Vana releases new single ‘Bleeding Heart’

Auckland-based industrial alt-pop artist Vana returns today with brand new single ‘Bleeding Heart’, out now via Sumerian Records. Following previous singles ‘Pray‘ and ‘In Your Name‘, the release lands at the front end of a stacked US live run, with Vana hitting Riot Fest and Louder Than Life this weekend before joining Hollywood Undead, In This Moment, I See Stars and Melrose Avenue on the returning Taste Of Chaos tour across the US beginning 22nd September.

Stream ‘Bleeding Heart’ here and watch the official music video here

Since signing with Sumerian Records in 2025, Vana has been introducing the dark, lore-driven world surrounding her forthcoming debut album. Across ‘Pray‘ and ‘In Your Name‘ and their accompanying music videos, Vana has paired her signature blend of industrial alt-metal, pop, melodic hooks and visceral breakdowns with an expansive visual mythology rooted in gothic imagery, dark fantasy and the perspective of the misunderstood that Vana has been building across her recent work, opening another window into the lore surrounding her forthcoming debut album.

Inspired by the bleeding heart flower, Lamprocapnos spectabilis, ‘Bleeding Heart’ draws a parallel between the cycle of a flower in bloom and the fragile, finite nature of human emotion. Speaking on her new single, Vana shares:
“The song began with the flower itself, ‘Bleeding Heart’ or *Lamprocapnos spectabilis*. 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.”

Earlier this year, Vana completed her first US headline run, “The Lady In Red Tour”, which sold over 15,000 tickets. Vana also just wrapped a completely sold out Australia tour that included support dates with Ocean Sleeper and also featured two sold out headline shows in Sydney & Melbourne, adding to a rapidly growing audience that includes more than 125 million cross-platform streams and over 1.4 million combined followers across TikTok and Instagram.

This weekend, Vana hits Louder Than Life in Louisville on 18th September and Riot Fest in Chicago on 19th September before joining Hollywood Undead and In This Moment on the returning Taste Of Chaos tour, alongside I See Stars and Melrose Avenue. The 23-date run kicks off 22nd September in Charlotte, North Carolina and wraps on 26th October in Anaheim, California.

From there, Vana heads overseas for three shows in Japan with DEATHBYROMY and MAZE, before returning stateside for Vans Warped Tour Orlando on 15th November. She’ll close out 2026 at Knotfest México in Mexico City on December 5, followed by ShipRocked 2027, sailing from Miami to Roatán and Cozumel from 24th-30th January. For more information and tickets head to VANA‘s website vanamusicofficial.com