Frances Bean Cobain

Frances Bean Cobain was born on August 18, 1992, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CaliforniaCross, Charles R. Heavier Than Heaven, Hyperion, 2001. {{ISBN|0-7868-6505-9}} p. 246. to Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. She was named after Frances McKee, the guitarist for the Scottish indie pop duo The Vaselines,{{cite web |title=Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of late rocker Kurt Cobain, celebrates 18th birthday |url=http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Frances-Bean-Cobain--daughter-of-late-rocker-Kurt-Cobain--celebrates-18th-birthday/7782371 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507074119/http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Frances-Bean-Cobain--daughter-of-late-rocker-Kurt-Cobain--celebrates-18th-birthday/7782371 |archive-date=May 7, 2011}}{{cite web |title=Grunge icon remembered |author=Tricia Friesen |date=April 2, 2007 |url=https://washburnreview.org/21324/uncategorized/grunge-icon-remembered/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918153344/http://www.washburnreview.org/2.5496/grunge-icon-remembered-1.839603?pagereq=1%23.Tmz07-wg16E |archive-date=September 18, 2012 |access-date=November 28, 2021}}{{cite web |title=The Vaselines Record Second Album After 20 Years |url=http://www.undercover.fm/news/10994-the-vaselines-record-second-album-after-20-years |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622035732/http://www.undercover.fm/news/10994-the-vaselines-record-second-album-after-20-years |archive-date=June 22, 2013}} not actress Frances Farmer, as has been commonly assumed.{{cite web |last1=Brillson |first1=Leila |title=Frances Bean Cobain Models for Hedi Slimane |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/k8j5c3/frances-bean-cobain |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108090132/https://www.mtv.com/news/k8j5c3/frances-bean-cobain |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |publisher=MTV |access-date=January 8, 2023}} Former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe and actress Drew Barrymore are her godparents.{{cite news |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |date=September 23, 2011 |title=Nirvana Heiress Frances Bean Cobain: About A Girl |publisher=MTV |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1671281/cobain-frances-bean-pictures/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525012509/http://www.mtv.com/news/1671281/cobain-frances-bean-pictures/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=April 14, 2015}}

Cobain's sonogram photo – the origin of her middle name, as her father thought she looked like a kidney bean{{cite web |last1=Egan |first1=Barry |title=Frances Bean Cobain: 'I feel like I have a deep spiritual understanding that most people probably don't' |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/frances-bean-cobain-i-feel-like-i-have-a-deep-spiritual-understanding-that-most-people-probably-dont-37165902.html |website=Irish Independent |date=July 30, 2018 |publisher=MediaHuis Ireland |access-date=January 6, 2023 |archive-date=January 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106031913/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/frances-bean-cobain-i-feel-like-i-have-a-deep-spiritual-understanding-that-most-people-probably-dont-37165902.html |url-status=live}} – was featured on the sleeve of Nirvana's 1992 single "Lithium".Cross, Charles R. Heavier Than Heaven, Hyperion, 2001. {{ISBN|0-7868-6505-9}} p. 250.

Before Cobain's birth, rumors suggested that her mother used heroin during the pregnancy. This scandal intensified when Vanity Fair published Lynn Hirschberg's article "Strange Love", which alleged that Love admitted to using heroin even after learning of her pregnancy.{{cite magazine |last1=Hirschberg |first1=Lynn |title=Strange Love: The Story of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/03/love-story-of-kurt-cobain-courtney-love |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=November 28, 2021 |date=September 1, 1992 |archive-date=December 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161215104313/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/03/love-story-of-kurt-cobain-courtney-love |url-status=live}} Love and Kurt Cobain maintained that Vanity Fair took her words out of context.{{cite episode |network=VH1 network |series=Behind the Music |title=Courtney Love |airdate=June 21, 2010}} Eventually, child welfare services launched an investigation into their parenting abilities.{{cite news |last1=Wawzenek |first1=Bryan |title=25 Years Ago: Frances Bean Cobain Born to Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love |url=https://diffuser.fm/frances-bean-cobain-born/ |access-date=July 9, 2019 |publisher=Diffuser |date=August 18, 2017 |archive-date=July 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709170125/https://diffuser.fm/frances-bean-cobain-born/ |url-status=live}} The investigation was ultimately dismissed, but not without a significant amount of legal wrangling and Cobain being removed from her parents' custody for a short time, beginning when she was just two weeks old.

