Interviews, Soulmarks and Repression
EXCERPT FROM VAMP! MAGAZINE INTERVIEW — “BLOOD, BASS, AND BITE: AN EVENING WITH ABADDON’S VASSALS”
Location: rooftop bar, 3 a.m. Sapphire’s fur coat has its own seat. There are at least two minor demons playing with the mic cables. Everyone smells like moonlight and cigarettes.
INTERVIEWER: So. Abaddon’s Vassals. Hell of a name. Where did it come from?
CHRISSY: Would you believe us if we said a cursed ouija board and an ill-advised séance?
JEFF: And also vetoing thirty-seven of Eddie’s terrible band name ideas.
EDDIE (grinning): Okay but come on—Crypt Daddy and the Fang Gang was genius.
GARETH: You suggested that seriously for six days. I had to burn your notebook.
SAPPHIRE (lighting a clove cigarette): Other hits from the List of Shame included Bleed Me Gently, Sinister Mullet, and—my personal favorite—Daddy Hex.
INTERVIEWER: You’re kidding.
CHRISSY: I wish we were.
EDDIE (mock offended): Blood Axe was cool.
JEFF: Blood Axe sounded like a garage band of incels who think barbed wire is a personality trait.
GARETH: Also you kept spelling “axe” with a “z.”
SAPPHIRE: I told them we needed something that sounded like divine wrath in stilettos.
CHRISSY: Something you could scream during a summoning ritual and put on a tour hoodie.
EDDIE (dreamily): And Sapphire went, “What about Abaddon’s Vassals?” and we all just shut up because it was so metal it burned.
INTERVIEWER: And Abaddon?
SAPPHIRE (deadpan): Angel of Destruction. Also my second cousin. Thanksgiving’s a nightmare.
JEFF (cheerfully): But the name stuck. We liked the edge. We liked the weird reverence. It sounded like we were the final act in a prophecy no one dared to write down.
GARETH: Also it looks soo sick on posters.
EDDIE (pointing at Sapphire): She designed the logo using real infernal script and a cursed eyeliner pencil. Gareth cried.
GARETH: It glowed! In eight different colors! I was terrified!
CHRISSY: Anyway. That’s the story. Divine wrath. Glamour. And a lot of vetoed bullshit.
INTERVIEWER (laughing): Well, it worked. You sound like the beginning of an era.
SAPPHIRE (smiling): Darling. We are.
INTERVIEW CLIP: THE VAMPIRE VARIETY HOUR , POST-BOND SPECIAL
Host: “So, Steve, first off , how does it feel knowing your confession went viral in under six minutes and trended in four different realms?“
Steve: “Traumatizing. But also weirdly flattering?“
Eddie: “He‘s being humble. He looked gorgeous. He bit me live on stream and made it art.“
Sapphire: “I told you both that jacket was enchanted. Everything filmed in it turns cinematic.“
Steve: “I knew the collar shimmered too much!“
PRESS JUNKET: BLOOD & RHYTHM TOUR PROMO
Reporter: “What‘s changed most since the Signing?“
Sapphire: “We get more fanmail. Half of it‘s addressed to Steve‘s fangs.“
Eddie: “And the other half‘s just glamoured portraits of us mid-bond. Some of them are extremely anatomically correct.“
Steve: “Please stop sending those to my house.“
SIDEBAR: BEHIND THE SCENES CAM , ROBIN VS. PAPARAZZI
[Security footage: Robin Buckley, leather jacket half-on, holding a mic stand like a lance.]
Robin (yelling): “BACK UP! NO FANG SHOTS! HE JUST FED!“
[Flashbulbs pop. Someone shrieks.]
Robin (to Steve): “Get in the van, Harrington. I‘ve got this.“
Steve: “You‘re unhinged.“
Robin: “And yet employed. Get in.“
INTERVIEW CLIP: SAPPHIRE ON PARASOCIALITY
Sapphire: “Listen, what we do on stage is performance. What they did in Vienna was real. So yes, I flirt, yes I fanservice , but let‘s not confuse a stage kiss with a soul-bond.“
Reporter: “So no secret love triangle?“
Sapphire (smirking): “Only if I‘m bored. Which I‘m not.“
FINAL PRESS PANEL: SNL REHEARSAL BREAK
Eddie: “We‘ve been working on something. Not ready yet, but the new album‘s about aftermath. Magic. Teeth. Want. You‘ll hear pieces of it in the sketches.“
Steve: “He played a riff last night that made a mirror crack.“
Sapphire: “That was actually me throwing a brush. But yes , it‘ll be loud.“
LIVE TWEET THREAD , ROBIN BUCKLEY (VERIFIED)
@robinxbuckley: if ONE MORE pap tries to get a shot of steve‘s soulmark i will set something on fire. it might be legal.
