Alana, Danielle, and Este Haim made their follow-up to 2020’s Women in Music Pt. III with Rostam Batmanglij, Tobias Jesso Jr.

Kudos to Haim, first of all, for the best album title of the year. Breakup albums are so common that it’s surprising no one ...

HAIM’s All Over Me explores desire without commitment in a nostalgic, bold track from their 2025 album I Quit.

Produced by Rostam Batmanglij and lead singer Danielle Haim, the California band’s first album in five years features its ...

Rostam Batmanglij understands the creative power of a momentary pause. His seemingly endless resume, however, would suggest otherwise. It’s only been eight years since his final Vampire Weekend ...

Maybe there’s not a lot of competition for the title of “World’s Most Accomplished Queer Iranian-American Indie Rock Star Turned A-List Producer,” but Rostam Batmanglij has it on lock.

The four members of Vampire Weekend — Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Baio and Chris Tomson — made their third record over a period that began in 2009, while they were still recording ...

When Rostam Batmanglij turned thirty, he decided to move to Los Angeles. He had arrived in New York, in 2002, to study music at Columbia University. There he befriended a group of students with ...

In Rostam Batmanglij’s Echo Park backyard, past a wooden deck shaded by two trees sagging with grapefruits and avocados, is a small recording studio. When Batmanglij moved here, he filled the ...

Rostam Batmanglij had just finished up a concert with his former band, Vampire Weekend, when a fan approached him asking for advice on coming out. “I think you should call your parents and do it ...

Rostam Batmanglij photographed by Daniel Jack Lyons for W Magazine; styled by Tara Boyette. Batmanglij wears his own clothing. Rostam Batmanglij has figured out the headline for this article.