Sam Reid in key art for The Vampire Lestat. Photo: AMC Global Media
The stage belongs to The Vampire Lestat in the latest teaser and an all-new fourth single, “Butterscotch Bitch.” You can listen to the song here.
The edgy new track, performed with Sam Reid’s trademark panache, joins “Long Face,” “All Fall Down” and Lestat’s cover of the Billy Idol classic, “Dancing With Myself.”
Once again, AMC provided statements from Hart and Lestat about the new song:
Composer Daniel Hart, who penned all of the original music in The Vampire Lestat, had this to say about the new song: “’Butterscotch Bitch’ is, I hope, the song that feels the most like Lestat, as it’s the song I wrote with the most knowledge of Lestat under my belt to date. And why not end the songwriting with a song that Lestat wrote about himself? He is, after all, The Lestat-iest Lestat that’s ever Lestat-ed.”
Naturally, The Vampire Lestat himself offered a few thoughts as well: “Butterscotch Bitch’ is, I hope, the song that feels the most like Daniel Hart, as it’s the song he wrote on a toilet in between vegan burritos and sessions for his Mother Mary score. May it find a home on Anne Hathaway’s rescue dog grooming playlist.”
Watch the latest teaser for The Vampire Lestat
What is the show about?
Here’s the synopsis from AMC:
“In the new 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. In addition to Reid, The Vampire Lestat stars Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle and is executive produced by award-winning producer Mark Johnson, creator, writer and showrunner Rolin Jones, Hannah Moscovitch, along with Christopher Rice and the late Anne Rice.”
The Vampire Lestat premieres Sunday, June 7, on AMC and AMC+.
