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Owl City is an American electronica musical project by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young formed in Young created the project while experimenting with music in his parents' basement.

Owl City developed a following on the social networking site Myspace, like many musicians who achieved success in the late s, before signing with Universal Republic in

Troubled by insomnia, Young began spending his evenings in the household basement, where a computer and several instruments provided a diversion from his sleeping patterns.

He eventually combined those diversions into a blend of electronica and emo-pop, using little more than his computer and various keyboards to record the material. Songs were uploaded to MySpace upon completion, and Young began attracting a surprising amount of attention on the networking site.

Of particular note was "Hello Seattle," a fabricated ode to the Emerald City whose viral popularity earned Young a record contra