During Dave Grohl’s acoustic set at Cannes Lions, the frontman shares a hilarious story about the time Taylor Swift saved his butt from embarrassment in front of Paul McCartney.
“So we were at a party and Paul was there – we’re hanging out and having fun, there’s a piano in the room, and Paul gets up and starts playing a song, and it’s amazing.
“By the way, just so you know, Paul McCartney is the baddest motherfucker in the world, he really is. You kind of forget that not only is he the coolest, but he’s also the best.
“He’s cool, man, he’s fun to hang out with! So he starts playing a song on the piano that’s in the house – in the living room – and it’s blowing everyone’s fucking mind, it’s so cool. It’s a new Paul song, weird.
“Then he finishes the song, and everybody looks at me like, ‘Come on, Dave! Play a song!’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know how to play piano, I don’t know what to do, I can’t play fucking piano!’
“Then I look around and Paul McCartney’s left-handed, so all of the guitars are left handed. ‘Shit! God, I’m screwed, what do I do?!’ Also, I maybe smoked a little pot, so I was already challenged enough. I was like, ‘Oh my god, what do I do right now?!’ All of a sudden Taylor Swift stands up and says, [squeaky girly voice] ‘I’ll play a song!’ I was like, ‘Thank god, Taylor Swift is here! Fucking Batman when you need him!’ So she gets on the piano and I think, ‘Okay, I’ll jam with her.’
“So I pick up one of Paul’s left-handed basses off the wall… I’m super high, she starts playing, and I’m just trying to figure out how to play along to what she’s doing. It was kind of like one of those nightmares where you’re running backwards, or you’re always late for whatever you’ve got to go to.
“She was playing this really beautiful thing on piano, and I look at my wife like, ‘I know this fucking song! What the fuck is this?!’ And she was playing our fucking song, “Best of you” as if I wasn’t high enough, that fucking blew me into outer space, man! I was just like, ‘Wait a second, Taylor Swift, ‘Best of You,’ Paul McCartney, pot, like what?!’ I just lost my mind, so I felt obligated to sit next to her and duet. But her voice, she’s got a good voice, she can sing, man.
After telling the story, Grohl went on to play “Best of You.” Watch the video below.