Grian Chatten of Fontaines D.C.

Songwriters on Process

"I write all day, every day. When I'm in the thick of it, it's a struggle to focus on anything else."
For Grian Chatten of Fontaines D.C. , there’s no such thing as a writing ritual if you never stop writing. He calls his writing process his "constant annoying companion. I have writing on speed dial 24/7." But Chatten says that he's always had a healthy relationship with writing because he's never forcing it. The key, he says, is to not take it too seriously or to make it appear to precious. "I treat it with as little importance as possible."