Following a social media campaign of teasers through the start of the year, Foo Fighters have finally given in and revealed a new song from their upcoming 12th studio album. The record ‘Your Favorite Toy’ will be coming out in April, with its title track giving a taste of things to come.

The US rock heroes have had a turbulent time in the 2020’s so far. Following long-time drummer Taylor Hawkins’ sudden death in 2022, they channeled their grief into their massive stadium tribute concerts to his life, before releasing 11th album ‘But Here We Are’ in 2023. More public drama ensued with frontman Dave Grohl’s confession to fathering a child in an extra-marital affair, and the unceremonious sacking of permanent drumming appointment Josh Freese. However since the recruitment of current drummer Ilan Rubin, the ship has been steadied and the band are back with fire in their bellies.

In October last year, Foo Fighters released their first single with Rubin, ‘Asking For A Friend’, a thumping hard rock track begging to be played in arenas and stadiums around the world. When compared to their earlier 2025 single, the more laid-back power ballad ‘Today’s Song’, ‘Asking For A Friend’ is a triumphant return to a classic sound for the band. According to NME, at shows on their Australian tour this January, Grohl announced the album was complete and would be releasing before his next birthday, the 14th of January 2027.

Over the first two weeks of February, the band posted several cryptic updates to their social media accounts, the first with a caption “This is just a test.” and the second reading “Of a broken broadcast system.” Both featured a jumble of seconds-long snippets of music, with fans quickly identifying them as multiple unreleased songs. The overarching sound of the clips was bouncing with energy, and very heavy by modern Foo Fighters standards.

The news of ‘Your Favorite Toy’ broke earlier this afternoon, alongside the single. Later in the day, Apple Music shared an interview with Grohl speaking to DJ Zane Lowe about the journey to find the sound of the album. He says they looked for “whatever is going to make us jump around, and smile, and scream”, which they found in the title track’s writing. Talking about the single ‘Your Favorite Toy’, he says “This particular song was literally the springboard for the rest of the record. When we hit this, it’s like we hit a little vein of gold, and we were like “that’s the feeling, that’s the vibe, that’s the energy.””

‘Your Favorite Toy’ certainly has the jumpy vibe that inspired them, a noisy, stompy anthem, featuring the band’s familiar three-guitar assault and the return of Grohl’s snarling screams. Clocking in at under 3 minutes, this is Foo Fighters at their loudest and arguably best.

Foo Fighters make their live return to British shores with two sold-out dates at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium on the 25th and 27th of June. In the announcement they revealed pre-order links for album ‘Your Favorite Toy’ , launching on the 24th of April, as well as the designs for the physical version showing off the full track list. So far only ‘Asking For A Friend’ and ‘Your Favorite Toy’ have released, but here’s the whole running order:

CAUGHT IN THE ECHO
OF ALL PEOPLE
WINDOW
YOUR FAVORITE TOY
IF YOU ONLY KNEW
SPIT SHINE
UNCONDITIONAL
CHILD ACTOR
AMEN, CAVEMEN
ASKING FOR A FRIEND