Mark O'Donnell - Irish Artist Of The Week

25-year-old singer-songwriter, Mark O’Donnell, released his first release of 2026. ‘DAWSON STREET’ was written by Mark and produced by Jake Richardson. On the song, Mark said “DAWSON STREET is basically about love, but through the idea of losing someone. It came from a really vivid dream I had, where everything just felt gone, and it left me with that kind of fear and confusion. It’s about that feeling of being stuck while everything else keeps moving, and holding onto something that you don’t feel ready to let go of. Dawson Street is kind of the place where all those memories live — it’s nostalgic, but a bit fragile too. At the end of the day, it’s really just a love song disguised as a heartbreak song; it just comes out through the fear of losing someone instead.” This single comes shortly after Mark’s last release “CAN’T GO BACK’’ which was released in early December 2025. Mark teamed up with fellow Irish Artist, Chris Cresham, back in October for the release of their collaborative track, ‘Bleed’. Mark’s first release of 2025 was a song called “BREAK YOUR HEART” which has surpassed 200k streams on Spotify. This was released shortly after heartfelt single, “if only I knew”. “if only I knew” also featured in a number of Official Spotify playlists including New Music Friday UK. You may remember Mark’s cover of “you to me are everything” when it received international attention after being played on the UK Love Island series during Ella and Tyrique’s first date in June 2023.