I wanted to sing about my inability to sleep in a whimsical way that portrayed the condition as light-hearted and almost more of a ‘blessing’ than a curse. So how did a song about insects become so successful? “I have insomnia,” admitted Adam, “And I’ve always had a tough time falling asleep for as long as I can remember. Having that stuff around really creeps in subconsciously to impact the music.” “I have a lot of landscape paintings to look at lots of ethereal, dreamy nature photography. What was it like recording in a basement flat with no windows or view of the outside world? Adam explained, “A lot of it has to do with me being by myself while creating it having no producers and no engineers allows me to think more freely, I think.” He added that he used simple decorations to inspire his creativity. Sometimes working in a monotonous environment can really free up your imagination.”
I thought through how I wanted it to sound, how I wanted the records to look, everything. In 2007 I was working at a Coca-Cola warehouse all day so I had plenty of time which allowed me to sort of dream up these projects. He recalled, “My mundane job of loading up trucks helped me develop my dreamy, atmospheric sound. He had a job in a local warehouse and in between shifts he began posting his music on his Myspace site which, in turn, garnered millions of comments which then led to him being signed by Universal Music. His whole career began in the digital world when he started recording songs in his parent’s basement flat in the town of Owatonna. So it’s likely that Prince is the first Minnesotian to reach that coveted slot with Adam Young being the second, but not a name you may be familiar with as he records under the moniker Owl City. Judy Garland and Bob Dylan are two of the most famous names to come out of Minnesota, but neither have had a UK number one hit.
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