@robinxbuckley: also. yes. he looks hot. yes. the fang glint was real. no. you can‘t touch him.
@robinxbuckley: eddie and steve = legally bonded, magically aligned, and personally feral. leave them alone.
AFTER DARK PODCAST , EPISODE 92: IMMORTALITY, FANMAIL & FANGS
Host: “So Eddie, you‘ve been called ‘the vampire‘s muse‘ and ‘a chaos prophet in eyeliner.‘ Thoughts?“
Eddie: “Sounds accurate. Add ‘bonded menace‘ and we‘re golden.“
Steve: “He tried to name the album that.“
Sapphire: “We vetoed it. You‘re welcome.“
Eddie: “Cowards.“
VAMPSTYLE MAGAZINE: 20 QUESTIONS WITH THE BONDED TRIO
Q: What‘s your post-show ritual?
Steve: “Wipe off the blood. Steal someone‘s hoodie. Hope no one bit a stagehand again.“
Eddie: “Write a riff on hotel stationery.“
Sapphire: “Summon a bottle of red and light three candles. Balance.“
Q: What‘s the weirdest fan interaction you‘ve had?
Sapphire: “Someone mailed me a glamour-woven bouquet that whispered compliments in iambic pentameter.“
Eddie: “Someone gave me a vial labeled ’vampire tears‘ at a signing. It hissed.“
Steve: “Someone kissed my soulmark in a crowd. I nearly punched them but they ran away.“
LIVE PRESS JUNKET CHAOS , PARIS STUDIO STORM
[Footage: cameras flashing, reporters yelling, a barrier spell humming in the background.]
Robin (to security): “No flashes. He‘s just Cleansed.“
Reporter: “Mr. Harrington! Is it true your bite can now affect magical wards?“
Steve (deadpan): “Do you want me to test it on your microphone?“
Eddie (laughing): “Please let him. It‘s sexy when he bites tech.“
INSTAGRAM LIVESTREAM SNIPPET , @SAPHIREMOONRISING
[Sapphire panning the camera around a dressing room. Steve is fixing his collar. Eddie is tuning a guitar with blood on his thumb.]
Sapphire: “We are not okay, but we are coordinated.“
Steve (off-screen): “Tell them we‘re not doing another soulmark reveal.“
Sapphire: “Steve says no more chest, unless bribed with good lighting and ice cream.“
ROBIN‘S FINAL TWEET THREAD OF THE NIGHT:
@robinxbuckley: he fed once, ONCE, in public and now the world is unhinged.
@robinxbuckley: to clarify: no, he‘s not starring in a vampire romance movie. yes, he could. yes, i‘m producing it now.
@robinxbuckley: eddie wrote 3 songs about steve‘s hands. i heard them. i cried. fight me.
LATE-NIGHT CHAOS HOUR , BONDED SPECIAL
Host: “Alright, lightning round! Who said ‘I want to eat your heart in a loving way‘ first?“
Steve: “Eddie.“
Eddie: “Me. I said it with a rose in my teeth. It was a moment.“
Sapphire: “I filmed it. It‘s in the bonus reel.“
Host: “Who takes the longest to get ready?“
Sapphire: “Steve. Hands down.“
Steve: “I have layers. Both emotionally and in clothing.“
Eddie: “He color-coordinated his bloodstains once.“
BACKSTAGE PASS INTERVIEW , WARDROBE & MAGIC EDITION
Stylist: “So what do you all wear to feel powerful?“
Steve: “Leather. Enchanted boots. Bite gloss.“
Eddie: “Chains and vulnerability.“
Sapphire: “Anything black, expensive, and cursed.“
Q: Do you share clothes?
Sapphire: “Yes. I stole Eddie‘s jacket.“
Eddie: “It looks better on her.“
Steve: “You both keep stealing my eyeliner.“
WITCH WEEKLY: FANGS, FLAMES & FOUND FAMILY
Q: Is it true Robin Buckley once hexed a journalist for misquoting Steve?
