Porter Robinson has covered Fontaines D.C.‘s ‘Favourite’ for triple j’s Like A Version series – check it out below.
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During his recent run of shows in Australia earlier this month, producer-DJ and now rocker Porter Robinson visited the triple j studio, where he showed love to Ireland’s Fontaines D.C. and performed a unique cover of their hit song ‘Favourite’, off 2024’s ‘Romance’.
While Robinson’s take on ‘Favourite’ stays largely true to the original, it’s played in more of a half-time beat, leaving the song’s original beat to the final segment of the song for a euphoric build. Robinson’s cover kicks off with a punchier version of the song’s signature riff, which he described as “not nu-metal, but there’s an energy that’s not present in the original”.
Check out Porter Robinson’s cover of Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Favourite’ below.
Speaking on his choice to cover the track for Like A Version, Robinson said: “’Favourite’ was, no pun intended, one of my favourite songs of the last year. It was the song that made me a fan of Fontaines D.C. I just love it. I love major-key music. I love music that’s extremely catchy and extremely hooky. And I love the way that this song feels like it’s constantly tumbling forward.”
The cover comes ahead of Fontaines D.C.’s upcoming trek of Japan, Australia and New Zealand between late February and March – check out the full list of dates and get any remaining tickets here.
Last summer, ‘Romance’ arrived and marked their fourth album, and first with their new label XL Recordings. In a glowing five-star review of the James Ford-produced record, NME wrote: “‘Romance’ offers moments of wonder and gravity while also feeling occasionally foreboding.”
Elsewhere, Fontaines D.C. have been nominated for International Group Of The Year at this year’s edition of the BRITs.
‘Romance’ was named the second best album of 2024 by NME, with Rhian Daly writing: “Fontaines D.C.’s fourth album was jaw-dropping not just in this philosophical quest, but in its continuation of the band’s expansive evolution. Drenched in apocalyptic dread, it mixed noirish cinematics, grunge, shoegaze and lurching hip-hop beats, displaying the unmatched levels of ambition and sheer brilliance that we’ve come to expect from them.”
Additionally, ‘Starburster’ was named NME‘s third best song of the year. Andrew Trendell wrote: “Turning up all their extremes to the Nth degree, the launch track of ‘Romance’ is Fontaines D.C. at their most “neon and ridiculous” and another checkpoint on a band’s journey to becoming modern icons. You can’t stop them now. They gon’ hit your business.”
