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Musician

The Resume

    (July 5, 1986- )
    Born in Owatonna, Minnesota
    Birth name is Adam Young
    Recorded 'Fireflies,' 'Vanilla Twilight,' 'Strawberry Avalanche' and 'Hello Seattle'

Why he might be annoying:

    He is a solo performer who uses a stage name you'd assume belonged to a band.
    He recorded his music in his parents' basement.
    Rolling Stone magazine once referred to his music as 'serious mush.'
    He suffered from insomnia.
    He said: 'I wrote songs about places I'd never been because I'd never been there.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    His music has a heavy new wave influence.
    The video for 'Fireflies' features a lot of cool nostalgic electronic toys.
    He was a bottler at a soda factory when he started fooling around with music software.
    He went from uploading his music on MySpace to having a top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
    Spin magazine named him as an artist to watch.

Credit: D


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 127 Votes: 48.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 78 Votes: 52.56% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 33 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 43 Votes: 34.88% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 47 Votes: 46.81% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 47 Votes: 44.68% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 142 Votes: 35.92% Annoying