Rostam

Bio

Rostam Batmanglij, known as Rostam, is a GRAMMY Award-winning songwriter, producer, and composer. One of the founding members of Vampire Weekend and producer of their first three albums, he has been described as one of the great pop and indie-rock producers of his generation, having produced for some of the most important artists of the last decade including Frank Ocean, Clairo, Charli XCX, Maggie Roggers, HAIM, Solange, Lykke Li, Santigold, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hamilton Leithauser and many others. In recent years, he has maintained a varied and intensely busy career, releasing two critically acclaimed solo albums—2017’s Half-Light and 2020’s Changephobia—while also producing records for HAIM (2020’s Women in Music Pt. III and 2025’s I quit), Clairo (2019’s Immunity), Vagabon (2023’s Sorry I Haven’t Called), Leith Ross (2025’s I Can See the Future), and Georgia (2023’s Euphoric), as well as composing for film and television, including 2016’s The OA and 2023’s The Persian Version. 2026 sees the release of his third studio album American Stories.