{"id":2417566,"date":"2026-05-15T05:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2417566"},"modified":"2026-05-15T05:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:45:17","slug":"the-vampire-lestat-brat-prince-drops-another-shady-statement-with-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-vampire-lestat-brat-prince-drops-another-shady-statement-with-new-single\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Vampire Lestat\u2019: Brat Prince Drops Another Shady Statement With New Single"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"what-to-know-box\">\n<h3>What To Know<\/h3>\n<div class=\"what-to-know-content\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Vampire Lestat<\/em> continues to release new singles accompanied by in-character statements from Lestat (Sam Reid) mocking composer Daniel Hart.<\/li>\n<li>Sam Reid will perform as Lestat at a one-night-only concert in NYC on June 2.<\/li>\n<li><em>Interview With the Vampire <\/em>Season 3, retitled The Vampire Lestat, premieres June 7 on AMC.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The vampire Lestat is dragging his new song in the press (again). The immortal rock star has been issuing insulting statements with nearly every song release from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/interview-with-the-vampire\/\"><em>The Vampire Lestat<\/em><\/a>, leading up to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1261211\/the-vampire-lestat-concert-nyc-season-3-premiere\/\">one-night-only concert on June 2<\/a>. And in his latest statement, he\u2019s making fun of composer Daniel Hart\u2019s music on the AMC series and in the new film <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/mother-mary\/\">Mother Mary<\/a><\/em> starring <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/anne-hathaway\/\">Anne Hathaway<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/michaela-coel\/\">Michaela Coel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Interview With the Vampire<\/em> becomes <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1262312\/interview-with-the-vampire-lestat-tv-show-amc-sam-reid-jacob-anderson\/\"><em>The Vampire Lestat<\/em> in Season 3<\/a>, premiering Sunday, June 7, on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/network\/amc\/\">AMC<\/a>. The new season tells Lestat\u2019s (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/sam-reid\/\">Sam Reid<\/a>) backstory while he\u2019s on the road with his band, which shares the show\u2019s new title.<\/p>\n<p>Reid recorded a handful of songs for the series (and he performed the songs live during filming of the show, he previously told TV Insider). The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1245558\/interview-with-the-vampire-lestat-tv-show-louis-sam-reid-jacob-anderson\/\">first single was \u201cLong Face,\u201d<\/a> followed by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1251416\/the-vampire-lestat-premiere-date-title-sequence\/\">\u201cAll Fall Down\u201d (the show\u2019s theme song)<\/a> and a cover of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/billy-idol\/\">Billy Idol<\/a>\u2018s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xLeKyvEB_FU&amp;list=RDxLeKyvEB_FU&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dancing With Myself<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLong Face\u201d and \u201cAll Fall Down\u201d drops featured b*tchy, in-character statements from Lestat, not Reid. They\u2019ve always been in response to a glowing statement from Hart. Here\u2019s the latest rendition for the new single, \u201cButterscotch Bitch\u201d (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/Lestat-bb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listen to the song here<\/a>, or hear a snippet of it in the video teaser above).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1264393\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1264393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AMC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201c\u2019Butterscotch B*tch\u2019 is, I hope, the song that feels the most like Lestat, as it\u2019s the song I wrote with the most knowledge of Lestat under my belt to date,\u201d says Hart. \u201cAnd why not end the songwriting with a song that Lestat wrote about himself? He is, after all, The Lestat-iest Lestat that\u2019s ever Lestat-ed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Says the Vampire Lestat: \u201cButterscotch B*tch\u2019 is, I hope, the song that feels the most like Daniel Hart, as it\u2019s 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\u2019s rescue dog grooming playlist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so nice to see these two getting along.<\/p>\n<p>In the new rock and roll-centric season, the Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by \u201cmuses\u201d from his wild and rebellious past. As his band\u2019s popularity and star power rise, so does Lestat\u2019s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat\u2019s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Reid, <em>The Vampire Lestat<\/em> stars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jacob-anderson\/\">Jacob Anderson<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/assad-zaman\/\">Assad Zaman<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/eric-bogosian\/\">Eric Bogosian<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/delainey-hayles\/\">Delainey Hayles<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jennifer-ehle\/\">Jennifer Ehle<\/a>, and is executive produced by award-winning producer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/mark-johnson\/\">Mark Johnson<\/a>, creator, writer, and showrunner <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/rolin-jones\/\">Rolin Jones<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/hannah-moscovitch\/\">Hannah Moscovitch<\/a>, along with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/christopher-rice\/\">Christopher Rice<\/a> and the late <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/anne-rice\/\">Anne Rice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Vampire<\/strong><\/em> <strong><em>Lestat<\/em>, Premieres Sunday, June 7, 9\/8c, AMC, Streaming on AMC+<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.tvinsider.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What To Know The Vampire Lestat continues to release new singles accompanied by in-character statements from Lestat (Sam Reid) mocking composer Daniel Hart. Sam Reid will perform as Lestat at a one-night-only concert in NYC on June 2. Interview With the Vampire Season 3, retitled The Vampire Lestat, premieres June 7 on AMC. 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