History Music / OwlCity

* ''All Things Bright and Beautiful'' (2011)

* ''Of June'' (EP) (2007)

* VideoGame/HauntedHouse: The setting of "Plant Life."

* ''Of June'' (EP) (2007)

* ''All Things Bright and Beautiful'' (2011)

* ActualPacifist: He said so on his blog, and it could be implied in the song "Dental Care":

* AWorldwidePunomenon:
** "Dental Care." Just... "Dental Care."
** Same thing with "Rugs from Me to You," even in the ''title''.

* CursedWithAwesome: Imagine: he never would have got this famous if he didn't have insomnia.
* TheCameo:

* HauntedHouse: The setting of "Plant Life."

* IncrediblyLamePun:

** "Cheer up and dry your damp eyes / And tell me when it rains / And I'll blend up that rainbow above you / And ''shoot it through your veins''"

* ShoutOut:
** [[FindingNemo "With fronds like these, who needs anemones?"]]

* SweetDreamsFuel: Practically his entire discography.

Owl City is [[IAmTheBand Adam Young with a synthesizer]]. His most popular song to date is "Fireflies," a sweet little song that seems to be about a boy whose dreams are inhabited by countless of the aforenamed insects (in actuality, it's a song about Adam's insomnia, but very few people seem to either know or care). Some of his other songs include "Vanilla Twilight", a nostalgic look at unrequited love, and "Umbrella Beach" which is about...[[MindScrew something]]. His music tends to cause ''lots'' of {{WAFF}}, and is rather [[LoveItOrHateIt polarizing]].

-->"I'd rather pick flowers instead of fights".

** "Dental Care". Just... "Dental Care".
** Same thing with "Rugs from Me to You", even in the ''title''.

* ArcWords: The phrase "tired eyes" has occurred in "I'll Meet You There", "Lonely Lullaby", and "Shooting Star".

** [[spoiler:Shaquille O'Neal]] in the video for "Vanilla Twilight".
** [[spoiler:{{LIGHTS}}]] in the video for "Deer in The Headlights".

* ColorfulSong: "Technicolor Phase".

* DepravedDentist: Referenced in one verse of "Dental Care".
-->"Have a seat", he says pleasantly\\

"Open up nice and wide", he says peering in\\

This'll just pinch a bit", as he tries not to grin.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: The lovestruck protagonist of "Deer in the Headlights" is pepper sprayed and punched in the face, respectively, by two women he approaches simply to say "Hello". [[PlayedForLaughs Presumably this is intended to be funny]].
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Christmas Song". Go on, guess what it's about.

* HauntedHouse: The setting of "Plant Life".

** In "Cave In", one line is "Riding a dirtbike down a turnpike/always takes its toll on me."

* LyricalDissonance: He has this odd habit of inserting the creepiest lyrics into otherwise innocent, peppy synth-pop. "[[EyeScream Scratched on the back of both my eyelids]]", "[[BodyHorror Just in case my head caves in", and "Paint runs from your mouth like a waterfall, and your lungs crystallize]]" are a few examples.

** From the song "Galaxies", off his latest album: "Summit the sunset / Dovetail the dragnet / And '''blow your backbone to bits!'''"

* SignatureSong: Easily "Fireflies".
* SillyLoveSongs: "The Bird and the Worm", "Tip of the Iceberg", "On the Wing", "The Saltwater Room", "If My Heart Was a House..." The list goes on.

** ''All Things Bright and Beautiful'' brings a more traditional, but no less awesome and sweet example, "Honey and the Bee". Made more sweet dream-y by the beautiful chorus, including the following fuzzies-inducing lyric:

* SnowMeansLove: "Tip of the Iceberg".

Owl City is [[IAmTheBand Adam Young with a synthesizer]]. His most popular song to date is "Fireflies", a sweet little song that seems to be about a boy whose dreams are inhabited by countless of the aforenamed insects (in actuality, it's a song about Adam's insomnia, but very few people seem to either know or care). Some of his other songs include "Vanilla Twilight", a nostalgic look at unrequited love, and "Umbrella Beach" which is about...[[MindScrew something]]. His music tends to cause ''lots'' of {{WAFF}}, and is rather [[LoveItOrHateIt polarizing]].

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: The lovestruck protagonist of "Deer in the Headlights" is pepper sprayed and punched in the face, respectively, by two women he approaches simply to say "Hello". [[PlayedForLaughs Presumably this is intended to be funny]].

* AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale: The lovestruck protagonist of "Deer in the Headlights" is pepper sprayed and punched in the face, respectively, by two women he approaches simply to say "Hello". [[PlayedForLaughs Presumably this is intended to be funny]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Although according to Wikipedia, he might have been affected by sleep deprivation for his initial recordings.
** WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Quite a few of them, though "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMuOcyZjB2A Meteor Shower]]" is a prominent example.

* Arc Words: The phrase "tired eyes" has occurred in "I'll Meet You There", "Lonely Lullaby", and "Shooting Star".

* [[Arc Words]]: The phrase "tired eyes" has occurred in "I'll Meet You There", "Lonely Lullaby", and "Shooting Star".

* Arc Words: The phrase "tired eyes" has occurred in "I'll Meet You There", "Lonely Lullaby", and "Shooting Star".

!!!Discography:
'''Extended Plays'''
* Of June (2007)

'''Studio albums'''
* Maybe I'm Dreaming (2008)
* Ocean Eyes (2009)
* All Things Bright and Beautiful (2011)

* BookEnds: "The Real World" begins and ends with the same set of lyrics.
** Same goes for "Strawberry Avalanche".

* TheCameo: [[spoiler:Shaquille O'Neal]] in the video for "Vanilla Twilight".
** And [[spoiler:{{LIGHTS}}]] in the video for "Deer in The Headlights".

** And cuckooland has never seemed [[SweetDreamsFuel more beautiful]].
*** And now ''All Things Bright and Beautiful'' has given us a song ''based on this''. "The Real World" pretty much runs with this concept in quite a nice way:
-->"Reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn't wanna live there."

* ColorfulSong: Technicolor Phase.

* DepravedDentist: referenced in one verse of "Dental Care".

* DoubleEntendre: When you look back on it, this line from "Sunburn": "The lantern died that night '''but we didn't need to see'''..."
** There is also this from "If My Heart was a House": "Chills run down my spine as ''our fingers intwine'' / And your sighs harmonize with mine."

* GrowingUpSucks: Fireflies is partially about losing your childlike sense of wonder and imagination as you grow up.

** "Dental Care" - "I've been to the dentist a thousand times / so I know the drill."
** And don't forget "Golf and alcohol don't mix / and that's why I don't drink and drive."
** "''When hygienists leave on long vacations / That's when dentists scream / And lose their '''patience'''.''"

-->'''Me:''' Whale you be my valentine?\\

*** Cue massive groans from his followers.

-->"I would make like a tree and ''leave''."

-->Your spirit is sweet, so pull off your sheet/and give me a ''ghost'' of a smile.

-->Show me your teeth, 'cause you're a teddy beneath/so just grin and ''bear'' it a while.

** "Cheer up and dry your damp eyes / And tell me when it rains / And I'll blend up that rainbow above you / And ''shoot it through your veins''" is one of the creepiest things I've heard yet.

* ShoutOut: [[FindingNemo "With fronds like these, who needs anemones?"]]

*** And All Things Bright and Beautiful brings a more traditional, but no less awesome and sweet example, Honey and the Bee. Made more sweet dream-y by the beautiful chorus, including the following fuzzies-inducing lyric:
-->"But if I reached for your hand would your eyes get wide?"

* UpdatedRerelease: Several songs in Ocean Eyes can be found on earlier albums with slight changes.

** WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Quite a few of them, though [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMuOcyZjB2A Meteor Shower]] is a prominent example.

* AutoTune: Actually it's vocoder, and it's done for ethereal effect like with a lot of Electric musicians not pitch correction

--->'''Me:''' Whale you be my valentine?\\

** Plant Life has a section in the chorus where Adam sings about "daisies to push through the floor." As in, pushing daisies. The lyrics around it go kind of the same way.

---->"But if I reached for your hand would your eyes get wide?"

** There is also this from "If My Heart was a House": "Chills run down my spine as "our fingers intwine" / And your sighs harmonize with mine."

* DoubleEntendre: Just about all of The Bird and the Worm

-->"But if I reached for your hand would your eyes get wide?"

-->'''Me:''' Whale you be my valentine?\\

* IfYouKnowWhatIMean: When you look back on it, this line from "Sunburn": "The lantern died that night '''but we didn't need to see'''..."
** There is also this from "If My Heart was a House": "Chills run down my spine as "our fingers intwine" / And your sighs harmonize with mine."
** "We'll turn out all of the lights and set this ballroom aglow" is a bit more subtle, but it's still there.