Why OWL CITY Is A MUSICAL GENIUS
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- Adam Young of Owl City is an absolute musical genius! He is not only a talented vocalist but also a fantastic songwriter who plays multiple instruments. Here are a few reasons why Owl City is underrated and how he is such a good musician / solo artist.
I think he should be as big as Blink 182, or as popular as Ed Sheeran (another multi talented solo artist). His album Ocean Eyes went Platinum and he has millions of Spotify listeners, but he should still be even more successful
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Want to say thank you so much for all of you wonderful people and fellow owl city fans for giving this video so much love!
His new album Coco Moon has been on repeat for me a lot.
I’m nearly at 1000 subs and once my daughter is born I intend to come back and make more content for you all 🎉❤
OWL CITY isn't just a person it's a GENRE
I mean sorta 🤷♀️
He was kinda in the same MySpace Crunkcore scene as Brokencyde, The Millionaires and Dot Dot Curve when he started… but he easily surpassed all of them.
A very random genre if I say so myself 😂
Honest to god; I'd rather have Owl City be at it's size than be corrupted; it's nice to hear poetic music with personality.
The fact that Adam has all this musical genius but he’s actually a genuine and nice guy who doesn’t seem to care about being famous at all makes me very happy. He’s my favorite artist and he probably always will be
Totally agree people are to busy listening to wap and Gucci gang. But he is totally forgotten about. He is amazing
Yep he is a wonderful songwriter plus his lyrics are very deep and can be relatable
Owl City is my #1 favorite artist of all time, and the fact that most people only know him for "the guy that did Fireflies", while he has tons of other great songs that are just as good, if not better, is just heartbreaking. He is such an amazing artist, and is totally underrated and deserves more recognition for what he does. Every song me makes is amazing! There is not one bad song. Even 'All My Friends" grew on me, and now I love it!
he is my #1 too, but the difference is, that I live in a generation which doesnt even know fireflies.. I know exactly two people who even know him! i am so glad that People are awesome once put Verge as a background music in their video and I mistook it for Born to be yours, which was in the previous one and I wanted to listen to that (yes, that is exactly how I found Adam :D). I think, that if he makes a huge song now, he might be bretty popular tho. But that is prettyhard if you already are pretty much a one hit wonder sadly
As a long time fan of Owl City and someone who listens to his music every single day, I full agree with everything you have said in this video. I wish he'd come back. I wish he's make more music. He's shaped my life in an incredible way. I would give anything to be able to meet him.
He's awesome! I think he is still making music, he will probably release something in a year or so. He normally leaves 3-4 years between albums
@@davesmusicchannel3590 I'm hoping so. I think one of my favourite things about Adam is that he was never corrupted by the fame. He continued to be a guy who just enjoyed making music. I hope whatever he is doing right now, he's enjoying making music. Cutting from his record label was the best thing he could have done.
@@davesmusicchannel3590 You have to assume the pandemic has been absolutely brilliant for him, and he's probably holed up in his studio coming up with something awesome. But now that he's gone indie, he's probably relaxing a bit. After Universal Republic went defunct and became Republic, Owl City was kind of in non-stop mode, with pretty rigorous touring and a lot of expectations, or so it seemed. I bet he's taking this opportunity to work at his own pace a little bit
New Album coming soon!!!! 😊😊😊
He's back!!!
His album 'Ocean Eyes' is a masterpiece. In terms of songwriting and composition alone, it stands as one of the best pop albums of all time.
Thanks for giving more exposure to this truly one-of-a-kind artist.
Adam Young is one of the greatest artists ever and people need to listen to his music more often!
The most amazing thing about Adam Young is how uplifting his music is. Even something as silly and simple as Fireflies leaves you feeling somehow better than you did before.
Couldn't agree more. You said everything
Thank you 💕 Adams music is so meaningful especially the Cinematic album
@@davesmusicchannel3590 Indeed I really like the idea behind Cinematic. The theme "life is like a movie" to turn moments of your life into songs, I find it very creative
Definitely how most big musicians should be but after the 90s musical talent was secondary to public image
A very good point! People are so into gossip, public image and persona. Adam is just a humble chill happy go lucky guy
The only Musician I know. Adam Randal Young. I glad to born a Citezen. He was a humble person using music as his soul to express how beautiful to live on this planet. Turning sad songs into happy songs. He made every music with such a great meaningful lyrics with your first impressions last. He can write single line lyrics a whole story.
