Who Is Adam Young?
In today’s impressive music industry, standing out and making an impression on the masses is difficult. With artists like Taylor Swift successfully switching music genres and Nicki Minaj owning the rap scene, smaller artists don’t stand a chance at becoming well-known, let alone have the opportunity to make a name for themselves. Adam Young, however, has been able to successfully make a popular niche for himself as a one-man band named Owl City by quickly expanding his comfort zone outside of his house and into the ever-growing music industry, building a rapid fan base in the process. Adam Young, also known as Owl City, could easily be considered one of the best performers there currently is because of his amazing ability to create music based
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Because of his extended amounts of free time during the nights, he taught himself how to use computer programs that tuned his music and created electronic beats that helped to create his electronica and emo-pop sound. Young would upload songs to MySpace, back when MySpace was still popular and relevant, and he managed to attract a large amount of attention, leading to the formation of his fan base. One of his most popular songs, which launched him to online stardom, was “Hello Seattle,” which was a “fabricated ode to the Emerald City” that led to Young’s contract with Universal Republic, all of which has been reported on by Billboard’s journalist Andrew Leahey in his article titled “Owl City.” Young used his insomnia to his benefit, teaching himself basic computer programs and keyboard tunes that would eventually launch him into the music industry and Billboard Chart’s Top 100, where Owl City landed 30th with his hit single “Fireflies,” as represented in AllMusic’s list of Owl City awards and nominations, also written by journalist Andrew …show more content…
According to Genius’s article describing Young’s reason for creating the song, the entire foundation of the song “Fireflies” is based on Young’s difficulty sleeping. His insomnia was the reason he was awake in the first place, and this is what led Young to “just [fool] around” in his parents’ basement; he describes how his main goal wasn’t to write a song, but instead to waste time until he was able to sleep. Instead of finding sleep, however, his hit song was created in “a couple of hours in the most natural way.” The entire premise behind “Fireflies” outlines Young’s inability to sleep, but instead of dwelling on the negatives, Young created the song looking at the positive aspect of his insomnia, with hints of stunning reality mixed in. The electronic beats of his chart-topping number are light and bouncy, almost playful in how basic the rhythm is, and this, coupled with beautiful but (somewhat) realistic lyrics that reference the friendship of fireflies and how truly desperate Young seems to be to hold on to his dreams because of his exhaustion – exhaustion so extreme it prevents him from sleep – come together to create a mystical song that sock hopped its way into Billboard Chart’s Top 100. Owl City even goes on to describe in interviews how his insomnia is a hindrance, but also a blessing; because of his lack of sleep, Young uses his
Because of his extended amounts of free time during the nights, he taught himself how to use computer programs that tuned his music and created electronic beats that helped to create his electronica and emo-pop sound. Young would upload songs to MySpace, back when MySpace was still popular and relevant, and he managed to attract a large amount of attention, leading to the formation of his fan base. One of his most popular songs, which launched him to online stardom, was “Hello Seattle,” which was a “fabricated ode to the Emerald City” that led to Young’s contract with Universal Republic, all of which has been reported on by Billboard’s journalist Andrew Leahey in his article titled “Owl City.” Young used his insomnia to his benefit, teaching himself basic computer programs and keyboard tunes that would eventually launch him into the music industry and Billboard Chart’s Top 100, where Owl City landed 30th with his hit single “Fireflies,” as represented in AllMusic’s list of Owl City awards and nominations, also written by journalist Andrew …show more content…
According to Genius’s article describing Young’s reason for creating the song, the entire foundation of the song “Fireflies” is based on Young’s difficulty sleeping. His insomnia was the reason he was awake in the first place, and this is what led Young to “just [fool] around” in his parents’ basement; he describes how his main goal wasn’t to write a song, but instead to waste time until he was able to sleep. Instead of finding sleep, however, his hit song was created in “a couple of hours in the most natural way.” The entire premise behind “Fireflies” outlines Young’s inability to sleep, but instead of dwelling on the negatives, Young created the song looking at the positive aspect of his insomnia, with hints of stunning reality mixed in. The electronic beats of his chart-topping number are light and bouncy, almost playful in how basic the rhythm is, and this, coupled with beautiful but (somewhat) realistic lyrics that reference the friendship of fireflies and how truly desperate Young seems to be to hold on to his dreams because of his exhaustion – exhaustion so extreme it prevents him from sleep – come together to create a mystical song that sock hopped its way into Billboard Chart’s Top 100. Owl City even goes on to describe in interviews how his insomnia is a hindrance, but also a blessing; because of his lack of sleep, Young uses his