{"id":643115,"date":"2026-05-14T18:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/643115\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:11:11","slug":"lestat-debuts-a-rocking-new-track-in-epic-look-at-interview-with-the-vampires-long-awaited-return-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/643115\/","title":{"rendered":"Lestat Debuts a Rocking New Track in Epic Look at ‘Interview with the Vampire’s Long-Awaited Return [Exclusive]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you ready for The Vampire Lestat’s big tour? In anticipation of Interview with the Vampire<\/a>‘s return for Season 3 on AMC<\/a> and AMC+, the titular creature of the night, played by Sam Reid<\/a>, has been hard at work preparing for his ascendance to rock godhood, releasing not one, but two new tracks to whet viewers’ appetites for this next chapter. First came “Long Face,”<\/a> a very David Bowie<\/a>-inspired glam rock track that leans into the energy of other artists of the 1970s, followed by “All Fall Down,” the official opening theme for the upcoming season. Now, we’re excited to collaborate with the immortal rockstar as part of Collider’s Exclusive Summer Preview<\/a> series and share a peek at a new single from his discography.<\/p>\n

Lestat’s latest is one of the 20 original songs composed by IWTV’s acclaimed composer Daniel Hart and sung by Reid for this rock-centric season. Compared to the previously released tracks, it’s also a showcase of how the vampire artist evolves throughout the season with a more modern sound. It’s accompanied by a video hyping a bloody takeover of the stage that will highlight his inner diva and leave a lot of bodies in his wake. Like Bowie, he’s about to go on a musical journey with an ever-evolving sound based on some of the most flamboyant rock stars to ever live, only with a lot more violence. Any fans lucky enough to have gotten tickets to The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only – LIVE<\/a> will even get to hear some of his songs performed in-person in preparation for the musically inclined season.<\/p>\n

The change to the title The Vampire Lestat was made to mark the shift to adapting Anne Rice<\/a>‘s sequel novel of the same name, published in 1985. This time, Lestat will sit in the position once occupied by his former lover, Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson), telling his “truth” to Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) in a way only he can. Said story follows him on a multi-city tour<\/a> as his power and influence over humans and vampires alike grow to epic proportions with the popularity of his band, though he’s tormented by the muses he can’t outrun from his past. His newfound status as a rock icon<\/a> also draws the attention of other beings seeking to contend with him in the wake of the Great Conversion that unnaturally boosted the vampire population. Through it all, viewers will get to see Lestat at his absolute pinnacle<\/a> and witness as he’s forced to reckon with his actions.<\/p>\n

Collider Exclusive \u00b7 Horror Survival Quiz
\n Which Horror Villain Do You Have the Best Chance of Surviving?
\n Jason Voorhees \u00b7 Michael Myers \u00b7 Freddy Krueger \u00b7 Pennywise \u00b7 Chucky<\/p>\n

Five killers. Five completely different ways to die \u2014 if you’re not smart enough, fast enough, or self-aware enough to avoid it. Only one of them is the villain your particular set of instincts gives you a fighting chance against. Eight questions will figure out which one.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfd5\ufe0fJason<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd2aMichael<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udca4Freddy<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf88Pennywise<\/p>\n

\ud83e\ude86Chucky<\/p>\n

\n TEST YOUR SURVIVAL \u2192\n <\/p>\n

01<\/p>\n

Something feels wrong. You can’t explain it \u2014 you just know. What do you do?
\n First instincts are the difference between the survivor and the first act casualty.<\/p>\n

\n ALeave immediately. I don’t need to understand a threat to respect it.
\n BStay quiet and observe. If I can see it, I can understand it. If I can understand it, I can avoid it.
\n CStay awake. Whatever this is, I am not going to sleep until I feel safe again.
\n DConfront it directly. Fear grows in the dark \u2014 I’d rather know what I’m dealing with.
\n ECheck everything, trust nothing. The threat might be closer than I think \u2014 and smaller.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

02<\/p>\n

Where are you most likely to find yourself when things go wrong?
\n Setting is everything in horror. Where you are determines which rules apply.<\/p>\n

\n ASomewhere remote \u2014 a cabin, a campsite, off the grid and away from people.
\n BA quiet suburban neighbourhood where nothing ever happens. Except tonight.
\n CIn my own head \u2014 the most dangerous place of all, depending on what’s already in there.
\n DWherever children are \u2014 because something about this place attracts the worst things.
\n ESomewhere ordinary \u2014 a house, a toy store, a place where the last thing you’d expect is a threat.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

03<\/p>\n

What is your most reliable survival asset?
\n Every survivor has a quality the villain didn’t account for. What’s yours?<\/p>\n

\n APhysical fitness \u2014 I can run, I can swim, I can outlast something that relies on brute persistence.
\n BSpatial awareness \u2014 I always know the exits, the hiding spots, the fastest route out.
\n CPsychological resilience \u2014 I’ve faced my worst fears before. They don’t have the same power over me.
\n DEmotional steadiness \u2014 I don’t panic. Panic is what gets you caught.
\n EScepticism \u2014 I don’t underestimate threats because of how they look. Size is irrelevant.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

