Bunting lifts lid on emotional meaning behind Titanium entrance

STEPHEN BUNTING revealed his son Tobi inspired his iconic Titanium walk-on.

The world No9 had long used ‘Surfin’ Bird’ by The Trashmen, regularly breaking into the Peter Griffin “bird dance” from Family Guy as he came on stage.

But Bunting, 41, ditched the entrance and replaced it with David Guetta and Sia’s hit track after admitting the anthem has a special meaning for his family.

The former Masters champ admits the lyrics also perfectly match his nickname and his mentality when he steps onto the oche.

He told BBC Gibraltar: “It’s my son’s favourite song. When I moved away from the Bird Is The Word walk-on, there was no other song that was going to be the choice.

“It’s Tobi’s favourite song. The tagline is in the song. I’m Bulletproof, nothing to lose, fire away, all relates to the darts.

“It’s such an absolute banging song. The fans get along with it and sing it back to me.

“I feel like I'm orchestrating them sometimes when I am up there. Sometimes it gets really emotional as well.

“It makes it more passionate for me when I am playing the darts. I love that song. It is my ringtone. It’s my walk-out music.

“So I hear it probably 50 times a day. I’m not like Nathan Aspinall, where I don’t know the words to it.

“At least I know the words to my walk-on! He doesn’t have a clue.”

Bunting has also kept himself busy away from the PDC circuit, with his autobiography Bulletproof: From Pub to Palace set to be released in September.

The Bullet insists life as a modern professional darts player involves far more than just competing on the oche.

He added: “If we’re not playing darts at tournaments, then we have exhibitions together. Or we are doing other things like YouTube or TikTok.

“Different things to keep us occupied. I have my autobiography coming out in September.

“It’s Bulletproof: From Pub to Palace. The players are always doing something different, but we’re always working.”

Words: Aaron Nijjar

Image: Taylor Lanning