart" by Bring Me the Horizon and "Heart-Shaped Box" by Nirvana.
NME gave "Starburster" a five-star review, praising how it "captures that shock of trying to grasp reality amidst all the chaos." The Irish Times rated it four stars out of five, comparing it to Shygirl, The Prodigy and Björk's song "Army of Me". Consequence bestowed the "Song of the Week" honour to the track for its "remarkably well-constructed composition, one that pushes the band into new, unexpected places."