Trust me if you listen to Owl City on your leg day at gym, you won't feel any pain
I’ve been obsessed with Adam’s music for years. Got the privilege to go to one of his rare tours in Manchester for the midsummer station world tour. It’s a shame he’s taken a huge break as I feel he could change the sound of the current scene in music. It’s all the same kind of hiphop esq style beats.
Songs like Stay by The Kid LAROI (beat produced by Charlie Puth) are already a showing a bit of a shift. The bass of that song sounds like some of Owl City’s stuff. I hope he comes back soon. I could use some freshness
That’s rad, Adam puts on such a great show! Midsummer station was a real fun album. I think it’s cool that Adam doesn’t have the “pressure” to tour or do lots of stuff as he’s already had so many hits and done some great work. But would love to see another tour as it’s been 3 years since the last
After discovering him on a random day about 2 years ago, now I am HUGE fan of him
He is my favorite artist without a doubt
he makes songs like no other artist, I hope one day I can see him live
Owl city was a type of music for me like rock, jazz, but this is a new one I call it Owl City. Adam always use the nature and daily life to made a song with his pure voice. Hope they will came back as soon, really miss them.
I wish he start making more song, people just give importance to untalented people, each song of owl city has its own meanings , adam also tells what and why did he made songs like montana, cloud9 etc. He is so amazing
Owl City's Take to the Sky is my favorite.
I just feel very lucky to be able to enjoy all of his songs
I dunno bout you guys but for my generation he made our generation...
Exactlyyy, I love Adam so much and I'm so proud to call myself a fan of his for so many years. 😭😭😭😭 All of his work BLOWS MY MIND. Like it's INSANE, even his instrumental work, I feel, is overlooked. Like ITS ALL SO GOOD and ALL OF IT really captures such powerful and emotional elements. The guy is beyond gifted.
I've been a fan of his music for as long as I can remember, and I've always been amazing at his talent and his GODLY voice, he has by far, my favorite voice out of any other artist alive or dead, that is how much I love Owl City
I love that people recognize his music
I'm glad I'm not the only one who believes in Adam's genius. As a sound designer and keyboardist, I have the upmost respect for his sound design and production. Literal sonic bliss!
Man, everything you’ve said in this video is 110% on point. Adam is truly incredible. It’s refreshing to hear other people’s appreciation for him :)
"You cant please everyone so you, gotta please yourself"
That line hit me like a semi truck in highschool. Owl City never cares for fame and money, he only cares about touching others hearts through his music and boy he never fails to do it.
Maybe I'm Dreaming is the most magical piece of music I've ever heard
Adam young is a genius, glad u reconise.Apart from everything u said his back catalog is imense.Not just his owl city stuff.so much good music.insect airport,port blue.....❤️
I can only agree with that. I'm actually not a fan of pop music, but owl city is no ordinary pop musician either. its melodies and harmonies are absolutely unique in pop music. some can take a great example from him. he is one of my favorite musicians and i usually listen to mostly jazz and classical music.
Agreed. He makes pop music but there are influences of pop punk, emo as well
Lesser known: Adam young also created multiple tones for Apple’s iOS for iPhone. You can hear the “top of the world” melody in the ring tone called “uplift.” Just go to: settings>Sounds&haptics>Ringtone>uplift
This was posted on Adam’s Wikipedia, however, was quickly removed by apple.
What makes Adam stand out from everyone else is two words; Beautiful madness. Nobody else can be described by these words, apart from Adam.
Idk why people hate.....Owl City...
Christian. The older you get the more you see it
Always loved Owl City. Since 2009! He talked to me on FB back then which is crazy.
His music isn’t cheesy it’s great
Can't it be both?
I agree! He’s the first artist that has created more than 3 songs that I like lol
My most fave Dreamworks song he made was Shine Your Way from The Croods movie. Such a vibe!
