Big Thief present the new single "Vampire Empire"

"Vampire Empire" is Big Thief’s most eagerly awaited song, with the non-album single taking on a life of its own as it became a live fan favourite.

Coming off the back of a Grammy-nominated album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, and debuting on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, it’s already a viral anthem. The television performance and hundreds of live performances of "Vampire Empire" took TikTok by storm.

Recorded and produced by Dom Monks at Guissona, Spain’s Teatre de cal Eril Studio during a recent tour, the track speaks to the complexity of gender identity and breaking destructive internal cycles.

Of the song, Adrianne Lenker adds: "For me, it’s about getting out of toxic internal patterns – leaving the empire of energy drains that obscure pure essence, learning about what healthy boundaries are, and finding the power to implement them for the possibility of giving and receiving (both inwardly and outwardly) unbroken and infinite Love.”