Dave Grohl revealed he switched the name of the Foo Fighters’ latest album to avoid any overlap with Wicked: For Good.
The former Nirvana drummer shared that the band’s new record Your Favourite Toy, released on April 24, was originally going to be titled For Good. But once the Wicked sequel hit theaters, he decided to pivot and rename both the album and its title track to avoid confusion with the musical film.
Speaking during an appearance on Radio X, Dave explained: “Actually, you know what I wanted to call the record? I wanted to call the record - For Good - because that song, Your Favourite Toy, at first I called it For Good.
“In that song, Your Favourite Toy, it says: 'Get back, hear that boy / Someone threw away your favourite toy for good'. They could have more than a few meanings, but I’m like: 'That’s kind of nice - For Good'.”
However, those plans changed once Wicked: For Good arrived in 2025.
He said: “That Wicked movie came out, and it’s called Wicked: For Good. And I was so p*****! So, then I changed the title of the song, and then it just became the title of the album.”
It comes after Dave recently reflected on an unintentionally awkward first meeting with David Bowie, admitting he accidentally insulted the music icon almost immediately.
Speaking on Dish from Waitrose with Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett, the Foo Fighters frontman recalled seeing Bowie perform at a festival and being completely blown away by the moment.
He said: “I had just seen him perform at a, like a V Festival – or something like that. It was like Prodigy, David Bowie and we happened to be on the bill. I was standing in the photo pit and he was right there, he was right above me singing. It was otherworldly. I mean, it was like a religious experience. I was just like, ‘He's an angel, this is amazing’."
But when Grohl later met Bowie in the studio, his attempt to express that admiration didn’t land the way he intended.
He continued: “I told him when I met him in the studio, I said, ‘I just saw you, like, it was such a trip to see you in human form right there, right in front of me.’ And he says, ‘What did you think? What did you feel?’ And I'm like, ‘Oh f***.’”
Put on the spot, Grohl admitted he said the worst possible thing in the moment.
He recalled: “So, the first thing to come out of my mouth, like an idiot, I said, ‘Well, the first thing I noticed was all of your imperfections’. I backpedalled so fast. I don't know how I got out of that one. But I was like, what did I just ... I would never say that to anybody. Isn't that horrible?”
Even with the awkward exchange, Grohl said Bowie’s presence in the studio was undeniable.
He added: “I swear to God, he's one take — his voice, it's the voice, there's no effect. It's just exactly like this. You get chills. You're like, ‘Oh my God, that's the most reassuring, beautiful thing, this is real’.”
