Tame Impala and Jennie Bring ‘Dracula’ to the Stage for the First Time

Early in his set at Boston’s TD Garden, Kevin Parker hinted at something out of the ordinary: “This is going to be a special night, you’ll see.” That promise materialized when Jennie walked onstage in a black gothic dress, red lights flooded the room, and the two launched into “Dracula (Remix).” It was the first time the pair had performed the song together live, though each had incorporated it into their own shows before.

The staging played to the track’s vampiric theme—red confetti burst into the crowd during the second verse—but the real weight came from Parker’s reaction after the final notes. “Jennie, you’re a fucking legend,” he said, and the room echoed the sentiment. The moment closed a loop that began in February, when the remix arrived after a round of social media teasing and quickly became a commercial force.

Since its release, the track has given both Tame Impala and Jennie their first Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and placed Parker’s project in the Top 10 of the Billboard Global 200 for the first time. Luminate’s mid-year data put it among the world’s most-streamed songs, nearing a billion on-demand audio streams, while a viral TikTok trend attached to the sound has generated over 1.3 million videos. Parker and Dua Lipa leaned into that trend during a London show in May, but the Boston appearance marked the definitive live debut of a collaboration that has quietly reshaped two discographies.