Other Media: Not Everyone Is Gay!

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Interview with the Vampire: Straight people are a myth

TTPD is about IWTV

(Part Eight)

This is a thread connecting Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles to Taylor Swift’s most recent album, The Tortured Poet’s Department. Part One will be linked at the bottom, if you want to start from the beginning.

15.) The Alchemy

Executive decision: This one is about Lestat and Louis finally getting their shit together and going back to each other.

“This happens once every few lifetimes”

“These chemicals hit me like white wine”

“What if I told you I'm back?”

“The hospital was a drag”

“Worst sleep that I ever had”

“These blokes warm the benches”

“We been on a winning streak”

“Cause the sign on your heart said it's still reserved for me”

“Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?”

16.) Clara Bow

This one is for all of ‘em. I like the idea of paralleling “fame” with being chosen to receive the Dark Gift. Just like a small town girl who never thought she’d see the big city, I think the vamps would never have imagined their lives to turn out the way they did.

The allegory of vampirism and fame is really interesting to me. Being chosen to receive a gift that so many desire and, yet, so few receive. A gift that feels more like a curse once you have it. Beauty and aesthetic being a cornerstone to your existence.

Are you seeing the vision?

Also, Lestat’s rockstar era fits nicely into the context of these lyrics as well.

“All your life, did you know you’d be picked like a rose”

“No one in my small town thought I'd see the lights of Manhattan”

“Promise to be dazzling”

“I'm not trying to exaggerate”

“But I think I might die if it happened, die if it happened to me”

"You look like Stevie Nicks in '75, the hair and lips”

“Crowd goes wild at her fingertips”

“You're the new god we're worshipping”

“It's hell on earth to be heavenly”

“... Dazzling”

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TTPD is about IWTV

(Part Six)

This is a thread connecting Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles to Taylor Swift’s most recent album, The Tortured Poet’s Department. Part One will be linked at the bottom, if you want to start from the beginning.

11.) I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)

Loustat? Lesmand? Armaniel? This song could apply to all of them.

But, let’s dedicate this one to Loumand. My first instinct was to say that Louis would be the narrator of this song - needing to “fix” Armand’s gremlin, manipulative ways. But I actually think a more compelling take on this would be having Armand play the narrator, and Louis being the one in need of “fixing”.

Take, for instance, Louis’ mental breakdown after Claudia’s (and Lestat’s) death. He’s so numb and despondent that Armand starts acting increasingly more and more desperate to get his lover to feel something - to “fix” his depression.

Armand even admits to killing Claudia in an attempt to ignite something in Louis - to no avail, of course.

Armand then tells Louis that Lestat is actually alive in NOLA, hoping that’ll bring some light to Louis’ eyes. But, it doesn’t.

He continually tries to pull Louis from his anguished spiral, trying his best to “fix” Louis’ problems, but in the end he has to admit to himself that he can’t “fix” Louis.

You can also totally look at this through the lens of Louis thinking he can “fix” Armand - make him a better person, be his moral compass so to say.

“He had a halo of the highest grade, he just hadn’t met me yet”

“They shake their heads saying God help her when I tell ‘em he’s my man”

“I can fix him”

“No, really, I can”

“Woah, maybe I can’t”

12.) loml (aka loss of my life)

Nicki and Lestat, duh. I think Lestat would consider Nicki to be the greatest loss of his life. And so many of these lyrics fit them. The way Nicki grew to resent, and then hate Lestat is just so heartbreaking.

“If you know it in one glimpse, it's legendary”

“You said I'm the love of your life”

“When your impressionist paintings of heaven turned out to be fakes”

“Well, you took me to hell too”

“Our field of dreams engulfed in fire”

“Your arson's match, your somber eyes”

“You’re the loss of my life”

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(Part Seven) This is a thread connecting Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles to Taylor Swift’s most recent album, The Tortured Poet’s Depart

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(Part Five)

This is a thread connecting Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles to Taylor Swift’s most recent album, The Tortured Poet’s Department. Part One will be linked at the bottom, if you want to start from the beginning.

9.) Guilty As Sin?

My headcanon for the tv show is that the Devil’s Minion chapter has already happened by the time Daniel goes to Dubai to meet with Louis and Armand again.

This song tells the story of someone fantasizing about their crush, envisioning a life with them, dreaming about touching them - dreams so vivid that the narrator starts to question their sanity and morality because the make-believe is starting to feel real to them.

Let me set the scene: Older Daniel sees Rashid for the first time, and his heart starts racing. That’s odd. He starts thinking about the young man, obsessively. At first, he tells himself it’s because Rashid is a piece of Louis’ puzzle that doesn’t quite fit. But truthfully, he’s entranced by the man with big brown eyes and dark curls. Then, Daniel starts to dream of him. Is he losing his mind?

Maybe.

Or maybe… Daniel and Armand have spent more time together than Daniel can remember? Memory, you sly devil, you.

“I'm seeing visions”

“Am I bad or mad or wise?”

“I keep recalling things we never did”

“Without ever touchin' his skin”

“How can I be guilty as sin?”

A special bonus: here’s a video of them with “Guilty As Sin?” playing in the background. This isn’t my edit - I just took this one from YouTube (which is great - go watch it!) and slapped the song on top. It’s surprising how well it actually fits.

10.) Who’s Afraid Of Little Old Me?

This is Lestat de Lioncourt in song form. Simple as that.

"Who's afraid of little old me?"

“Well, you should be”

“You should be”

“So tell me everything is not about me, but what if it is?”

“So I leap from the gallows and I levitate down your street, crash the party like a record scratch as I scream”

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(Part Six) This is a thread connecting Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles to Taylor Swift’s most recent album, The Tortured Poet’s Departme

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