Violet Grohl, the 20-year-old daughter of Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, has already created a buzz with the release of her debut album Be Sweet to Me in late May and the single “Thum,” which cracked the Triple-A and alternative rock charts.
Now, Violet Grohl is adding a little kitsch to the mix with her new video, “Bug in the Cake,” which co-stars legendary adult film star Nina Hartley as her grandmother. The clip is garnering praise from fans for its visuals and Grohl’s hard-rocking approach, which some fans are saying reminds them of a song by a band that her father played drums in.
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The video begins with Violet Grohl approaching what looks like a track home in the San Fernando Valley, presumably owned by her fictional grandmother. It then cuts to scenes of Violet performing the song on the pool deck as a bikini-clad Hartley lounges on a floaty in the pool.
“this feels like turning on MTV in the 90s,” one fan wrote on the comments in YouTube, with another noting the presence of the adult film legend. “Just hanging out filming a music video with Nina Hartley. 🤘🏼,” they wrote.
Others responded to the music with comparisons to some critically acclaimed acts, and even a specific Nirvana track that was recorded just prior to Dave Grohl, joining the band.
“The repeated grandma lines remind me of “grandma take me home” repeated in Sliver,” wrote another fan, referring to the 1990 Nirvana single featuring Dan Peters of Mudhoney on drums.
“It’s like hearing Sheryl Crow singing with Queens of the Stone Age…and I’m kinda living for it!” another fan added.
“Sounds like a mix between Hole and Starcrawler. Definitely that 90s video MTV vibe I remember so vividly back in my junior high and high school daze (early to mid 90s)…,” yet another fan wrote.
As the clip progresses, we see grandma discreetly let her Speedo-clad presumed lover out the backyard gate and see scenes of her vacuuming while holding a martini and later shaving her legs while smoking, all while Violet sings the song’s lyrics flat on her back in shag carpeting and into a hairbrush in the bathroom.
Later in the video, Hartley and Grohl are seen pumping iron in the backyard and Hartley apparently invites a pizza delivery person, who is never seen on camera, in for a special tip.
These days, Hartley who is active on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, bills herself as a “teacher, mentor, pioneer, feminist, entertainer, thinker, kinkster, lover, Jazz fan.” And, she’s still occasionally posting slightly provocative photos of herself as well as holding live video chats on her website nina.com.