Violet Grohl really is a chip off the old block. The newcomer with the famous surname made her TV debut Wednesday night (June 3) when she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with a full band.
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Looking cool, calm and dressed right for her late-night premiere in all-black, Grohl performed “Bug in the Cake,” lifted from the grungy rocker’s recently released debut studio album.
It’s been a bright couple months for Violet, who made her official Billboard chart arrival earlier this year as a teenager (aged 19), when “THUM” started at No. 38 on Adult Alternative Airplay. “THUM” marked her first appearance on a Billboard chart as a billed artist, though she did contribute backing vocals to Foo Fighters’ “Show Me How,” which hit No. 21 on Hot Hard Rock Songs in 2023.
Now aged 20, she’s just dropped the 11-track Be Sweet to Me, through Auroura Records/Republic Records, a record that also includes the previously-released “Applefish” and “595.”
Grohl is, of course, the oldest daughter of Dave Grohl, the singer, songwriter and force-of-nature rock star who has been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame both with Nirvana (2014) and with Foo Fighters (2021).
According to a release, Be Sweet to Me was recorded from late 2024 into early 2025 at producer Justin Raisen’s Los Angeles home studio with a group of musicians assembled “in the spirit of the Wrecking Crew session players in the ’60s and ’70s,” whose work can be heard on classic recordings by the likes of Sonny & Cher, the Mamas and the Papas, Frank Sinatra and Harry Nilsson, among many others.
“Everything was written in the studio,” Grohl says the collection material. “I would come in with an inspiration playlist, we would hang and listen for a little while, and then start writing.”
She’s supporting the project with a trans-Atlantic tour, which continues tonight (June 4) with a sold-out performance at New York’s Baby’s All Right.
Watch Violet Grohl’s performance on NBC’s Fallon.