Robin (quoted): “It was a minor containment spell. And he deserved it.“
Q: What does love feel like now that you‘ve Signed?
Eddie: “Like screaming into a mic and hearing him sing back.“
Steve: “Like quiet. Finally.“
Sapphire *looking straight at the camera*: “Like letting them have this moment and not being bitter about it.“
SOCIAL MEDIA REACTIONS , NIGHT OF THE BLOOD-GALA
@moonbitezine: Eddie Munson feeding in red velvet is what the gods intended.
@parisbats: Steve Harrington‘s eyes glowed mid-interview. The bond is real. I‘m shaking.
@sapphstars: Sapphire walked so they could Bond on stage. Literal queen behavior.
UNAIRED CLIP: POST-INTERVIEW LIMO CAM
[Interior limo cam footage. Steve resting against Eddie‘s shoulder. Sapphire eating grapes like royalty in the third seat.]
Sapphire: “They asked if it was all staged.“
Steve: “I cried on a national feed.“
Eddie: “My eyeliner ran. That‘s real, baby.“
VOGUE FEATURE , “BLOOD, BOND, & BLAZER CUTS“
Photographed by: Jonathan Byers | Styled by: Sapphire | Location: Paris, Private Estate
Image 1: Steve reclines in a midnight velvet suit, soulmark visible just below the open collar. One hand rests over his heart, the other on Eddie‘s thigh. Eddie wears a torn white shirt with black runes hand-stitched across the cuffs. A flame hovers between their palms.
Image 2: Sapphire lounges in blood-red silk, surrounded by mirrors. Her reflection winks in each one, a different glamour in every pose. A quote scribbled in silver ink across the photo reads: “Divinity wears mascara.“
Image 3: Full-band chaos. Chrissy balanced on a speaker stack, Gareth biting into a rose, Jeff mid-scream. Sapphire smiling deviously, straight at the camera. In the middle of it all: Eddie and Steve kissing like war just ended and they‘re the only ones who survived.
Quote pull: “We didn‘t fall in love. We erupted into it.“ , Eddie Munson
Quote pull: “I didn‘t know who I was until I stopped being afraid of who I might become.“ , Steve Harrington
Quote pull: “They‘ll write epics about this, and I‘ll correct the footnotes.“ , Sapphire
TEXT THREAD , ‘STEVE HARRINGTON‘S PROBLEM CHILDREN‘
Steve (23:19): Mike if I find out you tried to re-hex the oven again I will revoke your house key
Max (23:20): It wasn‘t Mike it was me. It sparked. It was beautiful.
Lucas (23:21): Max no
Steve (23:22): Max yes you‘re grounded
Dustin (23:23): steve can u pick me up. band practice went long. I may or may not have glamoured a pigeon.
Steve (23:24): AGAIN??
El (23:25): Can I keep the pigeon
Steve (23:26): NO
Will (23:27): Just so you know I drew your soulmark into a sigil. It glows now. Sorry.
Steve (23:27): what the hell does that even mean
Steve (23:28): I swear to god if one of you lights something on fire tonight I‘m calling Robin
Mike (23:29): you always threaten us with Robin
Steve (23:30): AND YET IT WORKS
ALBUM PROMO , ‘IMMORTALITY OR THE FALLACY OF FOREVER‘
Press Release, Abaddon‘s Vassals HQ: “The album is a love letter to the bond that burns, the teeth that bite, and the after that never ends. It‘s not just music. It‘s magic in distortion.“
Track titles teased:
- “Velvet Sin / Velvet Skin“
- “Cleansed in You“
- “We Bit the Moon Tonight“
- “Signed in Bone“
- “Not Even Heaven“
- “CLAIM ME“
Eddie (in interview): “We didn‘t write it for radio. We wrote it for the people who stay up after dark thinking about the ones they bled for.“
Steve (in a livestream): “Some of the lyrics literally made me pass out. Not a joke. Eddie had to carry me to the bathtub.“
Sapphire: “I enchanted the vinyl pressing. If you play it backwards, you‘ll hear the scream of a bonded soul mid-flight. Or maybe it‘s just Gareth.“
POSTER CAMPAIGN , SPOTTED AROUND PARIS
Poster Text: ABADDON‘S VASSALS // IMMORTALITY OR THE FALLACY OF FOREVER
One Bond. Two Bite Marks. Infinite Echoes.
Coming to streaming, spellcasting, and bloodline rites May 6th.
