Dave Grohl's daughter Violet is featured on the New Foo Fighters album Medicine at Midnight. The 14-year-old contributes backing vocals to the album's opening number, “Making a Fire.”
During an interview with BBC, Grohl revealed how the collaboration came about, saying, “At around two or three o'clock every day, I would take a break and go pick her up from school. Sometimes she'd want to come back to the house, and she'd sit on the couch and do her homework.”
He continued, “One day, producer Greg Kurstin said, 'Hey Violet, would you like to do a back-up vocal?' And she got behind the microphone, she did a few takes, and on the chorus of 'Making a Fire,' that's Violet's high vocal in there.”
He added, “It didn't seem official until my accountant called a few months ago and asked where she should deposit Violet's check. And I said, 'What are you talking about?' She said, 'Well, she sang on the album, so she has to be paid for playing on the record.' And I said, 'You can take that money and give it to me, and I'll put it in an account for Violet that she can open when she's 18 years old!'”
