Lestat de Lioncourt, the world’s first first immortal rockstar, just dropped his first single ahead of the premiere of “The Vampire Lestat” this summer on AMC.
“Long Face” is streaming on the newly launched Vampire Lestat artist pages at all major digital music services, with additional songs to be released in the coming months.
Performed by Lestat actor Sam Reid with music and lyrics by series composer Daniel Hart (The Green Knight, A Ghost Story), the song will be featured in the show.
“‘Long Face’ is the first song I wrote for ‘The Vampire Lestat,’ recalls Hart. “We decided early on to make David Bowie a big influence for Lestat’s musical style and persona, and there’s certainly some Ziggy Stardust in this song.
Hart continues, “But we chose Bowie not only for his glam era, but because he was a chameleon. Expect Lestat to change his musical colors throughout the season as well, as he discovers how to remain true to himself, and how to express that truth on stage every night.”
From showrunner Rolin Jones, “The Vampire Lestat” is the third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire,” based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series.
In the rock and roll-centric season, the Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.
Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid.
“The Vampire Lestat” is executive produced by Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, Christopher Rice, and the late Anne Rice.