Rostam

Rostam • new solo album— American Stories: May 15, 2026 • songwriter • record producer • love making albums • Discography ➡️

[Rostam @matsoR]

my new song— 'Back of a Truck' 🚚— is out now— really proud of this song and this video too— the third Rostam album— American Stories —drops May 15th

[Rostam @matsoR]

‘American Stories: A Concert Film’ premieres tonight at 9pm EST on YouTube. Join me and director @antonymuse 30 minutes ahead of time for a livestream. Excited for you to see the film and we’ll chat a little about what went into it. And finally, the American Stories Tour kicks off tomorrow in San Diego! See you soon!

Link to the YouTube premiere here:
https://t.co/82jiF3scwG

[Rostam @matsoR]

excited to announce American Stories: A Concert Film will be premiering on YouTube on Tuesday at 9pm EST / 6pm PST — we’ll be doing a premiere with a livestream beforehand. so if you wanna join me on video chat, that’ll start a half-hour early, at 8:30 EST.
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—So what is American Stories: A Concert Film? It’s me and my incredible American Stories band playing songs for you live at the legendary Sound City Studio A: some new songs, some old songs —everything live, with no click tracks or backing tracks. It was directed by Antony Muse and shot by Russell Tandy. Very excited for you to experience it— also — our tour starts next week!

Link to the YouTube premiere here:
https://t.co/bHhaNLedWc

[Rostam @matsoR]

“Forgive is to Know” started with four chords that I wrote on a rubber bridge guitar leant to me by Ethan Gruska. The first lyrics that came were for the chorus, and they quote Alexander Pope, who wrote, in 1711, “To err is human, to forgive, divine.”
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From there, I went on a journey writing verses. I probably spent a couple years writing the verses of this song and I wrote more than could fit in one song… and I did something that I rarely do which was to write about songwriting itself in those opening couplets.
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Still my favorite line came to me as I was in the midst of recording vocals: “…that the institutions don’t reward the compassionate.”

[Letterboxd @letterboxd]

Four Favorites with Rostam 🎶

His new album, American Stories, is out now.

[Rostam @matsoR]

American Stories was originally an eight song album. “To Feel No Way” was a song I’d started but didn’t know how to finish. Ultimately it’s one of two songs I finished writing with my friend Tobias Jesso Jr. I’m so happy we could come together on those two songs.

[Chris Black @donetodeath]

How Long Gone #945: @themjeans and I chat with @matsoR about protecting wrist strength, his very heavy first guitar, queer coating > queer coding, our favorite Beatles, Pleats Please, gym gains, Adele, and his potentially controversial merchandise — https://t.co/lDp0bkIDy8

[Amoeba Music @amoebamusic]

New "What's In My Bag?" episode with @matsoR!

The producer, singer & songwriter goes shopping at Amoeba Hollywood and shares some of his favorite albums from 1997.

Don't miss Rostam performing live at Amoeba Hollywood Wednesday, May 20 at 5pm!

Watch: https://t.co/l09IJWnMo3

[Stereogum @stereogum]

The 5 best songs of the week, starring @hovvdy, @matsoR x @clairo, @widowspeaking, and more

https://t.co/iAtR1AI8Vr

[Rostam @matsoR]

My new record is out tomorrow at midnight. This song is called 'The Road to Death' and has some of my favorite lyrics.

[Rostam @matsoR]

Rostam - ‘Hardy’ (ft Clairo) [Official Music Video] https://t.co/KmmqZR0cuy

[The FADER @thefader]

The duo who brought us "Bags" are back together.

https://t.co/Ht0e7HNLOI

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

Seven years after producing her debut album Immunity, Rostam has made a new song with Clairo https://t.co/JxofXslDMF

[Stereogum @stereogum]

Hear Rostam (@matsoR) reunite with his old collaborator @Clairo on the very cool new single "Hardy"

https://t.co/JjOLaHB1jS

[Rostam @matsoR]

. @clairo truly one of my favorite voices in music — and i mean that on every level. so happy we got to get back in the studio again — ‘Hardy’ is out now.

Spotify: https://t.co/EJP3xKd2tw

Apple Music:
https://t.co/jwbC6T40Ux

[Rostam @matsoR]

My new song HARDY features a very special guest. It is out Monday, May 11 @ 9AM PST.

Pre-save American Stories here:
https://t.co/xKAKCXyumD

[Rostam @matsoR]

talked about songwriting on Subway Takes today, so here's a playlist of just about every song I've ever worked on

https://t.co/nFBaiGUMkS

[SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma @SubwayTakes]

Songwriting is not something that you necessarily get better at the more you do it!! @matsoR

[Rostam @matsoR]

The first screening of American Stories: A Concert Film is happening one week from today in NYC. Here’s a clip from our performance of ‘Back of a Truck’ from the film— the screenings in NYC and LA are both SOLD OUT however we now have a waitlist that lets you sign up if more tickets are released:

NYC:
https://t.co/hYWAOscKGG

LA:
https://t.co/HVkDxSLfX8

I’ll be performing a few songs at the screenings as well as doing a Q+A with our director Antony Muse. Excited for this. American Stories is out two weeks from Friday.

[Rostam @matsoR]

'Back of a Truck' starring Milo Cassidy and Offering Rain https://t.co/x9858csyAD