Rostam - Gwan (Official Music Video)

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Director: Greg Brunkalla
Producer: Lia Mayer-Sommer
Production Company: Walter Pictures

Director of Photography: Ivan Abel
Production Manager: Talia Bernstein
Steadicam: Patrick Morgan, Katerina Kallergis
1st AC: Nathan Spengler
Data Manager: Carey Hu
Gaffer: Michael Yetter
Production Assistants: David Piccolomini, Jenna Haefelin, Noa Segen, Emily Lauer

Editor: Matthew Schaff

Color Correction: The Mill
Colorist: Nick Metcalf
Executive Producer, Colour: Heath Raymond
Colorist Assistants: Nate Seymour & Zack Wilpon

VFX: Jon Race

[James-jybl]

I love hearing that smile in his voice.

[rarecoast]

Damn Rostam always makes the best string arrangements

[sophiesomerville]

I think this is a really good song to listen to in the morning, when you're depressed becos you're going to work but the train is rocking gently and the sunlight is flickering through the window and you have that small quiet moment of peace

[FuziaFinja]

When he says "you're really still awake? why can't you go to sleep, like everybody else?"
I giggle a little, cause I feel like he's talking to me. Thanks Rostam for another great song!

[chunghoang]

Ethan Hawke said that the world is a terrible critic, especially when it comes to creativity. This song is a perfect example. Such a brilliant piece, lyrically and instrumentally deserves many more views. I’m just glad that this beautiful thing exists.

[Fauble]

You really get a feeling for the softer side of Vampire Weekend on his tracks.

[thewhatness]

This fills my heart with that same wistful feeling of breathlessness I got on my first listen of Modern Vampires of the City: suddenly my surroundings were awake, every little mundane detail sprung to life, and in an instant, I felt my city exhale in unison. It made me appreciate my home more than I could ever have imagined. You stay one place for all your life, and even if it's the coolest place on the planet, it tends to get stale. But when I listen to this, I feel my home take in its breath through the concrete, humming with that ever-present ambiance. And for a few fleeting moments, I am no longer crushed by the weight of isolation between a ceaseless run of cloud-piercing buildings amidst a sea of 8 million faces. I'm a raindrop in a tempest. I'm a wooden plank on the Brooklyn Bridge. I'm exactly where I need to be. And I'd give anything to feel that way everyday. God, I am so excited for this album.

[juliannamcanabalrodriguez]

I could do with Rostam walking around a city whilst singing yet another lovely new track of his. So happy to exist at the same time as Rostam and his music.

[arze]

wee I missed this. Invokes a sense of nostalgia for somewhere I've never been... I agree with always hearing the smile in his voice! Missed ya, Rostam. Can't wait for the album.

[marlaaaw]

I just wish the world could appreciate more how amazing, beautiful and meaningful is Rostam's art. I'm afraid the whole album is gonna leave me spechless.

[iAlexLopes]

ROSTAM IS SO UNDERRATED.

HE IS THE BEST COMPOSER OF OUR GENERATION.

FIGHT ME

[dreamcoma]

When I woke up from a bad dream,
I was sleeping in a basement,
leaves were falling on the pavement,
I was happy in the city,
took a friend's car to the ocean,
are you ready, are you ready?

[danday]

When I walk around at 3 a.m. after work at night, I hear this song in my head. It is my walking song.

[tspatterson]

TIL rostam was the secret of vampire weekend all along. I needed to hear this after hearing their new music (sans rostam). nothing but love for vw but what a genius, glad to hear him doing his own thing. superb

[katxploring]

Joy radiates from Rostam in Gwan. Love the use of the strings... feels dreamlike. My current favorite song (not just of Rostam, but of everyone I am listening to),

[miripguntur]

iZombie s4e6 brings me here, love this OST so damn much. hope this covid thingy end soon

[dupladup]

the last 44 seconds of this song hit me so so bittersweet to a point where i don't know if i should be crying or smiling...rostam is truly a genius.

[Adlucinor]

So glad he has decided to pursue his own music like this. It's beautiful!

[edwardlloyd]

I can hear Suo Gan (a Welsh lullaby) during the strings part. Just beautiful!

[dietpravd]

I abruptly started crying in the middle of this Rostam you beautiful beautiful human being