Dave Grohl reveals Foo Fighters had to rename their new album due to ‘Wicked: For Good’: “I was so pissed”
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has revealed they had to rename their latest album due to Wicked: For Good.
Last week, Foo Fighters shared their new album, Your Favorite Toy, which takes its title from a track on the album. However, if Grohl had his way, it would have taken its name from a lyric on the same song instead.
During a conversation on X-Posure with John Kennedy on Radio X, Grohl revealed, “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.’”
After For Good came to the forefront of his mind as an album title, Grohl was rightly pleased with himself, adding, “And I was like, ‘Oh, that’s a good not only title for the song, but also for the album.’ They could have more than a few meanings, but I’m like, ‘That’s kind of nice – For Good.’
However, his joy and excitement were derailed upon discovering that the second Wicked movie was titled Wicked: For Good, which thwarted his plans.
He added, “And then that Wicked movie came out, and it’s called Wicked: For Good. And I was so pissed! So, then I changed the title of the song, and then it just became the title of the album.”
Foo Fighters are firmly on the campaign trail for Your Favorite Toy, currently playing a series of impromptu last-minute shows in the US, including at the 1,200-capacity Irving Plaza in New York last night (April 30th).
Last weekend, they became the first non-British act to serve as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live UK, and will return to these shores next month for two huge stadium shows at Anfield in Liverpool.
In a review of Your Favorite Toy, Far Out’s Callum MacHattie observed, “Times have changed, the Foos are slowly changing with it, but I’m not sure that’s enough. Culture is growing increasingly weary of basic nostalgia, and there’s a genuine feeling that the Foos are slipping into that with their reliable albeit predictable brand of rock. There’s hope, though, in the hiring of a worthy replacement for Hawkins and a subtle increase in snarl from Grohl’s vocals.”
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