I have listened all his albums and I found all his songs sounds like dreamy nostalgia
Lots of love to Adam young(owl city)❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
Adam's new single, "Kelly Time" is very clever! It's mostly told from Wilson's POV in the movie Castaway.
Always will be a solid fan of Adam even his other projects is so amazing as well... Whenever I have a new taste in music I always tend to go back to Adam's song there's just no other song that as ecstatic and dreamy song that'll always fit any mood I'm in.
If you use the alarm on your iPhone, you are waking up to his music each day XD.
Lol I do that for that reason
I love this artist. He is so unique, so genuine, a real musician. He will always be my favorite artist
Owl City is amazing. I’ve been listening to Adam for years. Sky Sailing, Insect Airport, and his scores projects are all phenomenal!! This video was great!
What’s everyone’s favorite owl city song? For me it’s between „to the sky“, „how I became the sea“, „be brave“ and „bird with a broken wing“. He has so many good songs!✨❤️
Well, Imma diehard fan of Owl City because, well you said everything😂yes, he is a genius, he is multi-instrumentalist, great song writer, he's melodies are everything😌😌And I love his songs and scores soo much, can't even say how much, good to see you put a video to admire Owl City❤
I went back and listened to all his stuff about a year ago because I remember liking Ocean Eyes when I was younger. I wasn't the biggest fan of Cinematic but Coco Moon might genuinely be my favorite album ever.
Adam Young is the best ❤️❤️❤️.......
Ke tenung "Adam Young"....
I'll pay more attention to him from now on. Tnx for the vid. I kinda only know Fireflies lol but watched a vid of him explaining the song, its layers and composition stuff and was blown away. Dude surely rocks
Finally some one who appreciate him like I do
Bro COCO Moon is so inspiring, and the songwriting is phenomenal. Owl city is crazy good.
I’ve repeated that album so many times Bro
I Love to hear Adam’s songs every day ❤️🎵🥰🎶
ah yes, in my personal opinion, since I discovered Owl City (2008) he is never replaced, for my taste, Adam R. Young and Nakata Yasutaka, is always be my greatest music producers ^^
The track-by-track breakdown he uploaded four months ago shows that a lot more than just a keyboard and laptop went into the making of Fireflies, including a hired cello player.
Great video showcasing a deeply underrated talent in the music industry. Thank you for making this. All the best x
I'm SO glad there is someone out there who as passionate about Owl City as I. No one in my family likes him as much and I can't even talk about it or nerd about it because I feel like they get annoyed.
Nothing but facts! He's great!
He is genius! He's also been my top artist, by far, from as long back as my Stats for Spotify goes! Is the best!
Because... He writes his own music and lyrics, playa all the instruments, records, edits, and sings all vocals. Creates the play list. Hell; the only thing the record company does; is make the CD, print all Media for it, and handle some publicity! Even Adam himself; does much of the publicity himself through socal Media, the way he always has! He more than a one man band; he's a one man recording company
I think he's toured a lot more than you're giving him credit for - almost all of his tours were in the 2010s and included two separate tours in 2010 itself, and extremely long tour in 2011, two tours in 2012, a tour in 2013, a few Asia jaunts in 2014, and two tours in 2015, not actually going a year without any touring until 2016 and 2017, after which he came back with Cinematic in 2018.
It should also be noted that the Elise Trouw-style live looping in Owl City shows was new for Cinematic - he hadn't ever done it before, and usually had a live band of himself and four other people (six on the All Things Bright and Beautfiul and Ocean Eyes tours) doing most of that stuff. Cinematic was the first tour since 2009 where the live band was just him and two other guys
Thank you for this. Those of us who have been fans of Adam Young have known for years that he is a musical genius. And he is completely self taught. ♥️🦉🌆
Great video! He's awesome, and I hope he releases more music sometime in the near future! Thanks for this.
Dave confessing his love for Adam Young 7 Minutes 51 Seconds
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Another fun fact about Adam is that he made a bunch of the iPhone ringtones!
do you think adam would start another project like Sky Sailing, etc?
and do you think he’ll be popular again, just like when Fireflies or Good Time, or When Can I See You Again became famous?
i hope he does! but he is old now, so he deserves the rest though!
i miss the old times when things were much more simple 😭😭
(YOU SHOULD MAKE ANOTHER REVIEW ABOUT PORTER ROBINSON TOO! HE’S PRETTY TALENTED!! WOULD LOVE AND APPRECIATE IT,
IF YOU WOULD!)
