Dave Grohl arrived early at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 27, and he did not come alone. Jordyn Blum was with him as the couple stepped onto the red carpet for the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, putting their arrival among the first big moments of the night.
Grohl was all smiles with Blum before turning to another part of the event, where he posed for photos with Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear ahead of Nirvana receiving the Video Vanguard Award. The award is the show’s way of honoring a body of work that has shaped music and video culture, which made the reunion more than a casual backstage moment.
That contrast made the red carpet feel especially full for Grohl. He was there as part of a couple, then again as one-third of Nirvana’s surviving lineup, with the band’s story stretching back to Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994 and still carrying weight on a night built around music history. The VMAs were also drawing other pairs in coordinated appearances, from Alex Warren and Kouvr Annon to Chanel West Coast and Dom Fenison, but Grohl and Blum were among the first to arrive.
The sequence left one simple takeaway: Blum’s appearance beside Grohl was not a side note, but part of a night in which he moved between his public life with his wife and his legacy with Nirvana. What mattered next was already on the schedule — the band’s Video Vanguard moment, and the attention that comes whenever Grohl steps back into that history in front of a live audience.
