{"id":341551,"date":"2026-03-12T01:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/341551\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T01:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:49:11","slug":"violet-grohl-announces-debut-album-be-sweet-to-me-with-rollicking-single-595","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/341551\/","title":{"rendered":"Violet Grohl announces debut album &#8216;Be Sweet To Me&#8217; with rollicking single &#8216;595&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Violet Grohl has announced plans to release her debut album \u2018Be Sweet To Me\u2019 and shared rollicking new single \u2018595\u2019 \u2013 check out all the details below.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, who is the daughter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/foo-fighters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foo Fighters<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/dave-grohl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Grohl<\/a>, is set to drop her first LP via Auroura Records\/Republic Records\/Island Records UK on May 29.<\/p>\n<p>It will be available in black, blueberry jam (exclusive to indie retailers) and ivory vinyl (exclusive to the official artist store). You can pre-order it <a href=\"https:\/\/violetgrohl.lnk.to\/besweettomePR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She has already shared two tracks from the record \u2013 \u2018Thum\u2019 and \u2018Applefish\u2019 \u2013 after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/violet-grohl-signs-major-record-deal-with-republic-island-emi-and-shares-two-new-songs-thum-and-applefish-3925291\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she signed a record deal in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, she has dropped another single \u2018595\u2019, which according to a press release is \u201cinspired by a vintage t-shirt advertising a phone sex line\u201d and features the lyrics: \u201cI\u2019ll be your 1-900-G spot, baby \/ 595 I\u2019m on the line \/ You won\u2019t last.\u201d You can view the video for it below.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Be Sweet To Me\u2019 was recorded from late 2024 into early 2025 at producer Justin Raisen\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/kim-gordon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Gordon<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/charli-xcx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charli XCX<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/sky-ferreira\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Ferreira<\/a>) Los Angeles home studio alongside musicians assembled in the \u201cspirit of the Wrecking Crew session players in the \u201960s and \u201970s\u201d, according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p>Grohl said it was influenced by alternative music in the late and \u201980s and \u201990s. \u201cThere\u2019s something so powerful about that period of music, from the messaging to the visuals, it\u2019s authentic and raw. I\u2019ve listened to that stuff since I was a kid,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/check-out-violet-grohls-david-lynch-inspired-single-whats-heaven-without-you-3924806\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">She also recently shared the David Lynch-inspired \u2018What\u2019s Heaven Without You\u2019<\/a> to mark the first anniversary of the iconic director\u2019s death. The track will be available with B-Side \u2018Swallowtail\u2019 as an exclusive 7 inch release on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/record-store-day\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Record Store Day<\/a> on April 18.<\/p>\n<p>The full tracklisting for \u2018Be Sweet To Me\u2019 is:<\/p>\n<p>1. \u2018Thum\u2019<br \/>2. \u2018595\u2019<br \/>3. \u2018Bug In The Cake\u2019<br \/>4. \u2018Last Day I Loved You\u2019<br \/>5. \u2018Big Memory\u2019<br \/>6. \u2018Mobile Stars\u2019<br \/>7. \u2018Often Others\u2019<br \/>8. \u2018Applefish\u2019<br \/>9. \u2018Cool Buzz\u2019<br \/>10. \u2018Pool Of My Dream\u2019<br \/>11. \u2018Plastic Couch\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, her father<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/dave-grohl-had-no-idea-daughter-violet-had-signed-a-record-deal-until-she-told-him-at-dinner-3931382\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> recently revealed that he had \u201cno idea\u201d that his daughter had signed a record deal until she told him at dinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Violent, my daughter \u2013 she\u2019s 19, about to turn 20 \u2013 she made this album with a producer named Justin Raisen, and she did it on her own,\u201d he began. \u201cShe met the producer, and they would go to the studio every day and she would send me songs when she was finished. But I had absolutely nothing to do with this record at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026_violetgrohl_albumart_2000x2000.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He went on to say that while he would have loved to be more hands-on with the project, he was left unaware of the massive progress she was making until she sat down and told him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had no idea. I knew she was looking to sign a record deal, and she was like, \u2018Hey dad, can I come over for dinner tonight?\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018Yeah, sure. What do you want me to make?\u2019 And she came over and told me, like, \u2018I signed my record deal today.\u2019 I\u2019m just like, \u2018Oh my God!\u2019 So, I\u2019m totally uninvolved,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m the dad who wants to be there and know everything. And she\u2019s just totally doing her own thing. It\u2019s amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two of them have worked together musically before, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/dave-grohl-teams-up-with-daughter-violet-to-cover-nausea-by-la-punk-legends-x-2926432\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released a cover version of \u2018Nausea\u2019 \u2013 originally by Los Angeles punks X \u2013 in 2021.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/dave-grohls-daughter-singing-backing-vocals-foo-fighters-tour-2355599\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">began hitting the road with Foo Fighters in 2018<\/a>, providing backing vocals at numerous gigs. She also performed with them at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/big-reads\/taylor-hawkins-tribute-concert-wembley-foo-fighters-cover-3306358\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tribute concerts<\/a>\u00a0held for late drummer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/taylor-hawkins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Hawkins<\/a>\u00a0in 2022, and after featuring on the band\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-share-serene-new-single-show-me-how-featuring-violet-grohl-listen-here-preorder-3448010\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2023 song \u2018Show Me How\u2019,<\/a>\u00a0she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-dave-grohl-brings-out-daughter-violet-to-perform-show-me-how-at-glastonbury-2023-3460174\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">appeared with them at that year\u2019s Glastonbury to perform the track<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the surviving members of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/nirvana\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nirvana<\/a> \u2013 Dave, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-surviving-members-of-nirvana-reunite-with-joan-jett-kim-gordon-and-st-vincent-at-la-fires-benefit-concert-3833434\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reunited for a four-song set at the Fire Aid benefit concert in LA<\/a>, and Violet joined for lead vocals on \u2018All Apologies\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Violet Grohl has announced plans to release her debut album \u2018Be Sweet To Me\u2019 and shared rollicking new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278,640],"class_list":["post-341551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}