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Theory: Butterfly Wings was a remastered Of June Era demo
So I've thought this to myself for years but I'm curious if anyone's ever felt the same about it..
I listened to a high quality instrumental version of the song and it has such an evident "made in a laptop in a bedroom" type of production sound, and I certainly don't mean that in a bad way. When you layer in the lyrics and their subject matter, it sounds like something he would've written back in the early days of the project, think 2007 or early 2008.
It definitely sounds like he polished up the song's production and the vocals for the Ocean Eyes Deluxe release in 2010, similar to how he polished up the 2007 version of Hello Seattle and the 2008 versions of The Saltwater Room and On The Wing for the initial studio release of Ocean Eyes in 2009.
Thoughts?
u/alonzoramon — 3 days ago
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How You Discovered Owl City?
I already say sorry if there are writing mistakes but i'm not a native english speaker. I wanted to share my story on how i got into Owl City. In 2009 as we know "Fireflies" exploded worldwide, even in Italy that song was being played everywhere. In 2009 i was just 6, i used to travel a lot around the city on our family car and i remember hearing this beautiful electronic song playing so often on the radio! Obviously i didn't knew the artist or the song's name so as the song lost popularity i've never heard it again. Then came 2012 with the hit "Good Time", same thing, i was 10 so my parents used to take me to school everyday, from the radio i could hear that very cheerful song but i didn't knew the artist or the song name. In those years i grew up listening to big names of european music such as Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Jean-Michel Jarre, Modern Talking etc, i had already a great base for electronic music but Owl City was the missing piece of my puzzle. Years passed until 2024, i still remember that day, my brother broke his phone so we took it to reparation at a mall. While we were waiting there we casually entered a big shop and while i was walking through it i heard something so familiar but distant from the speakers, after 15 years i heard Fireflies again! As soon as i got back home i closed myself in my bedroom, i spent an hour searching for it on Youtube and TikTok typing stuff like "early 2000s songs". I've found it! I was so happy, OWL CITY! THAT'S YOUR NAME! To my shock i also discovered that Good Time was another song from him! Now its 3 years for me of listening to Owl City, unfotunately in Italy he is not popular, rarely you can hear on italian radio stations "Fireflies" and "Good Time" but that's it. I'm so sad that probably i will never get the chance to see him live, he had been in Italy only once back in 2011... i really wish to meet him, get a pic and autograph and thank him for his beautiful music. How many fans from Italy are here? Here is a pic of my collection after 3 years of Owl City. Thank you Adam for changing my musical life forever and inspiring my own art so much!
u/miosints — 4 days ago
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High Quality MP3 of beautiful mystery
am in love with the song and was wondering if anyone has a hi-res mp3 of it that they’d be willing to share? :)
u/RahuRising — 6 days ago
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Join the Owl City game night if your apart of the Discord! July 9 @ 7 PM EST
owlcity.org if you wanna join - find it in the events tab!
u/thedreamwalker11 — 7 days ago
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Owl City music reminds me of my boyfriend
There’s something really special about music that feels like comfort.
Owl City songs have always felt calming to me, and now my boyfriend gives me that same feeling safe, happy, and peaceful.
Funny enough, I also found out he and Adam Young have something in common: both an only child
u/OceanWalflower — 7 days ago
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Your favorite Owl City feature
So one of the first songs I listened to with Owl City in it when I was very young was "All about us" by He is we featuring Owl City and honestly I don't know if it's because I haven't really searched for much other features by Owl City but that has always been my favorite Owl City feature but I'd love to find other great features by him and maybe get to find artists with similar music to Owl City so what's your favorite Owl City feature?
u/Euphoric-Rough-3456 — 11 days ago
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My idea for a website inspired by Maybe I'm Dreaming
I'd love to make a music visualizer website that perfectly encapsulates what I see in my mind when I listen to Maybe I'm Dreaming. Maybe it exists I just don't know how to look it up (either a visualizer or a website with another purpose but the same style)? I imagine a white background (unless at the times when it's supposed to be colorful) and a dot on it that can multiply, expand, change color,have an effect of leaving a trace while changing colors, maybe even follow the pointer, etc etc etc... creating a real show of color. Maybe some other abstract shapes too. Pastel, soft, flow, airy, playful vibes. How'd you recommend me to make that website (I don't know a good free AI web generator, I can pay but not too much)?
u/DesignerSkyline01 — 10 days ago
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Day 9: Owl City's Masterpiece
Results of Day 8 (Most Underrated Owl City Song)
#1 => I Hope You Think of Me (34 pts)
#2 => Up All Night (19 pts)
#3 => Rainbow Veins (17 pts), The Tip of the Iceberg (34 upvotes = 17 pts)
Today is the last voting round, so ask yourself– “what is that ONE Owl City song that I genuinely consider a masterpiece?” and when you have your answer, mention it in the comments or upvote the comment(s) mentioning it. You’re welcome to add anything – why is the song so meaningful to you, any special memory..... just anything you wanna share :)
Upvotes will be counted across all relevant comments talking about a particular song. Most upvoted song wins!
Edit: SONG REPETITION NOT ALLOWED!!!
I will post the completed grid image on 23^(rd) June (Tuesday).
u/LooZ3R — 13 days ago
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Does love me not by ravn Lenae remind you of Sunset 1989 by SWD
Heard the song and the chorus sounded familiar. Anyone else feel the same way?
Edit: Listen to LMN 0:50 to 1:15. Then SWD 1:43 to 2:08. The instrumentals sounds similar.
u/xxmelodysxx — 12 days ago
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Dreams and Disasters predeccesor?
I was listening to the Ocean Eyes album today and when Umbrella Beach came on, my brain instantly wanted to start singing Dreams and Disasters. The melody isn't exactly the same, but very similar. Do you think he really liked that tune and wanted to slip it in his work one more time?
u/anklebiter1975 — 13 days ago
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Cinematic CD - Help Me!
Hi everyone,
Avid CD collector here and Owl City is my favourite artist of all time, but I cannot find any copies of Cinematic... does anybody have a copy they're willing to sell and wants to do a good deed!?
u/theoretical_chemist — 13 days ago