On April 1, 1994, when she was 20 months old, Cobain visited her father at the Exodus Recovery Center, a rehab center in Marina del Rey, California, where they played together. This was the last time she saw her father alive;Charles R. Cross, Heavier Than Heaven. Hyperion, 2001 one week later, he was found dead at his home in Seattle.[https://ew.com/article/1994/04/29/mourning-kurt-cobains-death/ "Mourning Kurt Cobain's death"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129042314/https://ew.com/article/1994/04/29/mourning-kurt-cobains-death/ |date=November 29, 2021 }}, Entertainment Weekly, April 29, 1994.{{cite news |first=Nicole |last=Brodeur |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/sad-reminder-of-kurt-cobains-legacy/ |title=Sad reminder of Kurt Cobain's legacy |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=January 5, 2006 |access-date=November 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112084616/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002721217_brodeur06m.html |archive-date=November 12, 2011}} Cobain was subsequently raised by her mother, aunts, and paternal grandmother.Courtney Love has lost custody of her child three times.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141015044533/http://www.mtv.com/news/1628296/frances-bean-cobain-has-steered-clear-of-her-parents-spotlight/ "Frances Bean Cobain Has Steered Clear Of Her Parents' Spotlight"], MTV, December 18, 2009. Retrieved November 28, 2021. She spent her early years in Seattle and Los Angeles, and was placed in her grandmother's care for a time after her mother's drug-related arrest in October 2003. Love regained custody of Cobain in 2005.{{Cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1495857/courtney-love-regains-custody-of-frances-bean-cobain/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626091604/http://www.mtv.com/news/1495857/courtney-love-regains-custody-of-frances-bean-cobain/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 26, 2014 |title=Courtney Love Regains Custody Of Frances Bean Cobain |publisher=MTV News |access-date=December 5, 2017 |language=en}} Cobain is a childhood neighbor and close friend of Billie Lourd, daughter of Carrie Fisher and Bryan Lourd.{{cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/booksmart-billie-lourd|work=Teen Vogue|title=Billie Lourd Wishes She’d Had a Movie Like Booksmart When She Was in High School|last=Bergado|first=Gabe|date=May 20, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250117211230/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/booksmart-billie-lourd|archive-date=January 17, 2025|quote=When I was in the [audition] room Olivia [Wilde] actually brought up Courtney Love, who, you know, with my weird childhood, I kind of grew up with.}}{{cite interview|work=WTF with Marc Maron|title=Episode 1395 – Courtney Love|date=December 26, 2022|last=Love|first=Courtney|author-link=Courtney Love|interviewer=Marc Maron|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1395-courtney-love|quote=Frances's oldest friend is Carrie's daughter, Billie...  [Carrie] had been my neighbor for many years...  I bought a nice house next to Carrie, and our daughters were born a month apart, and they were really, really tight.|time=55:54}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/02/07/kurt-cobains-daughter-frances-bean-talks-guilt-inheriting-fortune/2806822002/|work=USA Today|title=Kurt Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean reveals guilt for inheritance from man 'I’ve never met'|date=February 7, 2019|last=Henderson|first=Cydney|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210717102906/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/02/07/kurt-cobains-daughter-frances-bean-talks-guilt-inheriting-fortune/2806822002/|archive-date=July 17, 2021}}

During her young adulthood, Cobain attended Bard College, where she studied art.{{Cite web |url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2015/04/kurt-cobains-daughter-frances-bean-cobain/ |title=Kurt Cobain's Daughter, Frances Bean Cobain: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know |date=April 5, 2015 |access-date=August 2, 2018 |archive-date=May 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517034951/https://heavy.com/entertainment/2015/04/kurt-cobains-daughter-frances-bean-cobain/ |url-status=live}}

