Dinosaurs in Love

Tom Rosenthal
@tomrosenthal
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Fenn, my nearly 4 year old daughter, recorded her first ever solo song today. She came up with all the words herself and I helped her a little bit with the tune. It's called 'Dinosaurs in Love'.🦕❤️🦕

28 January 2020[1]

"Dinosaurs in Love" is a 2020 song by Fenn Rosenthal, the at the time near-four-year-old daughter of British musician Tom Rosenthal. The recording went viral in January 2020 after her father shared it on his Twitter account, and it was viewed more than 600,000 times in the day after it was posted.[2] "Dinosaurs in Love" is Fenn's first solo song; the melodies and lyrics came from Fenn, guided by her father.[3] It was recorded in the Rosenthal's home recording studio.[2]

According to CNN, the song's lyrics "start on a high note but end with extinction."[4] Classic FM described the song as "a quality opus that stands up to established rules of music theory".[5]

Jimmy Fallon covered the song on his 30 January 2020 show.[6] One day later, the song was released on Spotify and Apple Music, with all proceeds going to the charities WIRES and Tree Sisters.[7]

  1. ^ Tom Rosenthal [@tomrosenthal] (28 January 2020). "Fenn, my nearly 4 year old daughter, recorded her first ever solo song today. She came up with all the words herself and I helped her a little bit with the tune. It's called 'Dinosaurs in Love'.🦕❤️🦕" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b Lim, Clarissa-Jan (29 January 2020). "This 3-Year-Old Girl Wrote A Song Called "Dinosaurs In Love" And It's Breaking Everyone's Hearts". Buzzfeed News. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  3. ^ Hoffman, Ashley. "People Have Fallen in Love With This Song About Dinosaurs Falling in Love and They Have Fallen Hard". Time. Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  4. ^ Kolirin, Lianne (29 January 2020). "Toddler's adorable song about ill-fated dinosaurs in love goes viral". CNN. Archived from the original on 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  5. ^ "Toddler's viral 'Dinosaurs in Love' song is actually very good. Here's why". Classic FM. 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  6. ^ "Jimmy remixes the viral "Dinosaurs in Love" song posted by @tomrosenthal earlier this week #FallonTonight". 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  7. ^ Duffield, Charlie. "Three-year-old's tear-jerking 'Dinosaurs in Love' song to be released on Spotify to raise funds for wildlife". Yahoo Style UK. Archived from the original on 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2020-01-31.