The Vampire Diaries will end with its upcoming season, executive producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec announced at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday morning.
In announcing its end, The Vampire Diaries unveiled a farewell video, above. and premiered a new song, “Changing Tides” by The Fray, the band whose music was used in the pilot and throughout the series.
The Vampire Diaries’ eighth and final 16-episode season will premiere Friday, October 21.
Stars Ian Somerhalder and Kat Graham begun to send signals that the end was near in previous interviews.