# Alt Rock Band THE YAGAS, Featuring Actress VERA FARMIGA, Releases New Single ‘Runaway’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/alt-rock-band-the-yagas-featuring-actress-vera-farmiga-releases-new-single-runaway/
- Published: 2026-10-23T15:19:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T16:55:41+00:00
- Original publisher: Blabbermouth
- Original article: https://blabbermouth.net/news/alt-rock-band-the-yagas-featuring-actress-vera-farmiga-releases-new-single-runaway
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- The Yagas have released their new single, “Runaway”.
- The song reflects on fear, love and finding joy.
- Its video features a dramatic escape from an old asylum.

## Summary

The Yagas, an alternative rock band fronted by actress Vera Farmiga, have released “Runaway”, a synth-heavy, 1980s-inspired single and accompanying music video. The song marks a change in the band’s sound and explores moving towards love, joy and a more hopeful life.

Farmiga said the song was shaped by the fear she and keyboardist Renn Hawkey felt after their young child was diagnosed with autism; 16 years later, she said, their daughter has brought them joy and changed their outlook. In the video, directed by Sam Reiss, the band appear as a ghostly house band in an old asylum while Farmiga plays a former patient who escapes. The group also includes drummer Jason Bowman and guitarist Mark Visconti, and has accumulated more than 35 million streams and video views.

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