enlighten me* -- a mediocre little thing by erica

I just decided I really have a lot to say on certain matters, but I have nowhere in particular to store these outrageous rants. Hope you find this witty (:

You always hear those whiny, hipster teens complaining about how they knew a band or an artist "before they got famous", and you just want to punch them in the face - politely, though, since it would be a bad idea to just punch a random hipster. But, basically, it's annoying. Especially when they make you listen to a song that's really good but absolutely refuse to give you any information about it. "Sorry, I'd tell you, but I don't want them to be ruined by everyone knowing them, you know?"

Well, as obnoxious as that is, it's very understandable once you look at some reasons why people would be absolutely terrified of their music styles being exposed.

Owl City is amazing. Adam Young was a hero and a heartthrob to fans at least two years ago. He worked from his basement on various songs and experiments with his friends, or just spawned lyrics from pure imagination (really, I don't know; I'm not here to write a biography, you can just Google that). Anyways, after various popular (with his fans) songs like Rainbow Veins and Westcoast Friendship, Adam produced cute little Fireflies, which went maybe a full few months before it finally showed up like a blip on the radar of "THINGS EVERYONE ELSE AT SCHOOL ARE SURE TO OBSESS OVER".

Now, there was nothing wrong with sharing Mister Young's greatness with all the little kiddies at school and around the continent, but trying to be an 'original' Owl City fan was like trying to peak your head out of the ocean after getting lead weights attached to your legs. Everyone liked Owl City - it wasn't unique at all. Time to burn out your originality like those old Boys Like Girls posters, right?

Even worse than what people thought of you was how people thought about Adam Young. Of course the hip-hoppers wouldn't accept someone singing! "Owl City is garbage, yo, he ain't nuttin' but white trash, dawg!" Well, maybe if you talk like that you wouldn't accept him.

But the claims are still so outlandish! Did it ever occur to people that:
1) Fireflies is not Adam's best song.
2) Adam is a genuinely amazing person.
3) He may use autotune, but he can at least SING, which is more than T-Pain can do.
4) His studio is his basement.

Now, Owl City will always have a fanbase greater than initially predicted, and they'll continue to support him through the thick and thin - even if he pulls a Hayley Williams and posts a nude photo, although I'm very sure plenty of the fans would enjoy that, cheeky bastards.

Love,
Erica-May.