Violet Maye Grohl has hard launched her music career less than two years after her famous father secretly fathered a baby, causing an embarrassing scandal for his family and betraying his second wife Jordyn Blum Grohl.
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Violet Maye Grohl has hard launched her music career less than two years after her famous father Dave Grohl secretly fathered a baby, causing an embarrassing sc...
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'I wouldn't have dived as deep into music without him,' the 20-year-old told British Vogue last Thursday.
'I dreamed of this s*** when I was like, 12 years old.'
Indeed, when Violet was a teenager she asked her parents if she could drop out of high school to pursue music stardom but they firmly replied, 'F*** no.'
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Meanwhile, the 57-year-old frontman famously dropped out of high school with his late mother 's permission to tour with hardcore band Scream at age 17.
The nineties-obsessed Gen-Zer drops her 11-track debut studio album Be Sweet To Me this Friday - the same day she kicks off her 16-date tour with a sold-out show at the Moroccan Lounge in her native , .
Violet Maye Grohl (center, pictured January 31) has hard launched her music career less than two years after her famous father Dave Grohl secretly fathered a baby, causing an embarrassing scandal for his family and betraying his second wife Jordyn Blum Grohl
Dave has repeatedly insisted he had 'absolutely nothing to do' with Violet's album or her signing a record deal with Republic Records/Island EMI.
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'As I told Violet, I want her to really appreciate these early experiences, you know, like don't wish any of this away and don't get too ahead of yourself,' the 19-time Grammy winner said on The Late Show on May 4.
'Just, like, be in the moment right now as hard as it can be sometimes.'
'I wouldn't have dived as deep into music without him,' the 20-year-old nepo baby told British Vogue last Thursday. 'I dreamed of this s*** when I was like, 12 years old' (pictured April 16)
Indeed, when Violet was a teenager she asked her parents if she could drop out of high school to pursue music stardom but they firmly replied, 'F*** no'
Meanwhile, the 57-year-old Foo Fighters frontman famously dropped out of high school with his late mother Virginia's permission to tour with hardcore band Scream at age 17 (pictured last Saturday)
The nineties-obsessed Gen-Zer drops her 11-track debut studio album Be Sweet To Me this Friday - the same day she kicks off her 16-date tour with a sold-out show at the Moroccan Lounge in her native Los Angeles, California
Dave has repeatedly insisted he had 'absolutely nothing to do' with Violet's album or her signing a record deal with Republic Records/Island EMI
'I want her to really appreciate these early experiences, you know, like don't wish any of this away and don't get too ahead of yourself,' the 19-time Grammy winner said on The Late Show on May 4. 'Just, like, be in the moment right now as hard as it can be sometimes'
Dave gushed: 'First of all, she's an incredibly talented artist and she has a beautiful voice'
Violet has joined Dave onstage to showcase her pipes with covers of Adele, Jeff Buckley the punk band X and Nirvana - including a cover of All Apologies at the FireAid benefit concert which raised $100 million last year (pictured)
Last Saturday, the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer delivered an awkward 50th birthday tribute to his loyal wife during Foo Fighters' set at the music festival BottleRock Napa Valley after 'drinking from noon to midnight' all weekend
Before dedicating a solo rendition of his 1995 hit Big Me to the Hollis|Jordyn interior designer (R), Dave tried bringing her onstage but quickly gave up: 'She's probably drinking wine in the back. It doesn't matter'
The Ohio-born, Virginia-raised rocker and Blum (pictured in 2023) have clearly decided to salvage their 22-year marriage despite him declaring he'll be 'a loving and supportive parent' to his 21-month-old daughter with former mistress Jennifer Young
The Ohio-born, Virginia-raised rocker and Blum have clearly decided to salvage their 22-year marriage despite him declaring he'll be 'a loving and supportive parent' to his 21-month-old daughter with former mistress Jennifer Young.
Dave first publicly revealed the affair and secret love child with the 39-year-old on-set assistant in a September 10, 2024 Instagram post: 'I love my wife and my children, and I am doing everything I can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness.'
The two-time Emmy nominee also allegedly canoodled with God's Girls founder Annaliese Neilsen circa 2016-2019, and his prior marriage to Jennifer Leigh Youngblood and relationship with Louise Post also reportedly ended in infidelity.
The Foo Fighters released their 12th studio album Your Favorite Toy on April 24, and it peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard 200.
Dave enlisted his 17-year-old daughter Harper Willow Grohl to provide backing vocals on his new single Your Favorite Toy as well as illustrating the cover for their single, Today's Song.
The Spit Shine singer and Blum are also proud parents of 11-year-old daughter Ophelia Saint Grohl.
The Foo Fighters - who pull 22.8 million monthly listeners on Spotify - are next scheduled to bring their 47-date Take Cover Tour to Unity Arena in Oslo, Norway on June 10.
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