‘The Vampire Lestat’ Fans Get New Look at Loustat's Brutal Love Story [Exclusive]

Jacob Anderson in The Vampire Lestat Episode 6 Image via AMC By Ryan O'Rourke Published Jul 12, 2026, 10:15 PM EDT Ryan O'Rourke is a Senior News Writer at Collider with a specific interest in all things adult animation, video game adaptations, and the work of Mike Flanagan . He is also an experienced baseball writer with over six years of articles between multiple outlets, most notably FanSided's CubbiesCrib . Whether it's taking in a baseball game, a new season of Futurama or Castlevania: Nocturne , or playing the latest From Software title, he is always finding ways to show his fandom. When it comes to gaming and anything that takes inspiration from it, he is deeply opinionated on what's going on. Outside of entertainment, he's a graduate of Eureka College with a Bachelor's in Communication where he honed his craft as a writer. Between The IV Leader at Illinois Valley Community College and The Pegasus at Eureka, he spent the majority of his college career publishing articles on everything from politics to campus happenings and, of course, entertainment for the student body. Those principles he learned covering the 2020 election, Palestine, and so much more are brought here to Collider, where he has gleefully written on everything from the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes to Nathan Lane baby-birding sewer boys. Sign in to your Collider account Add Us On follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Sam Reid 's global tour as a rock god is nearing its end. Tonight, AMC and AMC+ released the penultimate episode of The Vampire Lestat , and it was a heavy one. The third, renamed season of Interview with the Vampire has thus far followed Lestat as his band rose to superstardom, and thus gave him unparalleled influence over humans and vampires alike in the wake of the Great Conversion. Last week, however, saw him reunite with his love, Louis ( Jacob Anderson ) , and stir up some emotions, thanks to an imposter pretending to be Claudia ( Delainey Hayles ). With Episode 6, titled "Montreal," the duo was forced to confront some painful truths, and for the occasion, everyone's favorite undead rocker had a new soul-bearing ballad prepared.

Collider can exclusively share a new behind-the-scenes video that breaks down the complexities of Lestat's latest single, "Brutal Love." Compared to his more swaggering, David Bowie -inspired tracks like "Long Face" or his upbeat cover of Billy Idol 's "Dancing With Myself," the new song slows things down to let Reid's voice shine with some hauntingly beautiful vocals. It's one of many original pieces with music and lyrics by the show's acclaimed composer, Daniel Hart , but the most important aspect that gives it metaphorical fangs is where it's placed in Episode 6. Lestat performs it with the lights down low, violins in the background, and with both Louis and Gabriella ( Jennifer Ehle ) in the audience watching on.

In the breakdown, Reid remembered being blown away by "Brutal Love" from the moment he first heard it, but also recalled how much meaning it gained with two important people from Lestat's life listening along. The beauty of it, he believes, comes from lyrics that leave it initially unclear whether the immortal rock deity is singing it to his mother or the man with whom he's forged such a stormy, yet inherently unbreakable bond . Ehle found it es…