FAN REACTIONS (COLLECTED LIVE):
@hexedbabe: the trailer showed eddie biting a mic and it GLOWED. i‘m unwell.
@fangfiles: if track 4 isn‘t just 6 minutes of them breathing into each other‘s mouths I‘m suing
@vampriotnoise: did they just cast a glamor that makes the chords feel like heartbreak?? because i FELT that in my molars
@bondedboys: sapphire whispering “you‘re not ready“ in the teaser = instant chills
SCENE: POST-RELEASE CHAOS — MIDNIGHT THEORY
Everyone knows. It's not a secret anymore. Not really.
The soulmark glows. The public feeds. The interviews, the stage glances, the mutual possession—Steve and Eddie are known.
And still, the new album causes a media meltdown.
Because track seven—“Silver and Bloom”—drops with no warning and in the middle of the haunting outro, just under the distortion, someone moans Eddie’s name.
It’s not subtle. It’s not aesthetic. It’s Steve, and it’s raw.
The internet implodes. It’s not like people didn’t know. But now they feel it.
There’s already a slowed edit going viral before the first day’s streams are even tallied. People dissect the precise breath hitch before the moan, the wet sound of Eddie kissing him, the reverent whisper just before the fade-out: “mine.”
But that’s not what causes the real chaos.
That comes later. Track ten. “Cathedrals Can’t Hold Us.”
In the bridge, beneath the soaring guitar and ritual drums, there’s another voice. Another moan. This one higher. Feminine. Smooth and aching, a sound of worship folded into desire. And no one knows who it is.
The fan forums combust.
They start theorizing a secret triad. They analyze stage glances. They go feral trying to match vocal frequencies.
Sapphire, of course, fans the flames.
During the Midnight Lounge livestream, she answers with a grin that could kill when asked about the added vocals:
“I just thought the boys could use a little... divine intervention.”
She winks. Sips from her goblet of whatever isn’t wine. Refuses to clarify.
Steve is pink in the background, burying his face in Eddie’s jacket. Eddie looks delighted.
“I think the lady’s name is Mystery,” he offers unhelpfully, “and she sounds incredible, doesn’t she?”
The fandom melts down again. Sapphire tweets “#SaintScreams” and changes her profile picture to a distorted silhouette of a woman mid-arch, bathed in red light.
Robin threatens to pull the audio feed next time they record. Nancy publicly apologizes to no one. Jonathan sighs into his camera lens and mutters “they’re feral” under his breath. Gareth posts a single image of a cat screaming at spaghetti.
The track goes triple platinum in under a week.
And somewhere in the haze of all of it—Steve kisses Eddie backstage, presses their foreheads together and whispers, “You’re such a shit.”
Eddie grins, all teeth. “Yeah. But I’m your shit.”
POST-MOAN RELEASE FALLOUT — PRESS, LIVESTREAMS, AND RAGE
PARISIAN SPELLS & CULTURE REVIEW: “It’s not just music—it’s a ritual in real-time. Abaddon’s Vassals are casting spells across airwaves and the public is drinking it in.”
VAMPWIRE HEADLINE:‘STEVE MOANS. WORLD LISTENS.’
Excerpt: “When a love story bleeds into sound, it stops being myth. Steve Harrington’s breath caught the world. Somewhere, Cupid’s chewing silver wire and crying.”
SAPPHIRE’S UNHINGED LIVESTREAM:
— Wearing gold glitter across her cheeks, in a silk robe embroidered with bats and one obvious middle finger.
— “The track? I enchanted it. The moan? I placed it. Steve approved. Eddie begged. No regrets.”
— She does NOT answer when someone asks about the mysterious female moan. Instead, she leans into the camera and licks a silver spoon slowly. “Some secrets stay sacred.”
ROBIN & THE LIVESTREAM CARNAGE
Steve tries to go live to “calm fans down.” It lasts three minutes before Robin appears mid-shot with a kitchen knife and a bottle of wine.
“NO, you do not get to ask about soul-bonded sex noises unless you’re paying me to answer with a blade.”
The live cuts. The internet cries. #LetRobinSpeak trends for 11 hours.
EDDIE’S INSTAGRAM STORY (RARE):
Just a black background with white text: “Midnight Theory: Deluxe Version Drops Soon. You think you’ve heard the moans? That was the overture, babes.”
He follows it with a photo of Steve’s collarbone and the caption “mine.”
