Andrew VanWyngarden (born February 1, 1983) is the lead vocalist, guitar player and songwriter for the band
MGMT, praised for (according to
Interview Magazine) "an uncanny knack for producing pop music that sounds as if it were filtered through a kaleidoscope." One of his (and MGMT cofounder
Ben Goldwasser's) songs "
Kids" (from the
Oracular Spectacular album) received a
Grammy nomination for
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group, while the duo was nominated in the
Best New Artist category.