Adam Young
CBN.com Two years ago Adam Young was loading Coca-Cola trucks and living in his parents’ basement in a small Minnesota town. Now he’s a multiplatinum artist known to many as the one-man, synth pop band Owl City.
The 2009 release of Owl City’s third album featuring the single “Fireflies” catapulted Young to stardom and the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Since that time, Young has toured the globe.
In an interview with CBN.com’s Hannah Goodwyn, Young talks about his surprising success, Christian faith and new album, All Things Bright and Beautiful.
On how his faith has inspired his music:
“The only thing that I’ve been remotely good at is music. That was a dead-end, because I’m from nowhere, and I don’t have any friends. I got a horrible job doing the warehouse thing and started to go to school at Willow Community College for nothing. Didn’t really know what I wanted to do and just felt kind of lost. That’s where God stepped in and said, ‘You don’t have to be afraid to trust me, because I’ve got you.’”
On the success of Owl City and its effect on his relationship with God:
“God’s really, really used this crazy story, this Owl City thing, this crazy ride, to really get a better grip on me and me on Him. I just feel like He’s really used it to really strengthen my faith and certainly the relationships between myself and my loved ones has really grown. We’ve all been really tested by this, but in a good way. In fact, it’s made my relationship with God stronger.”
Read the full interview with CBN.com Producer Hannah Goodwyn.