UPCOMING TOUR TEASER
The teaser features glimpses of glowing runes, backstage candles, and Steve walking through smoke in sheer fabric. Fans break the internet trying to analyze the faint sound at the end.
Someone slows it down 800% and finds another moan.
This time, it sounds like Sapphire.
“I'm everywhere,” she posts later, beneath a selfie of her surrounded by black roses and rumors.
Exclusive from MidnightMark Magazine:SAPPHIRE HAS BONDED.
It hits three days after the moans discourse dies down. A single post. A single picture.
Sapphire—eyeliner sharp, neck marked, eyes glowing faintly blue—kissing a mysterious woman in front of an altar lit with red candles. No caption. Just a symbol: a sigil long associated with arcane promises and irreversible ties.
The internet combusts.
Fan theories explode: Who is she? Another singer? A blood witch? Is she the moaning voice on track ten? Did the moans cast a spell that pulled this new soulmate into Sapphire’s life?
Robin posts a TikTok that just says “GAY RIGHTS: ACTIVATED” over footage of her pouring wine over press clippings.
Steve likes the post. Eddie reposts it to his stories with the caption: “Welcome to the chaos club, Saph.”
The Bonded woman remains unnamed. For now. But the look in Sapphire’s eyes tells the world everything it needs to know.
“Some songs,” she says in a follow-up livestream, “are only possible after someone’s bitten your soul.”
FAN CAM FRENZY — SAPPHIRE AND HER MYSTERY BOND
A grainy video goes viral—filmed during the band’s secret rehearsal set in a Marseille crypt-turned-venue.
Sapphire, wrapped in sheer black and combat boots, reaches for someone just off-stage. The woman steps into view for only a breath—red lips like warpaint, hair fiery orange blue, and eyes that shimmer silver like moonlit knives. They spin together, forehead to forehead, mouthing lyrics no mic picks up.
Someone edits the footage into a slow fan cam with ethereal backing audio. It hits 2M likes in 12 hours. The top comment reads: “You’re telling me they moaned each other into a soulbond?”
Sapphire reposts the video with a single caption: “Correct.”
CHRISSY SPEAKS
Chrissy Cunningham, who rarely posts outside music promos and magical skincare rituals, breaks her silence with a long, heartfelt thread:
@PomPomPriestess:
Love looks different for all of us. Sometimes it’s glittery and public. Sometimes it’s whispered in hotel bathtubs between shows.
Sometimes it’s a bite under the moon.
I’m so proud of my best friend. Of all of them.
Find your people. Let them love you.
Let them stay.
The post gains millions of shares. Fans post their own bite mark photos in solidarity.
MEANWHILE: STEVE & EDDIE CAN’T LIE TO SAVE THEIR IMMORTAL LIVES
A fan records Steve outside the venue being asked “So who’s the moan in ‘Silver and Blooms’?” and he chokes on his smoothie, then mutters “no comment” while turning beet red.
Eddie, in an unrelated interview, is asked if the track layering was difficult and says, “Oh, you mean Steve’s part?—I mean—SHIT—uh—cut that—”
Sapphire eventually posts a photo of the two of them with the caption: “These idiots are my legacy.”
TOP ARTISTS — VAMPIRE GUILDED SPOTIFY WRAPPED 2025 ‘THE SONGS THAT REALLY GOT IT ON’
- Abaddon’s Vassals — Top track: “Cathedrals Can’t Hold Us (Bloodline Remix)”
- Chappell Roan — Top track: “Casual”
- Hozier — Top track: “Unknown / Nth”
- Mitski — Top track: “Heaven”
- FKA twigs — Top track: “Cellophane”
- Sapphire (solo) — Top track: “Divine Intervention”
- Boygenius — Top track: “Not Strong Enough”
- Orville Peck — Top track: “Dead of Night”
- Arca — Top track: “Nonbinary”
- Steve Harrington & Eddie Munson (unofficial bootleg drop) — Top track: “Midnight Teeth”
VAMPIRE WRAPPED TAGLINES:
- “You drank 942 minutes of magic-bond ballads. That’s more than 86% of mortals!”
- “Your top aura was bloodthirsty yearning.”
- “You discovered 7 new artists after emotionally combusting during track 7.”
- “Your moon phase is ‘bitten during encore.’”
- “You fed, you moaned, you replayed ‘Silver and Bloom’ 198 times.”
