Bryndon Cook

Music career Collaborations career In 2012, while still a student at SUNY Purchase, he reached out to singer and friend "Blood Orange" Dev Hynes, and ended up performing a rap at the end of Hynes's single "Neptune". He would also later contribute vocals for several tracks on the 2016 Blood Orange album Freetown Sound and the music video "Augustine".

In 2013, he met Patrick Wimberly of the band Chairlift, who told him of an opportunity to join Solange Knowles's band as the guitarist for an upcoming album tour, replacing Dev Hynes. He has since become a regular touring member, also supporting tour mates Kindness and Chairlift. which reached number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2017, he became Knowles' band leader and music director. He also worked with Kindness on the latter's 2019 single "Raise Up", where he plays brass and piano.

In 2021, he served as the music director and guitarist for cellist Kelsey Lu on the latter's operatic project This Is a Test at The Shed in New York City.

Solo career

While touring with Solange, Hynes, and Chairlift, Cook wrote songs and music for his own solo career, where he goes under the moniker Starchild & the New Romantic, which was inspired by the P-Funk collective as well as Prince.

He released his second EP, VHS 1138 on his own label on November 3, 2019.

He released his second album Forever on June 19, 2020.

Other media appearances Cook has walked or worked for fashion brands, including: Telfar, Dolce & Gabbana and ASOS

In 2019, Cook participated in the third TV season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as an actor and as providing music. He also had a role in a season 1 episode of Godfather of Harlem. He was part of the "TTB Band" in the 2021 Lin-Manuel Miranda-directed film Tick, Tick... Boom! which released on Netflix.

Discography EPs Crucial (Ghostly, 2016) VHS 1138 (New Romantic World, 2019)

Studio albums Language (Ghostly, 2018) Forever (New Romantic World, 2020)