Charli XCX, Dave Grohl on Apple Dance; Foo Fighters Play Graham Norton

Charli XCX reviewed Dave Grohl and his daughter Harper’s apple dance to her Brat song “Apple” after watching the video, which went viral in 2024, for the first time. The musicians appeared on The Graham Norton Show last night, where the Foo Fighters performed the title track to their forthcoming album, Your Favorite Toy, which arrives April 24.

Norton played the Grohls’ apple dance clip — where a standing Harper led her sitting dad Dave through choreographed moves to Charli’s infectious song —  for Charli who had not seen it previously. Graham queried if Foo Fighters did a lot of choreography, to which Grohl responded, “We don’t.” Despite dancing not being a Foos forte, he won Charli’s approval. “You’re taking like an abstract approach, and that’s cool,” she told him.

During the show, Foo Fighters took the stage to perform “Your Favorite Toy,” with Jason Falkner jumping on guitar in lieu of Pat Smear, who recently experienced a bizarre gardening accident, which led to a broken foot. Smear was still present in spirit: a photo of his face was emblazoned on the kick drum. The performance included backing vocals from Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears and Babydaddy.

Earlier this week, Foo Fighters announced their 12th album Your Favorite Toy, their first recording since new drummer Ilan Rubin joined the lineup, and shared its title track. During Grohl’s interview on Friday, Norton asked what made now the time for their next record.

“We’ve been a band for 30 years now, right? And so we’ve, we’ve all grown together, and we’ve all been through life together, ups and downs, and honestly, it’s more than a musical thing. At some point you get to a place where it’s kind of more than music, you know, it’s our families and it’s our friends … a lot of the people we work with are from the Nirvana days,” Grohl explained. “And so it becomes something that’s more than music, and you just kind of know when it’s time. And so when we go and approach a new record, it’s all determined by where we’re at in our lives. And we’re, you know, a bunch of grumpy old men.”

He added, “You’d imagine that … as you get a bit older, that things sort of soften … It doesn’t,” he said before letting out some screams. “It’s kinda like that now. That’s where we’re at now.”