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8 unusual facts about Owl City


Alexander Wilhelm

He founded influential independent A&R company Crazed Hits, through which he discovered a variety of major recording artists, including LMFAO, Katy Perry, Kesha, Drake, OneRepublic, Nicki Minaj, Neon Trees, Owl City, Brantley Gilbert, Imagine Dragons, Kimbra, Mike Posner, Jessie J, Odd Future, Kid Cudi, and others.

All Things Bright and Beautiful

The title of the poem is also the title for the third studio album by the Synthpop act Owl City.

Dance or Die with a Vengeance

Adam Young of Owl City was a candidate for being one of the remixers of the album but was busy recording his own album, Ocean Eyes.

GoldWave

Adam Young (aka Owl City) used GoldWave to record all his vocals on his major label debut album "Ocean Eyes".

Joel Klaiman

Klaiman also worked in 2009 to breakout two new artists who went on to achieve number one hits under Universal Republic: Minnesota artist Owl City aka Adam Young with "Fireflies," and Cash Money's first non-hip hop mainstream success, UK singer/songwriter Jay Sean, with "Down."

The song was the first Cash Money single to hit the Top 40 top spot, and Owl City's "Fireflies" took over the #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 immediately after "Down," making the two debut singles the only back-to-back number one hits from new artists via the same label in 2009.

Santa Monica State Beach

The beach is the one Baywatch was filmed at and also the beach the album art for Umbrella Beach by Owl City features.

Unicorn Kid

Unicorn Kid was the support act for synth-pop musician Owl City on his rescheduled UK and European tour in September/October 2011.


Soundtrack 90210

The album features 14 brand new tracks exclusive to the soundtrack including Adele and The Raconteurs, The All-American Rejects, N*E*R*D featuring Santigold, JET, Anberlin, Mutemath, Owl City, OK Go and Parachute, all set for placement in 90210 episodes during the 2009–2010 season.

When Can I See You Again?

"When Can I See You Again?" is a song recorded by Owl City for the 2012 Walt Disney Animation Studios film Wreck-It Ralph.


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Peppermint Winter

Adam Young of Owl City wrote on Last.fm that it is about his "...own participation in snowball fights and sidewalk shoveling. Sleigh rides, present-giving and receiving and of course, the ingestion of marvelous Yuletide nutrition (or lack thereof), namely sugar cookies, hot chocolate and peppermint candy canes..."

Sky Sailing

One album has been released by the project: An Airplane Carried Me to Bed, which was released on July 13, 2010, and features some of the early recordings of Adam Young, before he toured as Owl City.