Owl City - The Midsummer Station
Owl City’s new single ‘Shooting Star’ will be released on 10th December and is the follow up to one of the summer’s biggest hits, ‘Good Time’ with Carly Rae Jepsen.
The track peaked in the UK charts at #5 and has sold over 200,000 copies in the UK.
‘Shooting Star’ is the second single to be taken from The Midsummer Station, which has sold 200,000 copies globally since its release last month. The track, which was co-produced by Stargate (Rihanna, Wiz Khalifa, Ne-Yo, Beyoncé), pulsates with euphoric dance beats that will appeal to fans of house, trance and dub-step.
"I grew up listening to dance music and I've always wanted to make a dance record," Young says. "European dance music has so much influence over pop right now, so it made sense to me. I admire a lot of the great trance DJs of the past ten years, guys like Armin van Buuren, ATB, Above & Beyond, Tiësto, and Ferry Corsten."
Owl City, aka Adam Young’s swift rise from the unknown into chart topping success saw his debut album - the lush, lovingly created Ocean Eyes, which was released by Island Records in February 2010 - certified gold or platinum in nine countries.
The album spawned the quadruple-platinum debut single ‘Fireflies’, which was a No.1 smash hit in 24 countries including the UK (where it remained at the top spot for 3 weeks), and sold more than 12 million downloads worldwide. Its eye-popping success made Owl City an international phenomenon.
When it came time to record The Midsummer Station Adam wanted to create instantly memorable, feel-good moments and decided, for the first time, to work with co-writers and outside producers.
Enlisting his friend Matt Thiessen (Relient K), Stargate and the team of Josh Crosby, Nate Campany, and Emily Wright (the latter known for her work with Dr. Luke) the resulting album retains Young’s synth-driven melodic pop sensibility but majorly ups the rhythmic ante.
Young has come a long way since his days posting the musical experiments on MySpace and YouTube that launched his swift rise to global success. "I don’t think of ‘Fireflies’ as something I have to beat because that isn’t really the point," he says.
"The point is to inspire people. I want my music to be the first thing people reach for when they get home after a good or bad day. I want it to be a refuge or a "way out" in the same way my favourite albums have been for me over the years.
"If I catch myself trying to write songs just to break records, I realise I’m doing it for the wrong reasons."