In August 2006, she was photographed for Elle UK magazine in her father's famous brown cardigan and pajama pants as part of an article featuring children of rock stars in their parents' clothing. She explained, "I wore his pajamas because he got married in them to my mom in 1992 in Hawaii so I thought they would be cute if I wore them today. He was too lazy to put on a tux so he got married in pajamas!"{{Cite web |date=August 3, 2006 |title=Cobain's Pijama Surprise |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=7684 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212135045/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=7684 |archive-date=February 12, 2007 |access-date=November 26, 2021 |website=San Francisco Gate}}{{Cite magazine |date=August 2006 |title=Frances Bean Cobain |url=https://images.impresa.pt/blitz/2017-02-23-frances-bean-cobain-elle-elle-f2f1627a6712c62992c28f52c252be29-large-1230660.jpg/original/mw-1280 |website=Elle Magazine UK |access-date=February 19, 2024 |archive-date=November 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211126105742/https://images.impresa.pt/blitz/2017-02-23-frances-bean-cobain-elle-elle-f2f1627a6712c62992c28f52c252be29-large-1230660.jpg/original/mw-1280 |url-status=live}} In February 2008, she appeared in a photo spread for Harper's Bazaar dressed as Evita.{{cite news |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/trends/g238/frances-bean-cobain-lookbook-0308/ |title=Frances Bean Cobain |first=Jeff |last=Riedel |work=Harpers Bazaar |publisher=Hearst Communications, Inc. |access-date=March 7, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202070924/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/trends/g238/frances-bean-cobain-lookbook-0308/ |archive-date=December 2, 2020}} Cobain modeled for Hedi Slimane for a web photo series released August 2, 2011. In 2016, she modeled alongside Alice Glass in a spread for Schön! magazine shot by Floria Sigismondi. In 2017, she was announced as the face of Marc Jacobs's Spring/Summer campaign for that year, shot by David Sims.{{cite web |last=Nikki |first=Darlene |url=http://www.upvenue.com/article/1451-new-pictures-of-frances-bean-cobain.html |title=New pictures of Frances Bean Cobain |publisher=Upvenue.com |date=August 10, 2011 |access-date=November 6, 2011 |archive-date=August 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826211805/http://www.upvenue.com/article/1451-new-pictures-of-frances-bean-cobain.html |url-status=live}}[https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/grunge-grrrl-frances-bean-cobain-grew-up Grunge Grrrl Frances Bean Cobain Grew Up] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106114949/http://gothamist.com/2011/08/09/frances_bean_cobain.php |date=January 6, 2016 }} Gothamist. Retrieved November 28, 2021.[https://www.hedislimane.com/diary/2011/08/02 Hedi Slimane Diary.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605085911/http://www.hedislimane.com/diary/day.php?m=8&y=2011&d=2 |date=June 5, 2018 }} August 2, 2011.

In July 2010, Cobain debuted a collection of artwork titled Scumfuck under the pseudonym "Fiddle Tim" at the La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles.[http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/2010/Fiddle-Tim/Fiddle-Tim2010.htm La Luz de Jesus Gallery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528100239/http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/2010/Fiddle-Tim/Fiddle-Tim2010.htm |date=May 28, 2013 }} Los Angeles, California.{{cite web |url=https://www.flavorwire.com/104931/frances-bean-cobain-assumes-pseudonym-debuts-artwork |title=Frances Bean Cobain Assumes Pseudonym, Debuts Artwork |first=Laurie |last=Kamens |date=December 24, 2010 |access-date=November 29, 2021 |archive-date=November 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129042314/https://www.flavorwire.com/104931/frances-bean-cobain-assumes-pseudonym-debuts-artwork |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/art/2010-07-16/frances-bean-cobain-fiddle-tim |title=Frances Bean Cobain: No Apologies |first=Rebecca |last=Pattiz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025145822/http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/art/2010-07-16/frances-bean-cobain-fiddle-tim |archive-date=October 25, 2011}} On August 4, 2012, she participated in the group show 'MiXTAPE' under her real name. Artists were asked to pick a song and create art inspired by that song. Cobain chose the song "Black" by The Jesus and Mary Chain. The eclectic mix of songs chosen was featured for digital download on iTunes.Miller, Bridgette.[http://www.bust.com/blog/frances-bean-cobain-more-create-art-that-rocks-for-mixtape-la.html Frances Bean Cobain & More Create Art That Rocks for MiXTAPE LA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054625/http://www.bust.com/blog/frances-bean-cobain-more-create-art-that-rocks-for-mixtape-la.html |date=September 21, 2013 }} Bust August 2, 2012[http://larecord.com/interviews/2012/08/03/la-mixtape-as-a-gesture-of-love LA MIXTAPE: AS A GESTURE OF LOVE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822104038/http://larecord.com/interviews/2012/08/03/la-mixtape-as-a-gesture-of-love |date=August 22, 2013 }} L.A. Record August 3, 2012{{cite web |date=August 20, 2012 |first=Amy |last=Duran |title=In L.A.: LA Mixtape @ LeBasse Projects China Town |url=http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/in-la-la-mixtape-lebasse-projects-china-town |work=juxtapoz magazine |access-date=September 11, 2012 |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921063001/http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/in-la-la-mixtape-lebasse-projects-china-town |url-status=live}} Opening on June 7, 2017, through June 30, Cobain and artist Lindsey Way held a joint art exhibition titled "Ghosts For Sale" at Gallery 30 South in Pasadena.{{Cite web |url=http://gallery30south.com/way-cobain-ghosts-for-sale/ |title=Lindsey Way & Frances Bean Cobain: Ghosts for Sale |date=June 6, 2017 |website=Gallery 30 South |language=en-US |access-date=December 19, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612223818/http://gallery30south.com/way-cobain-ghosts-for-sale/ |url-status=live}}