ABADDON’S VASSALS WRAPPED STAT:
You helped “Silver and Bloom” hit 100 million plays— and 43% of those streams occurred between 2AM and 5AM. Curious.
Steve’s personal Wrapped (leaked by Robin): Top Artist: “Eddie Munson. Every version. Even demos. Especially moaning edits.”
SAPPHIRE’S WRAPPED CHAOS
Three days before Spotify Wrapped officially drops, Sapphire posts a mysterious Wrapped screenshot to her stories. No caption. Just:
Top Artists:
1. Abaddon’s Vassals
2. S†PHIR
3. Fever Ray
4. Björk5. Lingua Ignota
Fans assume it’s hers. They go wild.
They analyze every track for queer yearning, romantic doom, glam-punk mysticism. Think pieces are published. Tumblr explodes. A podcast episode is dedicated to "What We Learned From Sapphire's Soul.”
Then, two days later, Sapphire posts her actual Wrapped:
Top Artists:
1. Charli XCX
2. Käärijä
3. Dorian Electra
4. Rina Sawayama
5. S†PHIR (accidentally (its her))
She captions it: “Sorry, that other one? That was my Bond’s. But y’all were cute about it.”
Fans go feral.
Now they’re analyzing the mystery Wrapped to decode the unknown Bond’s identity. Tumblr tags light up with #WrappedGate and #WhoIsHer.
S†PHIR ASCENDS
S†PHIR—formerly known simply as Sapphire—has been in the solo game for a while, but her latest album “Sanctified You” takes the world by storm.
It drops at midnight on a blood moon. Within hours, it's number one in three realms, on every chart, and even somehow on a demonic registry list that usually tracks summoning chants.
The album is a sonic fever dream: nine tracks of glam-goth seduction, celestial violence, and intimate confessions. Five of the songs feature her Bond’s voice—moaning, whispering, humming, laughing—and fans lose their collective minds.
FAN REACTIONS TOS†PHIR’S ALBUM REVEAL — “SANCTIFIED YOU”
The moment she announced it — simple black screen, white serif font: “S†PHIR COMETH.” — the internet erupted.
TOP FAN REACTIONS:
@glittergoth666: SANCTIFIED YOU?? oh we’re never making it to heaven babes
@bloodfangtheory: *gasping* she baptized me with glitter and spite and now I must serve
@ritualpunk: the pope is crying. the vampires are dancing. I’m printing shirts.
@ech0elegy: “S†PHIR” is the kind of name that makes you fall in love AND start a cult.
@fangirl_fangirl: sorry but Mother of Moans is trending again. she owns us
@chaos4breakfast: just found out my soulmate’s Spotify Wrapped has her at #1. should I be worried or honored??
@holybitten: between her, Eddie, and Steve… I feel like I’m in a queer glam vampire Hunger Games and I’m cheering for everyone
@voidangelintraining: i bit my lip so hard when she whispered “divinity is a weapon” in that promo I actually saw god
The trending tags that followed:
- #S†PHIR
- #DivineMoan
- #GlamourGospel
- #BiteMeSaph
- #TheHolyTrinity (ft. Eddie + Steve)
Merch stores sold out of “SANCTIFIED YOU” tour shirts within minutes.
Someone started selling knockoff holy water flasks with her name etched in blood-red script.
And under all the noise, her Bond posted a single line: “My saint. My sin.”
Track Highlights:
- “Velvet Creed” – opening ballad with an echoing heartbeat that critics say sounds eerily human.
- “Lightbringer’s Lips” – feat. DJ ARGYLE, an electro-sacred house track that’s banned in three clubs for being “too euphoric.”
- “Feast Me Gently” – a whisper duet with her Bond that ends with both of them laughing off mic.
- “Trinity Teeth” – feat. MORS VIVENTIUM (Eddie’s solo act name), a thunderous goth-metal spell of possession and protection.
- “Divine Moan” – the closing track, soft, aching, and entirely composed of breath, violin, and magic-fused synth.
Press calls them “The Holy Trinity of Noise.”
Critics lose it. One article reads: “S†PHIR just redefined the idea of devotion—one bite, one beat, one Bond at a time.”
And on day three, Steve’s voice trends again. A slowed version of his soft “stay with me” from track seven is used in 600k TikToks before breakfast.
UPDATE: MORS VIVENTIUM
After weeks of speculation, it’s confirmed: Eddie Munson’s true solo project name is MORS VIVENTIUM.
