Adam Young was born July 5, 1986 in Ottumwa, Iowa, but he grew up in Owatonna, Minnesota. He began releasing music on Myspace. His first big break came in 2009 with the release of “Fireflies”.
He has released music under a variety of names, his most well known being the electronic project Owl City. Others include American Jesus, Apes with Guns, Aquarium, Basketball, Beat Master Deluxe, Blue Dallas, Brother Reed, You Messed Up My Afro, Can You Smell What The Rock Is Cooking?, Charlton Heston and the Blast Beats, Chester McWiggins and the Kowboy Kidz, Color Therapy, Dolphin Park, El Uno Clarence, the One Clarence, Half Nelson Flying Corkscrew Clothes Line, Insect Airport, ISLE, Join the Dark Side You Knob, Keehar, Novel, Nuclear Suplex, Port Blue, Riders Of Rohan, Seagull Orchestra, Sky Sailing, Slingshot Powerbomb, Spinning Skull Smash, Swimming With Dolphins, The Atlantic, The Grizzly, The Perfect Theory, The Sports, The Wellington Giggle-Bomb Experience, Tombstone Piledriver, Understory, and Windsor Airlift. There are also a few rumored projects that he could have been involved with that include Casey’s Pizza, Eleazar, Goodbye Dubai, Left Lane, Pump N Munch, Redeemed, STAR WARZ, and Yesterday’s Tomorrow.
Most recently Adam Young has began to compose and record scores, aiming to release one every month under his own name.