Watch Dave Grohl (Finally) Meet His 10-Year-Old Drum Battle ‘Rival’ Nandi Bushell via Video Chat

The epic back-and-forth between Dave Grohl, band leader of the Foo Fighters and bona fide rock star, and Nandi Bushell, a 10-year-old music phenom whose series of YouTube performance videos shot her to international acclaim, has been a source of abundant entertainment for the past month or so.

Bushell’s skills, which blow most viewers away given her young age, led to a few “challenges” with Mr. Grohl, spirited competition videos like this:

Hey @Nandi_Bushell!

Challenge accepted.

Haven’t played these songs in a loooooong time…..thanks for the inspiration!!!

Your move!!!

Your friend in rock,
Dave

(Thanks to my daughter, Harper for letting me borrow her drum set) pic.twitter.com/Ytq47CcZRC

— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) August 29, 2020

And her reply:

… and Grohl’s response, which was basically Nandi’s very own personal superhero theme song:

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

The latest update from this budding musical rivalry/friendship came via the New York Times, which facilitated a face-to-face — well, technically, a screen-to-screen meet-up, as we are still in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, after all — between Grohl and Bushell.

Each musician is visibly excited about meeting the other via teleconference, and it’s all a lot of fun.

Mr Grohl! It was an honour and so #EPIC to meet you! I had so much fun talking to you. I really can’t wait for your battle response! I bet it’s going to be TRULY #AWESOME! I really can’t wait to write a song with you and perform on stage with the @foofighters @nytimesmusic pic.twitter.com/LkfCongCek

— Nandi Bushell (@Nandi_Bushell) November 9, 2020

“I get to meet a rock star! Oh, my God!” Grohl says after the chat initiates. “Oh, my gosh, it’s you! It’s so nice to meet you. … I can’t believe I’m talking to you. I feel like I’m meeting a Beatle.”

While the next installment of their “drum battle” is forthcoming (Grohl and the Foo Fighters are a bit busy right now, having recently debuted a new song on SNL and planned a live stream event for Nov. 14), he did make sure to invite Bushell to drum alongside the band whenever touring is able to happen again:

“When the Foo Fighters finally come back to the U.K., do you think that you would get up onstage and jam with us?” Grohl asks her in the video. “But it has to be at the end of the set, because you’re gonna steal the show. It can’t be at the beginning of the set, because if you come out first, it’s just all downhill from there.”

Stay tuned for more …