According to Rolling Stone magazine, the title and cover photograph for the 2005 Nirvana rarities album Sliver: The Best of the Box were chosen by 13-year-old Cobain.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/unreleased-nirvana-due-99774/amp/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060719210343/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7661197/nirvana?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single1&rnd=1127255233359&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.1059 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2006 |title=Unreleased Nirvana Due |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 4, 2010 |access-date=November 28, 2021}} Cobain worked as an intern for Rolling Stone magazine from June to August 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.theinsider.com/news/1082424_Frances_Bean_Cobain_is_a_summer_intern_at_Rolling_Stone |title=Frances Cobain is a summer intern at Rolling Stone |work=Theinsider.com |access-date=November 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330120417/http://www.theinsider.com/news/1082424_Frances_Bean_Cobain_is_a_summer_intern_at_Rolling_Stone |archive-date=March 30, 2010}} She was featured in the magazine years later, photographed by David LaChapelle. In 2009, it was reported that Cobain had turned down the role of Alice in Tim Burton's film Alice in Wonderland,{{cite web |url=http://www.popcrunch.com/frances-bean-cobain-alice-in-wonderland-snub/ |title=Frances Bean Cobain 'Alice in Wonderland' Snub |work=Popcrunch.com |access-date=February 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227211633/http://www.popcrunch.com/frances-bean-cobain-alice-in-wonderland-snub/ |archive-date=February 27, 2014 |url-status=dead}} while in 2013 it was revealed she had turned down the part of Bella Swan in Twilight.{{cite web |last1=Soghomonian |first1=Talia |title=Courtney Love claims that Frances Bean Cobain was offered lead role in 'Twilight' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/courtney-love-claims-that-frances-bean-cobain-was-881157 |website=NME |date=June 2013 |access-date=5 January 2024 |archive-date=January 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105155107/https://www.nme.com/news/film/courtney-love-claims-that-frances-bean-cobain-was-881157 |url-status=live}}

Cobain appeared as a guest vocalist on the song "My Space" from the album Evelyn Evelyn by Evelyn Evelyn, which was released on March 30, 2010."[http://superpowerbros.com/music/kurt-cobains-daughter-frances-bean-cobain-makes-singing-debut/ Kurt Cobain's Daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, makes singing debut] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232638/http://superpowerbros.com/music/kurt-cobains-daughter-frances-bean-cobain-makes-singing-debut/ |date=December 30, 2013 }}" February 6, 2010. Amanda Palmer from Evelyn clarified that Cobain was one of some 20 artists who sang the same line and whose voices were mixed together in the recording.Palmer, Amanda. "[http://blog.amandapalmer.net/post/392050312/the-story-behind-evelyn-evelyn The Story Behind 'Evelyn Evelyn'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724155116/http://blog.amandapalmer.net/post/392050312/the-story-behind-evelyn-evelyn |date=July 24, 2014 }}", Amanda Palmer Blog. Retrieved June 25, 2010. Cobain was also an executive producer on the HBO movie about her father's life, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/08/entertainment/feat-frances-bean-cobain-rolling-stone-interview/ |title=Frances Bean Cobain on life after Kurt's death: An exclusive Q&A |publisher=CNN |date=April 9, 2015 |access-date=April 10, 2015 |archive-date=April 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411092901/http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/08/entertainment/feat-frances-bean-cobain-rolling-stone-interview/ |url-status=live}} though she later denounced the film, calling the representation of her father "not what I wanted it to be". In 2019, she appeared as a special guest judge in one episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 4.

