The Foo Fighters ended a prolonged silence with the debut of a new song “Today’s Song.”
The first bit of new music from Dave Grohl and his colleagues since 2023’s “But Here We Are“, “Today’s Song” marks the start of a new era — one that finds Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Rami Jaffee and Chris Shiflett forging ahead after the recent dismissal of drummer Josh Freese, who had taken over following Taylor Hawkins’ unexpected death in 2022.
This new song’s arrival is tied to the Foo Fighters’ band 30th anniversary, with 2025 marking three decades since Grohl released the self-titled album in 1995 largely recorded entirely by himself.
Accompanying the new song was a lengthy statement issued by Grohl to Foo Fighters fans addressing in part the tumult of drummer Hawkins’ passing. Also of note is his mentioning of William Goldsmith and Franz Stahl, previous members of the band who played integral roles in the band’s early years, despite maybe not getting as much attention for those contributions as they should have.
“Over the years, we’ve had moments of unbridled joy, and moments of devastating heartbreak. Moments of beautiful victory, and moments of painful defeat. We have mended broken bones and broken hearts. But we have followed this road together, with each other, for each other, no matter what. Because in life, you just can’t go it alone.
It should go without saying that without the boundless energy of William Goldsmith, the seasoned wisdom of Franz Stahl, and the thunderous wizardry of Josh Freese, this story would be incomplete, so we extend our heartfelt gratitude for the time, music, and memories that we shared with each of them over the years. Thank you, gentlemen.
And… Taylor. Your name is spoken every day, sometimes with tears, sometimes with a smile, but you are still in everything we do, everywhere we go, forever. The enormity of your beautiful soul is only rivaled by the infinite longing we feel in your absence. We all miss you beyond words. Foo Fighters will forever include Taylor Hawkins in every note that we play, until we do finally reach our destination.”
“Today’s Song,” which features artwork from Harper Grohl, one of Dave’s daughters:
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