Rostam Batmanglij

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rostam Batmanglij
Occupation	Rock Singer
Date Of Birth	Nov 28, 1983(1983-11-28)
Age	41
Birthplace	Washington, D.C.
Country	United States
Horoscope	Scorpio

Rostam Batmanglij Biography

Rostam Batmanglij is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on November 28, 1983 in Washington, D.C., United States. Musician, producer and songwriter. He is also a member of Vampire Weekend, an indie rock band, and Discovery, an electro-soul group.

He composed the music for Sound Of My Voice (2011), a film directed by Zal Batglij.

Rostam Batmanglij (Persian: رستم باتمانقلیچ ‎, IPA: [rosˈtæm bɒːtmɒːŋɢeˈliːdʒ] ; born November 28, 1983), known mononymously as Rostam, is an American songwriter, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist of electro-soul group Discovery, and formerly of New York City-based indie rock band Vampire Weekend.

Batmanglij majored in music at Columbia University where he joined the band Vampire Weekend in 2006. “At Columbia, I would study classical harmony in classes and I would study music on my own, and I would try to re-create songs that I love in recordings…that was really how I learned.” The name of the group comes from the movie of the same name that bandmate Ezra Koenig and his friends made over summer vacations. Batmanglij produced their self-titled debut album shortly after graduation while concurrently working multiple full- time jobs. He also produced the band’s follow up album, Contra, which sold 124,000 copies in its first week and landed atop the Billboard 200 charts. Batmanglij plays guitar, keyboard and sings in the band but also acts as a lyricist and songwriter, co-writing the song “Diplomat’s Son” on Contra. Koenig has described himself and Batmanglij as “the two main songwriters in the band.”

Najmieh Batmanglij was an Iranian immigrant who had a career in cookbook writing.

Rostam Batmanglij Net Worth

Rostam Batmanglij is one of the richest Rock Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rostam Batmanglij 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was born in Washington, D.C. and later moved to New York City, studying music at Columbia University.

Ariel Rechtshaid, a well-known music producer, collaborated on Modern Vampires of the City in 2013.

Batmanglij was born to Iranian/Persian parents, and grew up in Washington, D.C. His mother is cookbook author Najmieh Batmanglij while his father is a publisher. His parents arrived in D.C. in 1983. His brother is independent filmmaker Zal Batmanglij. The two have collaborated on multiple projects. They worked together on the film Sound of My Voice, which Rostam scored and which Zal directed and co-wrote. Rostam also composed an original piece for piano that was featured in Zal’s film The East. Most recently, Rostam composed the music for both seasons of Zal’s television series The OA.

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Batmanglij produced and co-wrote two songs for The Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser’s solo album, Black Hours, which was released in June 2014. Also in 2014, Batmanglij produced two songs for singer Charli XCX. The song “Need Ur Luv” appears on her album Sucker and the song “Kingdom” featuring Simon Le Bon appears on The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. In December 2014, Batmanglij along with Diplo and Ed Droste remixed Ty Dolla Sign’s “Stand For” into a new song titled “Long Way Home”. Batmanglij also wrote original music for a play by Kenneth Lonergan called This Is Our Youth, starring Kieran Culkin, Michael Cera, and Tavi Gevinson, which premiered on Broadway in 2014.

Facts & Trivia

Rostam Ranked on the list of most popular Rock Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rostam Batmanglij celebrates birthday on November 28 of every year.

In 2015, Batmanglij worked alongside Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen on her third studio album, E•MO•TION. In an interview with Stereogum, Jepsen described working with Batmanglij as writing with a musician she admires, and said that together they had made “what’s maybe one of [her] favorite songs” on the record. Batmanglij produced and co-wrote the fourth single, “Warm Blood”, which was released on July 31, 2015. E•MO•TION was released worldwide on August 21, 2015.

Are Ezra and Rostam still friends?

podcast, Rostam, who is working on his follow up to his 2016 debut album Half- Light, unveiled that he is reunited with his former bandmate. “I think it’s going to come out at some point,” he said. “Our creative relationship continues just as we said it would, and our friendship endures.”

Is Rostam Batmanglij Persian?

Batmanglij was born to Iranian parents , and grew up in Washington, D.C. His mother is cookbook author Najmieh Batmanglij, while his father is a publisher. His parents arrived in D.C. in 1983. His brother is independent filmmaker Zal Batmanglij. The two have collaborated on multiple projects.

Will Rostam rejoin Vampire Weekend?

Rostam is BACK. Vampire Weekend singer Ezra Koenig has confirmed that former bandmate Rostam Batmanglij will feature on the New York band’s anticipated fourth album.

Is Vampire Weekend still together?

Vampire Weekend
Labels| XL Columbia
Website| vampireweekend.com
Members| Ezra Koenig Chris Baio Chris Tomson
Past members| Rostam Batmanglij

Why did Vampire Weekend break up?

The long break did mean rethinking his creative approach , as the music industry has shifted since the band released its last album Modern Vampires of the City, in 2013.