Sunset Salore finds a darker pulse on new single 'Dracula'

Recorded live at Humble Studios in Melbourne, Sunset Salore's take on 'Dracula' pares everything back to piano, voice and the tension of a single performance. There's no attempt to recreate the scale or sheen of Tame Impala's original, as she drags the song into a quieter, more exposed space, where every pause and vocal inflection carries more weight.

She performs keys and vocals simultaneously through one condenser microphone, giving the recording an unpolished closeness that suits the material. Influenced by both Tame Impala's original and Jennie's interpretation, she approaches 'Dracula' from a more understated angle. Piano replaces much of the original's broader movement, while her vocals bring a haunted intimacy to the melody. The result feels slower emotionally, even when the song itself isn't drastically reshaped.

Rather than filling every corner, she leaves enough emptiness around the performance for the song to feel slightly uneasy. It's an effective reminder that reinterpretation doesn't always require radical reconstruction; and that sometimes changing the emotional temperature is enough.

A short clip from the performance attracted close to 300k social media views, prompting listeners to ask for the full version. That response turned what began as part of a live one-take series into her first release since her hit EP 'Love Kills the Monsters'.

With new original material expected in 2027, 'Dracula' is an interesting reintroduction. Here, Sunset Salore steps back into view with something intimate, shadowy and deliberately restrained, and lets the silence around the song do almost as much work as the music itself.