04<\/p>\n

What kind of fear is hardest for you to fight through?
\n Knowing your weakness is the first step to not dying because of it.<\/p>\n

\n AThe unstoppable \u2014 something that will not stop, cannot be reasoned with, and is always getting closer.
\n BThe invisible \u2014 a threat I can feel but can’t locate, watching from somewhere I can’t see.
\n CThe psychological \u2014 something that uses my own mind and memories against me.
\n DThe unknowable \u2014 something ancient, shapeless, that feeds on the fear itself.
\n EThe mundane \u2014 a threat so ordinary-looking that no one will believe me until it’s too late.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

05<\/p>\n

You’re with a group when things start going wrong. What’s your role?
\n Horror movies are brutally clear about who survives group situations and who doesn’t.<\/p>\n

\n AThe one who says “we need to leave” first \u2014 and means it, even when no one listens.
\n BThe one who stays quiet, watches the others, and figures out the pattern before anyone else does.
\n CThe one who holds the group together when panic sets in \u2014 because someone has to.
\n DThe one who asks the questions nobody wants to ask \u2014 because ignoring them gets people killed.
\n EThe one who takes the threat seriously when everyone else is laughing it off.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

06<\/p>\n

What’s the horror movie mistake you’re most likely to make?
\n Honest self-assessment is a survival skill. Denial is not.<\/p>\n

\n AGoing back for someone \u2014 I know I shouldn’t, but I can’t leave them behind.
\n BAssuming I’m safe once I’ve found a hiding spot. That’s when it finds me.
\n CFalling asleep when I absolutely cannot afford to. Exhaustion is its own enemy.
\n DLetting my curiosity override my instincts \u2014 I always need to understand what I’m dealing with.
\n EDismissing the threat because of how it looks. That’s exactly what it wants.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

07<\/p>\n

What’s your best weapon against something that can’t be stopped by conventional means?
\n Every horror villain has a weakness. The survivors are always the ones who find it.<\/p>\n

\n AThe environment itself \u2014 I use the terrain, the water, the geography against it.
\n BPatience \u2014 I wait, I watch, and I strike at the one moment it doesn’t expect.
\n CLucidity \u2014 if I can stay in control of my own mind, it loses its primary weapon.
\n DCourage \u2014 facing it directly, refusing to run, taking away the fear it feeds on.
\n EImprovisation \u2014 I use whatever’s at hand, however unconventional. Creativity over brute force.\n <\/p>\n

NEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/p>\n

08<\/p>\n

It’s the final scene. You’re the last one standing. How did you make it?
\n The final survivor always has a reason. What’s yours?<\/p>\n

\n AI kept moving. I never stopped, never hid for too long, never let it corner me.
\n BI figured out the pattern before anyone else did \u2014 and I used it against the thing following it.
\n CI stayed awake, stayed lucid, and refused to give it the one thing it needed most.
\n DI stopped being afraid of it. And the moment I did, everything changed.
\n EI took it seriously from the start \u2014 and I never once made the mistake of underestimating it.\n <\/p>\n

REVEAL MY VILLAIN \u2192<\/p>\n

Your Survival Odds Have Been Calculated
\n Your Best Chance Is Against\u2026<\/p>\n

Your instincts, your strengths, and your particular way of thinking under pressure point to one villain you actually have a fighting chance against. Everyone else \u2014 good luck.<\/p>\n

Camp Crystal Lake \u00b7 Friday the 13th\n <\/p>\n

Jason Voorhees<\/p>\n

Jason is relentless, but he is also predictable \u2014 and that is the gap you would exploit.<\/p>\n

He moves in straight lines toward his target. He doesn’t strategise, doesn’t adapt, doesn’t outsmart. He simply pursues.
\n Your ability to keep moving, use the environment, and resist the panic that freezes most victims gives you a genuine edge.
\n The Crystal Lake survivors were always the ones who stopped running in circles and started thinking about terrain, water, and distance.
\n You think like that. Which means Jason, for all his indestructibility, would face someone who simply refused to be where he expected.<\/p>\n

Haddonfield, Illinois \u00b7 Halloween\n <\/p>\n

Michael Myers<\/p>\n

Michael watches before he moves. He is patient, methodical, and almost impossible to detect \u2014 until it’s too late for anyone who isn’t paying close enough attention.<\/p>\n

But you are paying attention. You notice the shape in the window, the car parked slightly wrong, the silence where there should be sound.
\n Michael’s power lies in the invisibility of ordinary suburbia \u2014 the fact that nothing ever looks wrong until it already is.
\n Your spatial awareness and instinct to map every room, every exit, and every shadow before you need them is precisely the quality Laurie Strode had.
\n You are not a victim waiting to happen. You are someone who already suspects something is wrong \u2014 and acts on it.<\/p>\n

