Auckland industrial alt-pop artist Vana is back with a new single, “Bleeding Heart,” released today through Sumerian Records. The track follows earlier singles “Pray” and “In Your Name” and lands right as she launches a packed stretch of U.S. dates.
Vana played Louder Than Life in Louisville and Riot Fest in Chicago over the weekend. On Monday she joins the returning Taste of Chaos tour, co-headlined by Hollywood Undead and In This Moment with I See Stars and Melrose Avenue. The 23-date run opens September 22 in Charlotte and includes a stop at The Factory in Chesterfield on October 14.
Since signing with Sumerian in 2025, Vana has been building a dark, story-driven world around her forthcoming debut album. The videos for “Pray” and “In Your Name” mixed industrial alt-metal, pop hooks, and heavy breakdowns with gothic and dark-fantasy imagery. “Bleeding Heart” continues that thread.
The song takes its name and central image from the bleeding heart flower, Lamprocapnos spectabilis. Vana has said the idea started with the plant itself:
“This song showcases how feelings grow like flowers do; beautiful but destined to wither. Perhaps that’s pessimistic, but flowers blossom just to die in winter, and they do it every year. I think there’s a sort of beauty in that. This song and video further explores a world of oppression and betrayal. Adah can’t hold us both. Hail Mara.”
The official music video is out now alongside the single.
Vana’s live momentum has been building quickly. Her first U.S. headline run, The Lady In Red Tour, moved more than 15,000 tickets earlier this year. She then sold out an Australian run that included support dates with Ocean Sleeper plus two headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne. Combined streams sit above 125 million, with more than 1.4 million followers across TikTok and Instagram.
After Taste of Chaos she heads to Japan for three dates with DEATHBYROMY and MAZE at the end of October, then returns for Vans Warped Tour in Orlando on November 15. She closes 2026 at Knotfest México in Mexico City on December 5 and is already booked for ShipRocked 2027, sailing from Miami in late January.
Tickets and full routing are at vanamusicofficial.com. “Bleeding Heart” is streaming now.
