Frances Bean Cobain has announced the birth of her first child today (September 29).
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In a new post, Cobain, the daughter of Courtney Love and late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain revealed that she gave birth to a baby son on September 17.
The baby’s father is Riley Hawk – the son of former pro skater Tony Hawk. In a post on Instagram, they revealed that the baby is called Ronin Walker Cobain Hawk, adding:
“Welcome to the world most beautiful son. We love you more than anything”, along with a picture of the newborn.
You can check out the image here:
In the comments section of the post, many well wishers from the pair’s famous friends could be seen, such as Zelda Williams, daughter of the late actor Robin Williams who wrote: “”Ahhhh! Congrats!!!!” Harper Grohl, daughter of Kurt’s bandmate Dave Grohl also commented with teary-eyed emojis.
Frances first revealed her relationship with Riley Hawk in 2022, sharing photos of him on Instagram. The pair later married in October 2023 with R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe – who is Frances’ godfather – officiating.
Earlier this year, Frances shared a moving post on the 30th anniversary of her father’s death.
The musician rose to prominence at the end of the ‘80s as the frontman and guitarist of Nirvana – alongside Grohl and Krist Novoselic – and went on to become one of the most iconic figures in rock, particularly in the ‘90s grunge scene. He died by suicide on April 5, 1994, when his daughter, Cobain, was only one year old.
Cobain shared an emotive tribute to her late parent along with some photos of her with Kurt, and discussed how she wishes she “could have known” him.
“30 years ago my dad’s life ended,” she wrote, sharing an image of the musician’s hands, taken by R.E.M frontman (and her godfather) Michael Stipe, followed by a couple of photos of them together. “The 2nd & 3rd photo capture the last time we were together while he was still alive. His mom Wendy would often press my hands to her cheeks & say, with a lulling sadness, ‘You have his hands’. She would breathe them in as if it were her only chance to hold him just a little bit closer, frozen in time. I hope she’s holding his hands wherever they are.”
She continued: “In the last 30 years my ideas around loss have been in a continuous state of metamorphosing. The biggest lesson learned through grieving for almost as long as I’ve been conscious, is that it serves a purpose. The duality of life & death, pain & joy, yin & yang, need to exist alongside each other or none of this would have any meaning. It is the impermanent nature of human existence which throws us into the depths of our most authentic lives. As It turns out, there is no greater motivation for leaning into loving awareness than knowing everything ends.
“I wish I could’ve known my Dad. I wish I knew the cadence of his voice, how he liked his coffee or the way it felt to be tucked in after a bedtime story. I always wondered if he would’ve caught tadpoles with me during the muggy Washington summers, or if he smelled of Camel Lights & strawberry Nesquik (his favourites, I’ve been told),” she added.
