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This Is a Call: Foo Fighters<\/a> will return on April 24th with a new album called Your Favorite Toy<\/em>. To coincide with today\u2019s announcement, they\u2019ve unleashed the title track as the latest teaser.<\/p>\n Your Favorite Toy<\/em> is Foo Fighters\u2019 12th studio album and their first with new drummer Ilan Rubin<\/a>, who took over behind the kit from Josh Freese in 2025. The record was co-produced by the band with Oliver Roman (who also engineered it) and mixed by Mark \u201cSpike\u201d Stent. It also marks Foo Fighters\u2019 first full-length since 2023\u2019s But Here We Are<\/em><\/a>, which was released just over a year after the death of longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins.<\/p>\n Get Foo Fighters Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n As a preview, the band has unveiled \u201cYour Favorite Toy,\u201d the title track and second new song from the album following last fall\u2019s \u201cAsking for a Friend.\u201d<\/a> With a restless tempo, a mix of acoustic and electric guitar, a dance-forward groove from Rubin, and heavily distorted vocals from Dave Grohl, \u201cYour Favorite Toy\u201d lands in much catchier territory than their recent work; in fact, it feels like a clean combination of the danceable rock stylings from 2021\u2019s Medicine at Midnight<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(including a bluesy nod to setlist staple \u201cNo Son of Mine\u201d) and the raw, grittier sound of But Here We Are<\/em>.<\/p>\n Related Video<\/p>\n Though his vocals are cloaked in distortion, Grohl is downright bratty on \u201cYour Favorite Toy,\u201d sneering and spitting and letting his melodies unspool and fall away. \u201cGet back\/ Hear that, boy?\/ Someone threw away your favorite toy for good,\u201d he barks in the chorus, practically daring the listener to riot. It\u2019s nice to hear Grohl embrace a more sardonic, cheeky persona (though not so cheeky that the ghost of The Dee Gees<\/a> could emerge); but while the band sounds energized, it\u2019s far from a musical reinvention or a reminder of the band\u2019s hidden capacity for transcendence<\/a>. Instead, it\u2019s a lightly spicy floor filler, perfectly suited for their live shows and prioritizing more immediate pleasures than the grief-stricken But Here We Are.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201c\u2019Your Favorite Toy\u2019 really was the key that unlocked the tone and energetic direction of the new album,\u201d says Grohl of the new song in a press statement. \u201cWe stumbled upon it after experimenting with different sounds and dynamics for over a year, and the day it took shape I knew that we had to follow its lead. It was the fuse to the powder keg of songs we wound up recording for this record. It feels new.\u201d Stream \u201cYour Favorite Toy\u201d below.<\/p>\n Foo Fighters will support\u00a0Your Favorite Toy\u00a0<\/em>with their 2026 \u201cTake Cover\u201d tour<\/a> with Queens of the Stone Age as well as a string of headlining festival appearances. The North American leg of the tour kicks off in Toronto on August 4th, with stadium shows following in Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Nashville, and more. The band will also perform a special symphonic concert<\/a> alongside Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on August 22nd, and they\u2019ll headline Louisville\u2019s Bourbon & Beyond festival<\/a> in September. See their tour dates below, and get tickets to see Foo Fighters here<\/a>.<\/p>\n