Foo Fighters Get Raw About Survivor's Guilt on New Single 'Of All People'

Dave Grohl ran into a drug dealer from the '90s after three decades — and the encounter broke him open. That collision of past and present became "Of All People," the thrashing new Foo Fighters single that landed today, and it might be the most emotionally loaded track the band has put out in years.

The song is built around a brutally simple premise: someone Grohl expected to be dead is alive, healthy, and sober, while so many others they knew didn't make it. As Grohl told Rolling Stone, "I hadn't seen them in 30 years, and they're alive, healthy and sober. I was so happy that this person survived, while at the same time, I was devastated, because of all of the people I know that we've lost to exactly that drug."

That push-pull between gratitude and grief runs through the entire track. The lyrics don't flinch: "Of all people, you survived / When no one else could stay alive. You know you should be dead / But you're alive instead," as published by Rolling Stone. Grohl said the feelings were so tangled he brought the lyrics to his therapist, who helped him identify what he was processing as survivor's guilt.

“"Of All People" is the fourth single from the band's forthcoming twelfth studio album, *Your Favorite Toy*, due out April 24.”

"Of All People" is the fourth single from the band's forthcoming twelfth studio album, *Your Favorite Toy*, due out April 24. The record is their first since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in 2022, and every piece of it so far has carried the weight of that loss. But this track widens the lens — it's not just about one death but about an entire generation of people swallowed by heroin and opioids in the rock world and beyond.

Musically, it hits hard. The Foos lean into their heavier instincts here, matching Grohl's emotional whiplash with something urgent and aggressive. It's the kind of song that sounds like it needed to be screamed into existence.

With the album just weeks away and Grohl clearly in a mode of unflinching honesty, *Your Favorite Toy* is shaping up to be something more than a comeback record. Keep an eye on April 24 — and expect the band to have a lot more to say between now and then.