On December 11, 2009, a California Superior Court in Los Angeles appointed Wendy O'Connor, her paternal grandmother, and Kimberly Cobain, her father's sister, as Cobain's temporary co-guardians.[https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-12-14-cobain-guardianship_N.htm "Cobain's mother gets guardianship of granddaughter"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129042315/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-12-14-cobain-guardianship_N.htm |date=November 29, 2021 }}, Associated Press, USA Today, December 14, 2009. Retrieved November 28, 2012. On December 16, 2009, a judge issued a related temporary restraining order prohibiting Love from having any direct or indirect contact with her daughter.[http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/16/court-to-courtney-stay-away-from-frances/ "Court to Courtney: Stay Away From Frances"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124184802/https://www.tmz.com/2009/12/16/court-to-courtney-stay-away-from-frances/ |date=November 24, 2020 }}, TMZ.com. Retrieved June 25, 2010. The papers were filed under the heading "motion to seal all documents... relating to a minor and allegations of domestic violence". Among those documents are Cobain's medical records, according to the filing.{{cite web |last=Fleeman |first=Mike |url=https://people.com/celebrity/did-courtney-loves-daughter-face-domestic-violence/ |title=Did Courtney Love's Daughter Face Domestic Violence? |work=People |date=December 23, 2009 |access-date=November 28, 2021}}

On August 18, 2010, Cobain inherited 37% of her late father's estate.{{cite web |last=Uhl |first=Carey |url=http://www.mxdwn.com/2012/05/13/news/documents-show-courtney-love-lost-the-rights-to-kurt-cobains-image-and-likeness-to-his-daughter-frances-bean-cobain/ |title=Documents Show Courtney Love Lost The Rights to Kurt Cobain's Image and Likeness to His Daughter Frances Bean Cobain |publisher=Mxdwn.com |date=May 13, 2012 |access-date=May 19, 2012 |archive-date=June 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605014830/http://www.mxdwn.com/2012/05/13/news/documents-show-courtney-love-lost-the-rights-to-kurt-cobains-image-and-likeness-to-his-daughter-frances-bean-cobain/ |url-status=dead}} She controls the publicity rights to her father's name and image.

Cobain was ill on April 10, 2014 and therefore could not attend the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for her father's band, Nirvana. Several of her family members spoke on stage at the event. Her godfather, Michael Stipe, gave the band's induction speech.{{Cite web |last=Perry |first=Kevin EG |date=2014-04-11 |title=Nirvana, Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain's family unite at emotional induction to Hall Of Fame – watch |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/nirvana-59-1232360 |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}

In an interview in 2015, Cobain said she was not a fan of grunge bands, instead preferring the music of artists such as Oasis, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Mercury Rev, but has said she likes the Nirvana songs "Territorial Pissings" and "Dumb".{{cite magazine |last1=Fricke |first1=David |date=April 8, 2015 |title=Frances Bean Cobain on Life After Kurt's Death: Exclusive |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/frances-bean-cobain-on-life-after-kurts-death-an-exclusive-qa-186561/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129042313/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/frances-bean-cobain-on-life-after-kurts-death-an-exclusive-qa-186561/ |archive-date=November 29, 2021 |access-date=November 28, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

During Cobain's divorce proceedings from Isaiah Silva, it was revealed she earned, from July 2016 until June 2017, $95,496 per month from royalties related to her father's estate, in addition to $6,784 per month in dividends ($102,280 total per month, $1.2 million per year). Her net worth was estimated at $11.3 million.{{cite web |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=Frances Bean Earns More Than 100K a Month from Kurt Cobain's Estate, Court Documents Show |url=https://people.com/music/frances-bean-kurt-cobain-estate-earnings/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828190822/https://people.com/music/frances-bean-kurt-cobain-estate-earnings/ |archive-date=August 28, 2021 |access-date=August 28, 2021 |work=People}} Her father's estate was valued in 2014 as being worth $450 million.{{cite web |last1=Molon |first1=Adam |date=April 5, 2014 |title=Inside Kurt Cobain's $450M Empire |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/04/04/kurt-cobain-and-the-big-business-of-dead-celebs.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621135311/https://www.cnbc.com/2014/04/04/kurt-cobain-and-the-big-business-of-dead-celebs.html |archive-date=June 21, 2020 |access-date=August 28, 2021 |publisher=CNBC}}

On September 30, 2017, Cobain was involved in a near-death incident when the wing of a plane in which she was traveling caught fire, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing.{{Cite web |last=Weiss |first=Suzannah |date=2017-10-07 |title=Frances Bean Cobain Says She’s Changed After Her Plane’s Engine Caught Fire |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/frances-bean-cobain-near-death-experience-plane |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Teen Vogue |language=en-US}}

