It’s been 30 years since Dave Grohl lit the fuse that became Foo Fighters and with the new single ‘Today’s Song’, he’s not coasting on legacy. He’s clawing at the walls, screaming for change. Released to mark the band’s self-titled 1995 debut, this track doesn’t just nod to the past, it barrels headfirst into what’s next.
With a hard hitting opening line, ‘I woke today screaming for change’, ‘Today’s Song’ is a bruised but defiant anthem built from the ashes of grief, gratitude and relentless forward motion. Grohl’s delivery is both weary and resolute, like someone who’s lived through the storm and refuses to drown in the middle. Lyrically, it wrestles with identity and survival: ‘Too troubled to cross / It might take you under’, a line that feels as much about navigating the band’s decades long journey as it does about life itself.
Musically, it’s classic Foos with a sharpened edge, layered guitars, crashing cymbals and that familiar urgency in Grohl’s voice that feels like a call to arms. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it doesn’t need to. This is about movement. Persistence. The spiritual weight of three decades on the road and the ghosts (both literal and metaphorical) that refuse to fade.
Grohl’s accompanying letter dives deep into that haunted beginning in a stormy Richmond Beach basement, sharing memories of Thanksgiving dinners, Ouija boards and the first seeds of the band. He honours past members and pays tearful tribute to Taylor Hawkins, whose presence still pulses through every beat. Grohl frames the band’s journey as one of constant molting, like a lobster shedding its shell, only to grow stronger.
Foo Fighters aren’t just back. They’ve never left. ‘Today’s Song’ is proof that this life thing still matters.
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30 Years Of Foo Fighters (Grohl’s Accompanying Letter)
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