‘The Vampire Lestat’ Is a Blood-Sucking Rock Star With New David Bowie-Impressed Single

Lestat de Lioncourt is about to rock your world. Summer season is just a few months away, and with the season will come the much-anticipated return of Anne Rice‘s Immortal Universe on AMC and AMC+ within the type of Interview with the Vampire Season 3. San Diego Comedian-Con beforehand confirmed it is getting a giant shake-up, too, with a brand-new identify, The Vampire Lestatthat displays a shift to adapting e-book two within the collection and a brand-new occupation for the titular immortal — rock star. As such, the community is beginning to give viewers a style of what is to return with the change of surroundings after a Season 2 finale of reconciliation for the vampire.

The Vampire Lestat will discover its lead, as soon as once more performed by Sam Reidon an electrical multi-city tour, haunted by the “muses” from his rebellious previous whereas he leans into his new lifetime of rock and roll. With the rise in his band’s star energy comes larger affect over people and vampires, making him an ever-greater pressure to be reckoned with within the night time. Different powers are compelled to pay attention to his rising may in the face of the Nice Conversionan occasion that sees a growth within the variety of vampires on the earth. Regardless of being in his rock-star period, Lestat stays largely the identical aristocrat viewers know, embracing hedonism in his new, glamorous tour way of life. It is also an opportunity to point out off his abilities as an artist via music.

Forward of the summer time premiere, the primary monitor from Lestat’s catalog, “Lengthy Face,” has simply been launched in a single day courtesy of AMC Networks and Lakeshore Information. It is the first of a number of singles that will likely be rolled out within the coming months on the official Vampire Lestat profile web page on the key digital music companies to get viewers hyped for the tour. Present composer Daniel Hart penned the lyrics and composed the music, whereas Reid himself carried out on the music. In response to the previous, the purpose was to lean into glam rock whereas tying the music into Lestat’s capacity to mix in with nearly any period, a facet of the character that reminded him of the late nice David Bowie:

“Lengthy Face is the primary music I wrote for The Vampire Lestat. We determined early on to make David Bowie a giant affect for Lestat’s musical type and persona, and there’s definitely some Ziggy Stardust on this music. However we selected Bowie not just for his glam period, however as a result of he was a chameleon. Count on Lestat to vary his musical colours all through the season as properlyas he discovers the way to stay true to himself, and the way to categorical that reality on stage each night time.”

‘The Vampire Lestat’ Brings New and Returning Faces on Tour

As for Lestat, properly, he did not have as type of phrases for Hart, sounding each bit like a rock diva. Together with his immortal experience, he additionally threw a stray jab at Hart’s acclaimed work on The Inexperienced Knight in a scathing, in-character assertion, including, “Lengthy Face is the primary music Daniel Hart ‘produced’ for my album. He determined early on to steal the place he may from Bowie as a result of he hasn’t had an authentic thought for 5 years now (is that his Inexperienced Knight rating fading within the rearview?) As for “Lengthy Face,” the bass ought to have walked down with the guitar on the finish as an alternative of pedaling on E. Predictable. Like the whole lot Daniel Hart touches.”

Reid will lead a forged of latest and returning facesheadlined by Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Haylesand

Jennifer Ahle. Newcomers, in the meantime, embrace Sheila Atim, Noah Reid, Ryan Kattner, Seamus Patterson, and Sarah Swirewith Atim coming into in a large function as the Queen of the Damned herself, Akasha. Collection creator, author, and showrunner Rollin Jones can also be again on the helm.

“Lengthy Face” is now accessible to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and extra digital music companies through the Vampire Lestat artist profile. Extra songs will likely be launched within the coming months, main as much as The Vampire Lestat‘s premiere on AMC and AMC+ this summer time. Keep tuned right here at Collider for extra on the collection’ return till then.