If you've ever heard Limp Bizkit's 1999 track "Nookie", then you know the words and you've definitely shouted them at friends before. And while we've all probably had a good laugh at "Nookie" over the years, Limp Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst paints the song's lyrics as surprisingly sad ones in a recent interview with Dazed.
Durst said the song deals with him falling in love with someone, and that someone turning around and fucking other people behind his back. Durst notes that the phrase "I did it all for the nookie" is more about him staying and willingly suffering than simply leaving… which is surprisingly deep for a song we all thought was a goofy good time.
"The funny thing about that though, nobody listened to the story in 'Nookie' they just listened to the catchphrase. It's like when I say Rage Against The Machine they listen to 'fuck you, I won't do what you tell me', they don't listen to the rest of it," said Durst.
"'Nookie'. The first time I had been intimate with someone it happened later and I was very much head over heels in love because of that and I was just that guy. I was very much a vulnerable person in that world and I couldn't believe it even happened. So I fell in love and then this person was sleeping with other people and people would say 'Fred, you're so upset, why are you staying?' and I'd say 'because, we made love' and I found a different way to say that: I did it all for the nookie. That sounded more fun. So what I did it for then was the love. And what I do it for now is for the love. I have a new daughter, she's eight months old."
Speaking of Limp Bizkit, they're coming to Europe in 2025 with openers BONES, Ecca Vandal, N8NOFACE, Karen Dió, and host Jon Carnage. There might also be new music – we'll see what happens. Tickets are available here.
3/8 Glasgow, UK OVO Hydro
3/11 Dublin, IRE 3Arena
3/13 Birmingham, UK bp pulse LIVE
3/15 Manchester, UK AO Arena
3/16 London, UK OVO Arena Wembley
3/19 Hamburg, GER Barclays Arena
3/20 Copenhagen, DEN Royal Arena
3/22 Leipzig, GER Quarterback Immobilen Arena
3/23 Lodz, POL Atlas Arena
3/25 Dortmund, GER Westfalenhalle
3/26 Amsterdam, NET Ziggo Dome
3/28 Zurich, SWI Hallenstadion
3/29 Bologna, ITA Unipol Arena
3/31 Frankfurt, GER Festhalle
4/1 Antwerp, BEL Sportpaleis
4/2 Paris, FRA Accor Arena
