Foo Fighters have shared new track 'Of All People', taken from upcoming record 'Your Favorite Toy'
Dave Grohl has explained the chance encounter that inspired the new track.
Foo Fighters have released 'Of All People', a new track drawn from 'Your Favorite Toy', their twelfth studio album arriving on 24th April through Roswell Records/Columbia. The song joins previously released tracks 'Asking For A Friend', 'Caught In The Echo' and the record's title track as previews of the forthcoming LP.
The band had already been performing 'Of All People' at their recent intimate shows across Dublin, London and Manchester, as well as during their 'Live At St James' Church' gig. The album marks the first Foo Fighters record to feature drummer Ilan Rubin, who came in as a replacement for Josh Freese, and follows 2023's 'But Here We Are'.
Speaking to The Guardian in March, Dave Grohl explained the personal encounter that inspired the track. He wrote it "after bumping into a drug dealer from the 90s that was getting everyone fucked up on heroin". "I hadn't seen them in 30 years, and they're alive, healthy and sober," he went on. "I was so happy that this person survived, while at the same time, I was devastated, because of all of the people I know that we've lost to exactly that drug."
Grohl continued: "I was so fucking angry, but at the same time so grateful to see them alive and well. Again, a conversation within myself, feeling so conflicted and divided. When I read the lyrics back, I mentioned them to my therapist: is this survivor's guilt?"
This summer, Foo Fighters embark on their European 'Take Cover' tour, with two nights at Anfield stadium in Liverpool among the scheduled stops. Festival appearances at Mad Cool, Nos Alive and Pinkpop are also confirmed, alongside North American dates stretching into autumn and a run of Australia and New Zealand shows planned for 2026 and 2027.
The band had already been performing 'Of All People' at their recent intimate shows across Dublin, London and Manchester, as well as during their 'Live At St James' Church' gig. The album marks the first Foo Fighters record to feature drummer Ilan Rubin, who came in as a replacement for Josh Freese, and follows 2023's 'But Here We Are'.
Speaking to The Guardian in March, Dave Grohl explained the personal encounter that inspired the track. He wrote it "after bumping into a drug dealer from the 90s that was getting everyone fucked up on heroin". "I hadn't seen them in 30 years, and they're alive, healthy and sober," he went on. "I was so happy that this person survived, while at the same time, I was devastated, because of all of the people I know that we've lost to exactly that drug."
Grohl continued: "I was so fucking angry, but at the same time so grateful to see them alive and well. Again, a conversation within myself, feeling so conflicted and divided. When I read the lyrics back, I mentioned them to my therapist: is this survivor's guilt?"
This summer, Foo Fighters embark on their European 'Take Cover' tour, with two nights at Anfield stadium in Liverpool among the scheduled stops. Festival appearances at Mad Cool, Nos Alive and Pinkpop are also confirmed, alongside North American dates stretching into autumn and a run of Australia and New Zealand shows planned for 2026 and 2027.
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