Dave Grohl Reveals He Was ‘So Pissed’ Wicked Stole Foo Fighters’ Album Title

The Foo Fighters frontman says the band’s 12th studio album was nearly titled ‘For Good’ before a billion-dollar movie franchise got there first.

Dave Grohl revealed in a May 1 interview with Radio X’s John Kennedy that the Foo Fighters’ newly released 12th studio album, Your Favorite Toy, almost carried a very different name. The original title, For Good, had to be scrapped after the second Wicked film claimed the same phrase, forcing Grohl to pivot and ultimately name the record after its lead single instead.

How ‘For Good’ Became Your Favorite Toy

The title Your Favorite Toy traces back to a lyric in the album’s raging lead single of the same name. Grohl had originally called the song ‘For Good,’ drawn from the line ‘Get back, hear that boy? Someone threw away / Your favorite toy for good.’ He saw the phrase as a natural album title with multiple layers of meaning, telling Kennedy, ‘It could have more than a few meanings, but I’m like, that’s kind of nice.’

That plan collapsed when Wicked: For Good arrived in theaters. The second installment of director Jon M. Chu’s blockbuster adaptation of the Broadway musical pulled in more than $342 million at the box office, making the title impossible to ignore. Grohl’s reaction was blunt: ‘I was so pissed.’ He changed the song’s title and let the new name carry over to the album as a whole.

Your Favorite Toy Arrives as Foo Fighters Head to Rockville

The Foo Fighters released Your Favorite Toy on April 24. The band is set to perform songs from the collection at the Welcome to Rockville Festival in Daytona Beach, Florida on May 8.

The album marks the band’s first full-length release since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in 2022, a loss that reshaped the group’s lineup and raised genuine questions about the band’s future. That the Foos have arrived at a 12th studio album, complete with a title that carries its own accidental backstory, speaks to the resilience Grohl and his bandmates have shown in the years since.

What we know

• Dave Grohl revealed in a May 1 interview with Radio X’s John Kennedy that he originally wanted to title the new Foo Fighters album ‘For Good.’
• The title ‘For Good’ was drawn from a lyric in the song ‘Your Favorite Toy’: ‘Someone threw away / Your favorite toy for good.’
• Grohl abandoned the title after Wicked: For Good, the second Wicked film directed by Jon M. Chu, was released and grossed more than $342 million at the box office.
• The Foo Fighters released Your Favorite Toy, their 12th studio album, on April 24.
• The band is scheduled to perform at the Welcome to Rockville Festival in Daytona Beach, Florida on May 8.

The take

Album titling is rarely as clean as it looks from the outside, and Grohl’s ‘For Good’ situation is a reminder of how much can shift in the final stretch of a record cycle. The Foo Fighters have always leaned into direct, emotionally blunt titles, from There Is Nothing Left to Lose to Wasting Light, and ‘For Good’ would have fit that tradition neatly, carrying the kind of finality that resonates differently after the band lost Taylor Hawkins in 2022. The pivot to Your Favorite Toy is arguably just as effective; it centers the album’s lead single and gives the record a more combative, kinetic identity that suits the band’s current mode.

The collision with a major studio franchise is an increasingly common hazard in an era when IP-driven entertainment dominates the cultural calendar. A title like ‘For Good’ sits in a gray zone, not legally protected but practically unusable once a film grossing $342 million claims it. Grohl’s frustration is understandable, and his willingness to talk about it openly is characteristic of the candor that has made him one of rock’s most accessible frontmen. For a band navigating its first album cycle with a rebuilt lineup, keeping the promotional narrative focused on the music rather than legal disputes was clearly the right call.

Why it matters

For Foo Fighters fans, the anecdote adds a layer of context to an album that already carries significant emotional weight as the band’s first full studio effort since Hawkins’ death. The title Your Favorite Toy now reads less like a default choice and more like a deliberate reframe, one that keeps the focus on the music itself. More broadly, it illustrates how legacy rock acts operate in a media landscape where even album titles can get crowded out by franchise entertainment.

What’s next

The Foo Fighters are scheduled to perform at the Welcome to Rockville Festival in Daytona Beach, Florida on May 8, where they are expected to play material from Your Favorite Toy, which was released on April 24.

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