On February 13, 2018 she announced that she was celebrating two years of sobriety. She wrote "The fact that I'm sober isn't really public knowledge, decidedly and deliberately. But I think it's more important to put aside my fear about being judged or misunderstood or typecast as one specific thing."{{Cite web |last=Fernández |first=Alexia |date=February 13, 2018 |title=Frances Bean Cobain Reveals Her Private Battle with Addiction as She Celebrates 2 Years Sober |url=https://people.com/music/frances-bean-cobain-reveals-addiction-battle-celebrates-2-years-sober/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThis%20moment%20is%20a%20representation,intimate%20in%20a%20public%20forum. |website=The People}}

Cobain married The Eeries' lead singer Isaiah Silva on June 29, 2014,{{cite web |url=https://www.etonline.com/news/185174_frances_bean_cobain_files_for_divorce_after_less_than_two_years_of_marriage |title=Frances Bean Cobain Files for Divorce After Less than Two Years of Marriage |first=Meredith B. |last=Kile |date=March 23, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2016 |work=Entertainment Tonight |archive-date=March 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323234250/http://www.etonline.com/news/185174_frances_bean_cobain_files_for_divorce_after_less_than_two_years_of_marriage/ |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://people.com/celebrity/frances-bean-cobain-divorce-kurts-daughter-splits-with-isaiah-silva/ |title=Frances Bean Cobain Files for Divorce from Husband Isaiah Silva After 21 Months of Marriage, Seeks to Protect $450 Million Fortune |work=People |first=George |last=Stark |date=March 23, 2016 |access-date=November 28, 2021 |archive-date=November 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129042315/https://people.com/celebrity/frances-bean-cobain-divorce-kurts-daughter-splits-with-isaiah-silva/ |url-status=live}} though the wedding date was widely misreported as September 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/700292/frances-bean-cobain-secretly-marries-boyfriend-isaiah-silva-without-telling-mom-courtney-love |title=Frances Bean Cobain Secretly Marries Boyfriend Isaiah Silva Without Telling Mom Courtney Love |date=September 25, 2015 |publisher=E! |access-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930220238/http://www.eonline.com/news/700292/frances-bean-cobain-secretly-marries-boyfriend-isaiah-silva-without-telling-mom-courtney-love |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/entertainment-news/179315/Frances-Bean-Cobain-secretly-weds |title=Frances Bean Cobain secretly weds? |work=TV3.ie – Xposé Entertainment |access-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925104949/http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/entertainment-news/179315/Frances-Bean-Cobain-secretly-weds |url-status=live}} By March 23, 2016, she had filed for divorce. The divorce was finalized November 30, 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/nirvana/frances-bean-cobain-finally-divorced-say-reports/ |title=Frances Bean Cobain Is Finally Divorced, Say Reports |date=December 1, 2017 |website=Radio X |access-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024041805/https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/nirvana/frances-bean-cobain-finally-divorced-say-reports/ |url-status=dead}}

In 2021, Cobain began dating skateboarder Riley Hawk, the son of Tony Hawk.{{Cite web |title=Tony Hawk's Son Is Dating Kurt Cobain's Daughter |url=https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=120100.0 |access-date=January 25, 2022 |website=slapmagazine.com |archive-date=November 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124163253/https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=120100.0 |url-status=live}} They married in Los Angeles on October 7, 2023, with R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe (Cobain's godfather) officiating the ceremony.{{cite magazine |last=Hatcher |first=Kirsty |date=October 24, 2023 |title=Frances Bean Cobain Marries Riley Hawk – with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe Officiating |url=https://people.com/frances-bean-cobain-married-to-tony-hawk-son-riley-report-8374370 |magazine=People |access-date=October 29, 2023 |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405071917/https://people.com/frances-bean-cobain-married-to-tony-hawk-son-riley-report-8374370 |url-status=live}} The couple welcomed their first child together, a son named Ronin Walker Cobain Hawk, in September 2024.{{Cite Instagram |user=thespacewitch |postid=DAe0FuPSA-_ |title=9.17.2024 Ronin Walker Cobain Hawk 🩵 ✨ Welcome to the world most beautiful son. We love you more than anything ✨ |date=September 24, 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Wickman |first=Kase |date=2024-09-30 |title=Francis Bean Cobain and Riley Hawk Welcome Their First Child |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/francis-bean-cobain-and-riley-hawk-welcome-their-first-child#:~:text=In%20a%20post%20to%20her%20Instagram%20account,Cobain%20Hawk,%20was%20born%20on%20September%2017.&text=The%20two-week-old%20has%20famous%20grandparents%20on%20both,son%20of%20all-time%20skateboarding%20legend%20Tony%20Hawk. |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}

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