(OR A REVIEW ABOUT TWENTY ONE PILOTS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY’RE A TWO MAN BAND. THEIR LYRICS ARE SOO MAGICAL!)
Totally agree with you!
I’m a die hard owl city fan.. I was in the front row of the concert at 1:30 in the video.. he’s an absolute genius
Thank you for this video. I agree.
I knew owl city a lil older just before ocean eyes came out and fireflies became a thing.
I just want to add one point why he isn’t big as it should people thought he would be. I think it because IMHO , he really aware what kind of community that he wants to built. He was not just want to have a “fans” following him. But I genuinely feels this is what kind of environment that he likes as an artists. If you look at him now. He still has some anxiety when meeting A LOT of people in personal (not performing). And it just the same as what we know him when he record his first record under his father’s basement.
Yeah gotta love the MySpace days
@@DaveRichardsonFitness I sincerely didn't have any myspace account because back then, I thought it was for musician things only. LOL
Can’t agree more!
He is one of the musicians I admire under the autism spectrum
The freaking awesome about him is that he plays all the instrument by himself
Also; I've been following Adam since MySpace; when he asked me to give a listen to his latest song; Fireflies. He spend a year writing and creating his own soundtracks for things like the Apollo moon landing. He wrote a country song, and let the country artist he colabed with sing the main verses, while he just did the chorus. I believed Adam can do anything; he says his mind too
Agreed.
He does songs most People wouldnt. Like dental care and supergoodbeautifull instrumental music, I mean he is a little sneaky sometimes, didnt know he had so many accounts, and not in his name:
(Sky sailing( port blue( adam young( owl city( color therapy) and I didnt knew about it unitll i search for it, and he does even do covers on youtube on songs that he dont even release in his real albums, ( garden party)(brave)(beautiful mystery)and more i dont have it all in my head😅
I don’t know who Ed Sheran is but Owl City is awesome
You should definitely be more critical of some of his work especially the songwriting on mobile orchestra and midsummer station as it’s definitely inconsistent and has weaker production throughout
Things like cinematic and obviously ocean eyes are genuinely something special in my opinion and it’s pretty obvious that he’s very technically proficient with production and performance it’s just good to remember that his discography is not perfect and has been known to get a little bit too cheesy from time to time.
Nobody’s perfect, so just keep that in mind
i love him
MySpace, iTunes, and MySpace
MySpace, itunes, and MySpace hmm. There’s something similar about two of those but I can’t quite grasp it
i recently got an owl city tattoo 🥰🥰🥰🥰
I don't listen to any singer, other than Adam. His voice, messages, and creativity (in my opinion) is beyond anyone else's.
I'm also in love with his instrumental albums from his project "Adam Young Scores"
Yes
The labels really messed him up
Just imagine Adam Young and Charlie Puth making a song together! My dream 🤧🤧
Cheesy? Fireflies is one of the greatest songs of all time. It doesn’t sound like it was made with a laptop tf
🦉 🎶 X..
Adam has even more than Ed Sheeran in terms of authenticity of music. He’s second to none indeed.
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ill be the next one. i wont stop working! Come check my music out
🦉🎶 X..
What's the song about suicide?
This Isn't The End
Its not about suicide he confirmed, its about his grandfather abandoning his mother
@@mynameisfoxx.7198 It's about his grandfather commiting suicide, actually
@@c.r.blankenship9040 its really not listen to the "Track by Track" commentary on the song
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@@c.r.blankenship9040 And honestly a lot of his songs have similar undertones (albeit hopeful) to them, like Embers and Silhouette.
Not of Owl City he’s one person
His newer stuff really really really sucks. But his early music is really good and unique.
the difference between ed Sheeran and 🦉🏙 is that owl is christian & his songs/vids r clean & kid friendly and ed is the opposite, he's a typical corrupt pop star, and thats why he's so popular. sad. we need 2 give more attention 2 great people like owl city
Yep, listen to what i said from 6 minutes onwards. I totally agree