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Introduction
Grian Chatten (born July 19th, 1994) is an Irish musician, best known as the main vocalist and songwriter for the Irish alternative band Fontaines D.C. (D.C. standing for Dublin City). he and the band have received millions of streams with songs such as "I Love You", "Boys In The Better Land" and "Liberty Belle".

Early Life
Grian was born in Burrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, UK to an English and Irish family (his mother being English and his father being Irish). Grian moved to County Fingal town of Skerries in Dublin, Ireland when he was one month old. He is proud of his Irish roots and he once said that it would hurt him if people told him her wasn't truly Irish, due to him being born in England. Grian describes England as “a country that doesn’t really welcome people who are Irish” Throughout his life, Grian encountered many forms of discrimination towards him due to him being an Irishman. He later expresses this within his songs he writes for his band, Fontaines D.C. and used them to spread a message to show how proud he is to be Irish.

Career
Grian is the frontman of the Irish alternative band Fontaines D.C. Chatten writes the band's songs to speak out and show his true love for his country but he also uses the word to spread political messages also, as seen in the band three albums, ‘Dogrel’, ‘A Hero's Death’ and ‘Skinty Fia’. The song ‘I Love You’ presents the raw emotion Chatten has for Ireland and he brings into light the current political division within Ireland “Is their mammy Fine Gael and is their daddy Fianna Fáil?” but also shows his deep love for Ireland and clearly shows that he is a proud Irishman, as seen in the lyric “I will love you till the grass around my gravestone is deceased”. The band's third album ‘Skinty Fia’, which translates to damnation of the deer, is a homage to Ireland. ‘Skinty Fia’ is an old Irish swear word and is used by the band as a metaphor to show the doomed nature of Irish culture abroad. Grian has expressed that in England, Irish people are still stereotyped to the IRA and he expresses in the song he wrote for the album that he doesn't feel welcome to England because of this. Grian portrays a sense of betrayal due to him leaving his country behind to move to London. The opening song “In ár gCroíthe go deo'', which translates to in our hearts forever. The song is based on a story about an Irish woman named Margaret Keane and Grian uses this story to portray his own expericens with English and the discrimination he has received from English citizens because of his Irishness. Grian is said to have a “dont give a fuck” attitude when delivering lyrics and performing on stage. His passion toward his homeland runs deep within them. This passion has helped the band win multiple awards for their albums.