Watch Dave Grohl Surprise Kid Drummer With Her Own Theme Song
She achieved sudden fame sometime last year, when videos of her electric drum covers of various rock songs started going viral on Twitter. Her performances were flawless, her energy was wild, and her precocity was obvious: Nandi Bushell is just 10 years old, but her talent makes that difficult to believe.
When she challenged Dave Grohl to outplay her own cover of “Everlong,” the drummer accepted, even though he hadn’t played the song in a decade. Since then, the pair has been locked in an ongoing friendly feud ― a percussive battle between two people who have somehow become both nemeses and mutual superfans.
And the battle just reached a fever pitch: Grohl, the former drummer for Nirvana and founder of the Foo Fighters, just debuted a brand new song — but it isn’t what you might expect. He decided to take this back-and-forth with Nandi to the next level, by improvising a fully-realized ode to the 10-year-old genius.
“OK, Nandi, you got me. You win round one,” he concedes in a video posted to the Foo Fighters’ Twitter account. “But I got something special for you, something you’ve never heard before. Something I’ve never heard before, because I’m about to write this off the top of my head, for you.”
Ok @Nandi_Bushell....Round 2! Every superhero needs a theme song. Here’s one for you! Mad props to The Grohlettes for the background vocals. pic.twitter.com/js9xBasbpw
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) September 14, 2020
Once he’s done his monologue, he immediately pitches into a rock song about a little girl who happens to be equal parts superhero and rockstar. The Grohlettes — Grohl’s daughters — offer some background vocals. Dave handles the drums and the guitars. He also takes up the lead singer role, which he uses to refer to Nandi as things like “hero wunderkind,” “coolest on the scene” and “number one supergirl.”
“She’s got the power! Got the soul! Gonna save the world with her rock and roll!” Grohl bellows,...
