Rostam 和 Clairo 分享新歌 "Hardy"

在他的第三张专辑 "American Stories" 将于本周五(5月15日)通过其自创厂牌 Matsor Projects 发行之前, 美国音乐人/制作人 Rostam 分享了一首与 Clairo 合作的新歌 "Hardy" 及其音乐录影带. 新闻稿摘录如下:

(May 11, 2026) - GRAMMY-winning recording artist, songwriter, producer, and composer Rostam has shared the latest single for his highly anticipated new album American Stories out this Friday May 15 via his own label, Matsor Projects, in partnership with Secretly Distribution. “Hardy” features indie luminary Clairo in a duet that reunites the pair after she and Rostam produced her debut album Immunity together in 2019.

The track is a soaring sonic exploration of songwriting itself. Rostam created the song’s instrumental in 2012 using a sample of Georges Delerue’s film score from Day for Night, a movie by Francis Truffaut, while sampling drums alongside it from a song by François Hardy. Though the François Hardy sample did not make the final track, it inspired the song’s name. Rostam revisited the track a few years ago, completing the lyrics and melody. The finished recording also features cello by Hamilton Berry, bass clarinet by Henry Solomon, and piano performed by Rostam himself. The new song is also featured on New Music Daily on Apple Music.

Rostam says of the song and video:

“‘Hardy’ is a song about looking forward and looking back. Ultimately, I hope it leaves you with some feeling of hope for the future. I’m so happy Claire could make a guest appearance and sing her own section of the song— I have always loved the way her voice communicates optimism.”

Watch the video for “Hardy” here: http://t.cn/AXiSzwy0

The video premiered last week at a special advance screening of American Stories: A Concert Film at New York’s Anthology Film Archives. The film sees Rostam teaming with his six piece band and director Antony Muse for an 8-song live performance shot at the legendary Sound City Studio A where Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty and countless others have recorded. The film will premiere on YouTube on Thursday, May 14. Rostam is hosting a second screening tonight, May 11, at Los Angeles’ Brain Dead Studios. The event will include a post-screening Q&A with Rostam and director Antony Muse, as well as a live performance.

An accomplished multi-instrumentalist, Rostam’s vocals are complimented by his own playing across American Stories on acoustic guitar and piano and, in places, drums and percussion. These influences intertwine seamlessly with Rostam’s lyrics, which reflect on his lived experience as an American, creating a work that feels both deeply personal and intercultural. American Stories quilts together elements of Americana and the traditional Persian music of Rostam’s upbringing.

Clairo is just one of the many talented friends Rostam brought in for American Stories. He was also joined by fellow Iranian-American Amir Yaghmai on electric and acoustic saz, violin and guitar, Daniel Aged on upright bass and pedal steel, Paul Cartwright on violin, Gabe Noel on cello and upright bass, Hamilton Berry on cello, Henry Solomon on flute and clarinet and Andrew Tachine, Joey Messina-Doerning on drums, and a couple of co-writing appearances for Grammy-winning songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr.

Pre-order American Stories here: http://t.cn/AXiSzwyp

This spring, Rostam and his band will be touring across North America in support of American Stories. Kicking off in San Diego on May 27, the tour will include stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and more wrapping on June 20 in Washington DC. Full routing is here: http://t.cn/AXiSzwyO http://t.cn/AXiSzNYX