The Vampire Lestat Unleashes Long Face on Streaming Platforms

We always knew Lestat de Lioncourt had main character energy. Now? He has a mic, a band, and a bona fide rock single to prove it. Today, Long Face officially dropped on all major digital platforms, marking the debut single from the world’s first immortal rock star, Lestat (Sam Reid). Released by AMC Networks and Lakeshore Records, the track launches the musical era of The Vampire Lestat ahead of its summer premiere on AMC and AMC+. And yes, we’re absolutely treating this like the music event of the season, because honestly, that’s exactly what it is.

Written by series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Reid, Long Face isn’t just a novelty track tied to a TV show. It’s the first taste of Lestat’s full-blown rock reinvention, leaning hard into glam, swagger, and theatrical angst. From the jump, the song feels larger than life: moody, magnetic, and unapologetically dramatic in a way only Lestat can be.

Hart shared that Long Face was the first song written for the new season and that the creative team made an early decision to look to David Bowie as a major influence for Lestat’s musical style and persona. As he put it: “Long Face is the first song I wrote for The Vampire Lestat. 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. 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.”

And honestly? That chameleon energy tracks. Lestat has always been fluid—in love, in loyalty, in morality—and now that fluidity extends to sound. Glam rock’s history of gender-bending performance and theatrical self-mythologizing feels like the perfect playground for a queer immortal who has never once believed in living quietly. There’s something deliciously fitting about Lestat stepping into a genre that has long been a home for outsiders, icons, and unapologetic self-expression.

Of course, no Lestat era would be complete without a little chaos. In a statement that feels exactly as dramatic and petty as we’d expect, the Vampire Lestat had his own thoughts on Hart’s production choices: “Long Face is the first song Daniel Hart ‘produced’ for my album. He decided early on to steal where he could from Bowie because he hasn’t had an original idea for five years now (is that his Green Knight score fading in the rear view?) As for Long Face, the bass should have walked down with the guitar at the end instead of pedaling on E. Predictable. Like everything Daniel Hart touches.”

The shade. The technical bass critique. The ego. We wouldn’t expect anything less from the world’s first immortal rock star.

Lyrically, Long Face leans into that tongue-in-cheek bravado with lines that already feel destined to be screamed back at him on tour: “Without a trace, You disappear, Pick up the pace, Pack up the gear, Gimme some face, A souvenir, Here come the gays, Here comes the fear, Now we’re having fun, Fun, Now we’re having fun, Fun.” If that isn’t a chaotic queer anthem in the making, we don’t know what is.

As for the upcoming season, The Vampire Lestat will follow our favorite undead diva 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 rise, so does his influence over vampires and humans alike. But fame has consequences, especially in the shadow of the Great Conversion—an unnatural surge in the vampire population that threatens to destabilize everything. In true Lestat fashion, he doesn’t just exist in the chaos. He amplifies it.

The series also stars Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles, and Jennifer Ehle, with showrunner Rolin Jones continuing to expand the Anne Rice Immortal Universe into something bold, sensual, and unmistakably queer. If the first two seasons taught us anything, it’s that this world doesn’t shy away from desire, power, or complicated love. Now, it’s turning the volume all the way up. And we are more than ready to press play.

Long Face is streaming now on all major digital platforms, and more songs are set to follow in the coming months. So if you’ve ever wanted to blast an immortal glam-rock anthem that proudly declares “Here come the gays,” consider this your official invitation.

No long face here. We’re grinning, fangs out, and hitting repeat. 

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