Taylor Momsen chose a Halloween costume inspired by her ‘bat attack’ earlier this year.
“HAPPY HALLOWEEN from the Bat Queen,” the Pretty Reckless singer captioned her Instagram post, sharing several photos of her costume. “Tag me in your costumes so I can see them!!!”
Fans appreciated her choice of costume after the bat incident. “On point for this year!” one fan commented.
Another wrote, “Awesome. So that bite you got finally turned you.” A third added, “I love how you’ve embraced the bat. Your encounter with the bat onstage and your reaction to it was one of the most badass Rock and Roll moments of all time.”
In May, Momsen was bitten by a bat during a live performance in Spain while opening for AC/DC. While on stage in Seville, the crowd warned her about the bat on her leg. Noticing the audience’s reaction, she asked what they were pointing at, saying, “You guys are pointing at something and I don’t know what you’re saying.”
Later, the vocalist discussed her memories of touring with AC/DC in an interview with GRAMMY.com. Momsen shared photos from the tour, both onstage and behind the scenes, including her bat incident.
“So I guess now is a good time to talk about…the bat,” she said. “I was just minding my own business singing (appropriately) ‘Witches Burn’ [at our next show in Seville, Spain] when the audience all started pointing and screaming. It took till the end of the song to figure out what happened…”
Taylor continued, “But the jumbotrons caught it all. There it is, clinging to me. The noise must have scared the hell out of it. Then came the [rabies] shots…that was not fun for a loooong time. Ten shots over weeks in multiple countries. Then came the jokes (All with love from the amazing AC/DC crew, love you Super!!). Then came the nickname Batgirl. Can’t escape it, so just own it!”
After the bat incident, Momsen shared some strange coincidences on Instagram. She posted three videos: one from a shake-and-bake commercial she did as a child, another from the ‘Lopez Tonight’ show in 2011 where they made shake-and-bake bats for her, and the last showing her getting bitten by a bat while opening for AC/DC. In her caption, she pointed out the connection between these moments.
