Chelsea Wolfe release haunting live acoustic performance video of her single »The Dark«

Photo by Magdalena Wosinska

American dark folk solo artist Chelsea Wolfe has released a haunting live acoustic performance video for »The Dark«.

The performance video features a raw, stripped-down rendition of her single »The Dark« set against the surreal, otherworldly landscape of Mono Lake in California.

»The Dark« originally debuted in June 2026 as a dual-single release alongside »Death Is Not The End« via Loma Vista Recordings. Both tracks were created in partnership with the artisan fragrance house Heretic Parfum.

Listen to »The Dark« & »Death Is Not The End« HERE.

The studio version of »The Dark« starts as an intimate, quiet folk song before building into a heavy, roaring sonic wall. By contrast, the Mono Lake live version preserves the stark vulnerability of the song’s beginning, emphasizing Wolfe’s ethereal vocals and barren chord shapes. Wolfe has noted that the song plays with themes of finding wisdom in internal whispers and viewing empty spaces or voids as areas full of transition and possibility.

Filmed in Mono County, CA, the alien-like tufa towers and desolate waters of Mono Lake provide a perfect atmospheric backdrop that mirrors the gothic nature of Wolfe’s music. The original project footage was captured by photographer Magdalena Wosinska, with additional footage and final video editing handled by Chelsea Wolfe and her longtime collaborator Ben Chisholm.

Chelsea Wolfe – The Dark World Tour 2026:

09/16 – San Francisco, CA @ Curran Theatre
09/18 – Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre
09/19 – Salem, OR @ Elsinore Theatre
09/20 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
09/22 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center
09/24 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
09/25 – Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
09/26 – St. Paul, MN @ The Fitzgerald Theater
09/28 – Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theatre
09/29 – Columbus, OH @ The Bluestone
09/30 – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Jack White Theatre
10/05 – Boston, MA @ Boch Center Shubert Theatre
10/06 – New York, NY @ The Town Hall
10/08 – Munhall, PA @ Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall
10/09 – Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre
10/10 – Washington, DC @ Sixth & I
10/12 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
10/13 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
10/14 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
10/16 – Dallas, TX @ Texas Theatre
10/17 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
10/20 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
10/21 – El Cajon, CA @ The Magnolia
10/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Orpheum Theatre

11/21 – Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
11/23 – Berlin, DE @ Admiralspalast
11/24 – Hamburg, DE @ Große Freiheit 36
11/25 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
11/27 – Oslo, NO @ Betong
11/28 – Stockholm, SE @ Vasateatern
11/30 – Tallinn, EE @ Helitehas
12/02 – Vilnius, LT @ Loftas
12/03 – Warsaw, PL @ Progresja
12/05 – Prague, CZ @ ARCHA
12/06 – Vienna, AT @ Budocenter
12/07 – Budapest, HU @ Akvárium Klub
12/09 – Mannheim, DE @ Capitol
12/11 – Fribourg, CH @ Fri-Son
12/12 – Milan, IT @ Live Club
12/13 – Munich, DE @ Isarphilharmonie
12/15 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix
12/16 – Paris, FR @ Casino de Paris
12/19 – Athens, GR @ Floyd

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well