Ever since The Vampire Lestat’s cover of Billy Idol’s “Dancing with Myself” released into the world in the incredible trailer for The Vampire Lestat, The Vampire Lestat’s loyal fans, the Fledglings, have been absolutely CLAMORING for the full version of the cover. And now, we are happy to announce that you can indeed stream The Vampire Lestat’s version of “Dancing with Myself” via all of the rock star’s artist profile pages. And yes, it is worth your four minutes. Excuse you if you even questioned that. And even if you have heard many versions of “Dancing with Myself” before, you’ve never heard The Vampire Lestat‘s version, honey. And it is a rocking good time.
The Vampire Lestat himself couldn’t be reached for any type of comment about this song today. Perhaps he has grown tired of hurling insults at Daniel Hart. But we bet if we could get a quote from him about his cover of “Dancing with Myself, Lestat would say, “This is just a joyful homage to an icon, darling.” He probably wouldn’t get into how desperately lonely he himself is and how, even though he’s constantly adored, he feels like he’s dancing with himself. Could it also be a certain other Vampire’s pointed disinterest that has got Lestat down? “Never,” Lestat might declare. But we know he wishes Louis would say nice things about his music.
We, ourselves, are obsessed with The Vampire Lestat’s cover of “Dancing with Myself.” It just puts us in a good mood. It makes us want to dance. And we love the juxtaposition of that with the angst behind the music. True Lestat. Listening to this rock ‘n roll cover of “Dancing with Myself” is like revving up a really fast car and zooming off. We literally feel the wind in our hair. And we love when the beat breaks down toward the end.
Do yourself a favor and press play, like with all of The Vampire Lestat‘s music, you won’t regret.
The Vampire Lestat debuts on Sunday, June 7, on AMC and AMC+. The synopsis for the season shares, “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.“