Introduction
Some collaborations look unlikely on paper and inevitable the moment you hear them. "Dracula", Kevin Parker's after-hours anthem from Tame Impala's album Deadbeat, has been reborn this year as the Dracula (JENNIE Remix), pairing Parker's woozy psychedelic pop with JENNIE of BLACKPINK - and this week the remix has climbed to a brand-new peak of No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The official lyric video has passed 51 million views, fan edits are everywhere, and a song that began life as an album cut about hiding from the morning has become one of the defining hits of the year.
On this page you will find the complete Dracula lyrics in English for the JENNIE remix, the full song details, the official lyric video, our own breakdown of the song's meaning, and answers to the most common questions about this collaboration. Dim the lights - this one is strictly for after dark.
The Song
"Dracula" is built on a delicious contradiction: it is a dance record about not wanting the night to end, sung by someone who has started treating daylight like an enemy. The morning light is turning blue, the curtains are drawn, and the narrator - part vampire, part exhausted party animal - is negotiating with reality. In the original album version, Kevin Parker carried that monologue alone, his falsetto floating over a rubbery bassline and drums that stumble and glide at the same time. The remix changes the chemistry completely by turning the monologue into a conversation.
JENNIE arrives claiming the kitchen as her territory - the one who actually lives for this, platinum-plated, unbothered, telling the narrator to take a seat while the grown-ups drive. Her verse is all cool command: fast cars, crystal chandeliers, a smile with diamonds on it. When the two voices lock together in the final chorus, trading lines and ad-libs, the song stops being about one person hiding from the sun and becomes a duet between two creatures of the night who have found their match. It is easy to hear why radio and streaming could not leave it alone: the remix keeps everything strange about the original and adds a superstar sparring partner.
The Artist(s)
Tame Impala is the studio project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker, who writes, performs and produces virtually everything himself. Across albums like Currents and The Slow Rush, Parker turned bedroom psychedelia into arena pop, and Deadbeat, released on Columbia Records, pushed him further toward the dancefloor - an album obsessed with raves, all-night drives and the emotional crash that follows them. "Dracula" was one of its instant fan favourites, a song that seemed designed for a second life.
JENNIE, meanwhile, has spent the last two years converting BLACKPINK fame into a solo identity entirely her own, with her album Ruby and a run of collaborations that show how carefully she chooses her moments. The Dracula remix is a perfect JENNIE move: unexpected, fashion-forward, and delivered with the kind of relaxed authority that makes everyone else on the track sound like they are trying harder than her. Her fandom and Parker's met in the middle, and the Hot 100 peak of No. 5 - for a psychedelic remix, no less - shows how powerful that middle ground has become.
The Music Video
Rather than a traditional narrative video, the remix arrived with an official lyric video directed by Julian Klincewicz, the visual artist whose lo-fi, fashion-film sensibility has made him a favourite of both indie and K-pop worlds. The clip leans into the song's nocturnal world, letting the words surface through the haze while Parker and JENNIE's presence hangs over everything like a party photographed at 4 a.m. It was the right call: 51.2 million views later, the lyric video has become the song's visual home, endlessly clipped, quoted and reposted by both fanbases.
The Music Label
The original "Dracula" appears on Deadbeat, released by Columbia Records, and the JENNIE remix was issued by Columbia as a standalone single in February 2026. Columbia's slow-burn strategy - album cut first, fan momentum second, remix event third - has become a case study in how modern hits are built: by the time the remix landed, the audience had already memorised the song, and JENNIE's arrival felt like a coronation rather than a relaunch. This week's Hot 100 peak of No. 5 is the strategy paying out in full.
Song Details
| Song: | Dracula (JENNIE Remix) |
|---|---|
| Singer: | Tame Impala, JENNIE |
| Lyricist/Songwriters: | Kevin Parker, JENNIE, Sarah Aarons, Carly Gibert |
| Music/Producers: | Kevin Parker |
| Director: | Julian Klincewicz |
| Cast: | Tame Impala (Kevin Parker), JENNIE |
| Label: | Columbia Records |
| Language: | English |
| Album: | Deadbeat |
Dracula Lyrics in English
Dracula Lyrics Meaning in English
The meaning of "Dracula" starts with its title. Parker's narrator is not literally a vampire, but he lives like one: awake all night, curtains sealed against the morning, treating the blue light of dawn like a personal insult. Underneath the joke is a recognisable portrait of someone whose life has slipped out of daylight hours entirely - the party person, the studio obsessive, the insomniac - and who has started calling the dysfunction a personality. "What's done is done now", the curtains seem to say, but he is not ready to agree: his needs are not what they used to be, and what he needs most is for the night, and the person in it, to leave him exactly as he is.
The remix reframes that isolation as a power struggle. JENNIE's verse takes the song's strangest repeated image - being happy in the kitchen - and claims it as her domain: she is the one working, shining, driving, while he is offered the passenger seat. Her confidence exposes the narrator's pose. He thought he was the dangerous creature of the night; she arrives as the real thing, platinum status and diamonds on her smile, and suddenly his Dracula act looks like dress-up. The final shared chorus, with both voices tangled together, turns the song into a standoff between equals who understand each other's nocturnal nature a little too well.
And the bridge gives the game away completely: "These days, I'm just happy in the kitchen; these days, I am never in the system." It is the mantra of someone who has opted out - of daylight, of routine, of other people's expectations - and found a small, strange peace in the opt-out. That is why the song resonates beyond its groove. "Dracula" is a party record for the happily unreachable, and the remix doubles the fantasy: two stars, one kitchen, no intention of ever going home before sunrise.
Watch Dracula Video Song
Watch the official lyric video of "Dracula (JENNIE Remix)" below - directed by Julian Klincewicz.
Conclusion
The Dracula (JENNIE Remix) is a model of how to give a great song a bigger life without sanding off its weirdness. Parker brought the world - the blue morning light, the sealed curtains, the kitchen at dawn - and JENNIE brought the voltage, and together they have taken a psychedelic album cut to No. 5 on the Hot 100 and past 51 million video views. Some remixes are marketing. This one is a genuine duet, and it sounds like both artists knew it from the first take.
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FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Who sings the "Dracula" remix?
The remix pairs Tame Impala - the project of Kevin Parker - with JENNIE of BLACKPINK. Parker sings the original verses and chorus, while JENNIE adds her own verse, pre-chorus and ad-libs throughout.
Which album is "Dracula" from?
"Dracula" is originally from Deadbeat, Tame Impala's album released by Columbia Records. The JENNIE remix was released as a standalone single in February 2026.
Who wrote and produced "Dracula"?
The song was written by Kevin Parker with JENNIE, Sarah Aarons and Carly Gibert, and produced by Kevin Parker, who performs and produces all Tame Impala material.
Who directed the "Dracula" lyric video?
The official lyric video was directed by Julian Klincewicz. It has been viewed more than 51 million times.
How did the "Dracula" remix perform on the charts?
The remix climbed to a new peak of No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, powered by streaming, the lyric video's 51 million views and the combined force of both fanbases.