![]() ![]() When I’m traveling, I’ll sing melodies into my phone when I’m on tour, sometimes I’ll produce a full track on a 12-hour flight to Japan. It’s true, my brain never shuts off so I’m constantly writing and creating and imagining new song ideas wherever I am. Your website’s Bio section says that you’re always creating music: “It doesn’t matter if he’s backstage before a gig or sitting in an airport terminal, the singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist will typically be penning tunes on his laptop.” How do you capture ideas on tour and find the time and energy to conceive new music on the road? I had a great childhood, so there is lots of song inspiration just waiting to be had. Things I did or stuff I liked as a kid are easy to forget as I get older, so writing music that recalls and embraces some of those fond memories is really fun. I had Pogs, played laser tag, read Shel Silverstein poems, ate Gushers, and had a Michael Jordan poster on my bedroom door. I grew up in the 90s, and I love reminiscing about quirky little things that were in my life back then. It’s funny, the older I get, the more interested in childhood nostalgia I become. How does nostalgia for childhood affect your songwriting? “ Unbelievable” recalls Nintendo, Lion King, Spaghetti Os, and more. Many of your lyrics refer to pop culture from your childhood. ![]() I caught up with Young to talk about songwriting on tour, pop music, film scoring, how he uses RX to rescue old audio, and more. However you know him, Young’s name has become synonymous with singable songs and melodies that just stick. Or maybe you know him for his 2012 hit with Carly Rae Jepsen, “ Good Time.” Or perhaps you’ve heard his music in Disney’s Academy Award-winning 2012 animated film, Wreck-It Ralph. ![]() You may know Adam Young as the guy behind Owl City, his one-man electronic music project whose 2009 song " Fireflies” has since gone 7x multi-platinum and streamed over 200 million times on YouTube. ![]()
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