Rostam - Bike Dream
Rostam Batmanglij is a songwriter, producer, and composer, who first rose to prominence in 2006 as one of the members of Vampire Weekend. He\u2019s produced songs for Frank Ocean, Solange, Carly Rae Jepsen, and more. But his September 2017 album \u2018Half-Light\u2019 is his first as a solo artist. In this episode, Rostam breaks down his song \u201cBike Dream.\u201d He explains how it was influenced in part by bands like T.Rex and Coldplay, but \u201cBike Dream\u201d began very differently from how it ended up.
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