Violet Grohl has been onerous at work on an album, The Hollywood Reporter has realized, and people who’ve heard her music say it’s implausible.
The 18-year-old daughter of Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, who has toured as a backup singer for her dad’s band and carried out as a solo singer, is described as being “extremely dedicated” to the music-making course of and “to rising as an artist,” says a supply. She’s been figuring out songs in a studio area gifted by her father for her birthday. Amongst her collaborators is producer Justin Raisen, who labored with Kim Gordon on her Grammy-nominated album The Collective along with earlier collaborations with the likes of Charli XCX and Lil Yachty.
“She’s a real torch singer,” says one supply. “Her vocals are large. She’s very proficient.”
Whereas she’s believed to have an album’s price of fabric, it’s unclear how or when, or with who, she’ll launch her debut. One path could possibly be via the Foo Fighters’ personal imprint, Roswell, through RCA Data, a Sony Music subsidiary.
Representatives for Grohl declined remark; Raisen didn’t reply to a request for remark.
The eldest daughter of three (with Jordyn Blum; Dave Grohl revealed earlier this yr that he had fathered one other youngster exterior of his marriage), Violet Grohl made her stage debut on the age of 12, singing Adele’s “When We Have been Younger” together with her dad. She went on to carry out at high-profile charity capabilities like 2020’s The Artwork of Elysium and 2022’s MusiCares Particular person of the Yr Gala honoring Joni Mitchell, the place her rendition of “Assist Me” was a spotlight of the star-heavy evening.
In 2021, the daddy and daughter launched a canopy of the X track “Nausea.” A yr later, the Foos’ household confronted a tragic loss with the dying of drummer Taylor Hawkins. At a tribute live performance held in Hawkins’ honor on the Discussion board, she carried out a canopy of Leonard Cohen’s poignant “Hallelujah.” For the London live performance, she paid homage to 2 extra departed musicians, Jeff Buckley and Amy Winehouse.
Elsewhere within the L.A. space, Violet Grohl has been refining her stay expertise on the Solar Rose, an intimate venue on the Sundown Strip that’s affiliated with the Pendry Lodge West Hollywood. A yr in the past, she appeared with famous pianist and David Bowie collaborator Mike Garson, performing Bowie’s “Man Who Offered the World,” a track famously remade by her father’s former band, Nirvana. In February, she reprised the efficiency over two nights. Attendees famous the raspy, fortified tone of her vocals, and the arrogance in taking up classics from her father’s catalog.
Watch Violet Grohl carry out Nirvana’s “Coronary heart-Formed Field” on the Solar Rose under.
