Fred Durst says people misunderstand Limp Bizkit’s ‘Nookie’: “Nobody listened to the story”

nme.com:

Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has pointed out that fans frequently misunderstand the lyrics to the band’s 1999 hit ‘Nookie’.Despite the song’s chorus, where Durst raps that he “did it all for the nookie”, people frequently overlook that the song is concerned less with sex than it is with love despite its title.In a new interview with Dazed, Durst was asked: “In 1999, you’re doing it all for the nookie.

What are you doing it all for in 2025?” prompting him to explain his frustrations with how the song gets misinterpreted.“The funny thing about that though, nobody listened to the story in ‘Nookie’ — they just listened to the catchphrase,” Durst said. “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.“‘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.