The name, Latin for “Death of the Living,” sends the fandom into freefall. Gothic calligraphy tattoos trend instantly. Someone gets it engraved on a dagger. Another fan makes a stained-glass recreation of his silhouette under the name.
What it means: It’s moody, poetic, and perfectly describes Eddie’s sound—guttural riffs laced with romantic agony, psalm-sick confessions, and guitar solos that sound like exorcisms. His logo? A stylized ouroboros with bat wings and bite marks.
On Twitter, Eddie simply writes:
“Death is a mood. So is being loved by a vampire.”
S†PHIR replies: “Speak Latin again and I’ll bite harder.”
Steve responds with: “You both need to go to horny jail.”
Gareth cries: “We’re gonna miss you man”
Eddie replies: “Dude… the band is still together wtf?”
SCENE: THE MIRRORED CHAMBER BENEATH SANCTIFIED YOU STUDIO, 03:14
The light in the chamber doesn’t come from bulbs or spells. It comes from them.
Chrissy sits cross-legged on the floor, silk robe falling from one shoulder, exposing the soulmark still glowing faintly at the base of her neck. It's not red like most—it’s opal. Shifting, shimmering, alive.
Sapphire kneels behind her, both palms pressed to Chrissy’s bare back, forehead resting between her shoulder blades. Her breath comes slow. Focused. Like a prayer she’s trying to remember.
There’s no glamour in this room. No cameras. No setlist. Just the pulse of a bond finally unsealed and two girls who almost never found their way to each other.
“I thought the blue meant you didn’t want me,” S†PHIR whispers, voice hoarse.
Chrissy turns her head, cheek brushing against her hair. “It meant I couldn’t find you. But I never stopped feeling it.”
Silence. Soft. Sacred.
Chrissy shifts slightly, and Sapphire leans into the touch like it’s gravity. Her fingers curl into the fabric of Chrissy’s robe.
“You know,” Chrissy says after a moment, “I used to dream of you. Before I knew it was you. I’d see flashes—mirrors, blood on lips, music that sounded like a scream and a lullaby all at once.”
“That was me,” Sapphire says. “Screaming. Trying to make myself loud enough that you’d hear it even through the silence they forced on you.”
Chrissy turns fully then. Kneels across from her, cups S†PHIR’s face in both hands. Her thumb drags across the blue shimmer at the corner of her eye.
“You didn’t have to wait so long,” Chrissy says gently.
“I didn’t want to be wrong,” Sapphire breathes. “I would’ve burned the world for you. But I didn’t know if you’d let me.”
Chrissy leans in and kisses her. Soft. Lingering. It doesn’t ask for anything—it confirms.
And when they break apart, Chrissy’s voice is barely audible.
“I’m here now.”
Their foreheads rest together. Their bond pulses like a living thing. It stretches into the mirrors. Reflects them as they are—divine, damaged, and finally whole.
Sapphire opens her mouth, and her voice—her true voice—fills the chamber. A hum at first. Then a note. Then a lyric.
Chrissy joins her by touch, by breath, by being. Not singing—resonating.
The mirrored chamber doesn’t echo. It records.
This is where their first true duet is born.
Flashback: Chrissy’s Suppressed Dream (Three Years Ago, Unreleased)
She’d woken up breathless. Again.
Same dream.
A mirror with no reflection.
A club with no sound.
And a woman—drenched in light that wasn’t light at all. Singing.
Always singing.
But Chrissy could never hear the lyrics. Just… feel them. Like heat. Like something buried inside her screaming to be let out.
She didn’t tell anyone. She journaled it once. Then burned the page. Because good vampire girls from old houses don’t dream of mouthy girls in moan-stained lipstick and shoes sharp enough to kill.
Except—she did.
Every time.
Leaked Lyrics from Their First Official Duet (Untitled Track 07 from Sanctified You)
Leaked on a cursed Discord server and immediately deleted, but not before being screen-capped by twenty rabid fans:
your name was static in my veins
blue and soft and sealed in chains
i burned a stage and begged the moon
but you were locked in someone’s rune
now the seal is cracked
and my skin remembers
you said “i’m here now”
and i stayed surrendered
we hum in mirrors
we scream in glass
every life we missed
i’m taking back
Fans call it “Mirrored Bond” even though the official tracklist just labels it “07 - ???”