Vampire Weekend keyboardist/singer/songwriter Rostam Batmnaglij has confirmed to After Elton that he is gay in a new interview.
Here are his comments on the song “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” that he wrote for his other band Discovery:
With that song I was having fun, but at the same time it was honest — those lyrics are meaningful to me, they come from my heart. I was disappointed when it didn’t become a gay anthem, but, you know, it’s not too late.
Read the full interview here.
(via Sticky, link NSFW)
The Vampire Weekend song ‘Diplomat’s Son”, on their new album ‘Contra”, is about a guy having a gay boarding school relationship with a diplomat’s son.