Elm Street \u00b7 A Nightmare on Elm Street\n <\/p>\n

Freddy Krueger<\/p>\n

Freddy wins by getting inside your head \u2014 using your own fears, your own memories, your own subconscious as weapons against you. That strategy requires a target who can be destabilised.<\/p>\n

You are harder to destabilise than most. You’ve faced uncomfortable truths about yourself and you haven’t looked away.
\n The survivors on Elm Street were always the ones who understood what was happening and chose to face it rather than flee from it.
\n Freddy’s greatest weakness is that his power evaporates in the presence of someone who refuses to give him the fear he feeds on.
\n Your psychological resilience \u2014 the ability to stay grounded when reality itself becomes unreliable \u2014 is exactly the quality that keeps you alive here.<\/p>\n

Derry, Maine \u00b7 It\n <\/p>\n

Pennywise<\/p>\n

Pennywise is ancient, shapeshifting, and feeds on terror \u2014 but it has one critical vulnerability: it cannot function against someone who genuinely stops being afraid of it.<\/p>\n

The Losers Club didn’t survive because they were braver than everyone else. They survived because they faced their fears together, and faced them honestly.
\n You ask the questions others avoid. You look directly at what frightens you rather than turning away.
\n That directness \u2014 the refusal to let fear fester in the dark \u2014 is Pennywise’s worst nightmare.
\n It chose the wrong target when it chose you. You are exactly the kind of person whose fear tastes like nothing at all.<\/p>\n

Chicago \u00b7 Child’s Play\n <\/p>\n

Chucky<\/p>\n

Chucky’s greatest advantage is that nobody takes him seriously until it’s already too late. He exploits the gap between how something looks and what it actually is.<\/p>\n

You don’t have that gap. You take threats seriously regardless of how they present \u2014 and you never make the mistake of underestimating something because of its size or appearance.
\n Chucky relies on surprise, on the delay between recognition and response. You close that delay faster than almost anyone.
\n Your instinct to treat every unfamiliar thing with appropriate scepticism \u2014 rather than dismissing it because it seems absurd \u2014 is the exact quality that keeps you breathing.
\n Against Chucky, not laughing is already winning. You are very good at not laughing.<\/p>\n

\n \u21bb RETAKE THE QUIZ\n <\/p>\n

‘The Vampire Lestat’ Will Be the Wildest Chapter of the Series Yet<\/p>\n

Between the rocking tunes, the new era, and the shift to the diva that is Lestat as the new storyteller, The Vampire Lestat will be a complete transformation for the AMC hit. In an interview with Collider’s Perri Nemiroff<\/a> during San Diego Comic-Con last year, series creator and showrunner Rolin Jones<\/a> warned viewers may get a bit of “whiplash”<\/a> from the first two Louis-focused seasons. “It’s going to be on the back of Lestat living like Lestat, embracing like Lestat. It’ll be contradictory and hallucinogenic and strange and wild.” Assad Zaman, Delainey Hayles, and Jennifer Ehle are among the other returning cast members with Reid, Anderson, and Bogosian, while Sheila Atim, Noah Reid, Ryan Kattner, Seamus Patterson, and Sarah Swire will make their IWTV debut<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To ensure the songs were completely intertwined with the story, Jones and Hart worked closely together, with Hart even co-writing an episode. For Reid, it was an entirely new experience seeing the project unfold over time and witnessing how each track fit into the context of Season 3 as he was learning to perform all of them. He told Nemiroff:<\/p>\n

“The thing that has changed this year, for Lestat, is the music. Getting music before getting a script is a real mind-bleep, because I\u2019d never done that before. It was a really complicated way to start a character, because without context, music is incredibly subjective. But also, how do you connect? ‘What is the context of this?’ I kept saying this, ‘Where did this come from? Why is he doing this?’ Then slowly, as the context came in… But I’m having to learn these songs, we’re having to record them, and poor Daniel was being incredibly patient, like, ‘It’s this, and this, and this.’ I was like, ‘I need to know!’ [Laughs] But then, as this context comes in, they open up, and you just see how incredibly brilliant this music actually is. It’s just that I was naive to being able to fully understand it, but I had to learn the mathematics of the songs, which are incredibly complex. Daniel Hart’s an incredibly talented songwriter and musician, and he writes gigantic songs. They are mega, mega songs. Rolin also writes mega texts, but I’ve been used to that. It\u2019s been a big change, but super fun.”<\/p>\n

Interview with the Vampire Season 3, The Vampire Lestat, premieres on AMC and AMC+ on June 7. Check out the new teaser above and visit Lestat’s official artist page on Spotify, Apple Music, and more to follow along as new songs drop throughout the season. Stay tuned here at Collider as well for more exciting looks at the latest in television and film from our summer preview event throughout the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 2, 2022<\/p>\n

Network<\/p>\n

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\n Louis de Pointe du Lac\n <\/p>\n

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