{"id":1052,"date":"2015-07-14T21:02:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T21:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/peanutsandpopcorn\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2015-07-14T21:50:35","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T21:50:35","slug":"owl-city-performs-with-hanson-for-the-first-time-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/peanutsandpopcorn\/2015\/07\/owl-city-performs-with-hanson-for-the-first-time-today.html","title":{"rendered":"Owl City Performs with Hanson for the First Time Today"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Owl City and Hanson perform on NBC’s Today Show July 14, 2015. (NBC)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Talk about the modern age. On Owl City’s newest album, Mobile Orchestra, Adam Young sings \u201cUnbelievable\u201d with the group Hanson. The album was just released last Friday, but the four of them never sang the song together until their performance on the Today show \u2026 today!<\/p>\n

This morning, Today host Willie Geist asked Young how that was even possible. Young went on to explain that the two group collaborated on the song with the magic of the internet but Young hadn’t met Hanson officially until yesterday when they practiced together for the first time. Fortunately for everyone involved, the performance went off without a hitch. See for yourself:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ua0B8xFxbDs<\/p>\n

Like Young’s other hits like \u201cFireflies,\u201d \u201cUnbelieveable\u201d doesn’t really \u201cfit\u201d in today’s music scene as it doesn’t talk about relationships or sex, but refreshingly, it does. Both Young and the Hanson brothers are Christians, but they aren’t really known for their faith, just their art. For Hanson, the topic has been a bit too personal for them, at least in previous years. For Young, his fifth album will be making a stronger statement than before.<\/p>\n

“I definitely wanted to write in a way that pointed more directly to my faith and how important it is to me,” Young said in a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recent interview with Guideposts.org<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>. “I wanted to write a couple of songs that were really vulnerable and honest. I just imagined if I was feeling really lonely or down in the dumps, what\u2019s the kind of song that I could really use?”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Two examples that come to mind immediately are \u201cYou’re Not Alone\u201d and \u201cMy Everything\u201d in which the singer makes it perfectly clear who he looks to for guidance in his life. In addition to the Hanson song, the new record also features a standout collaborations with country star Jake Owen, Britt Nicole, Aloe Blacc and Sarah Russell.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Owl City’s “Mibile Ochestra” available Now. (Republic Records\/Capitol CMG)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mobile Orchestra Tracklisting:<\/strong>
\n1. Verge (feat. Aloe Blacc)
\n2. I Found Love
\n3. Thunderstruck (feat. Sarah Russell)
\n4. My Everything
\n5. Unbelievable (feat. Hanson)
\n6. Bird With A Broken Wing
\n7. Back Home (feat. Jake Owen)
\n8. Can\u2019t Live Without You
\n9. You\u2019re Not Alone (feat. Britt Nicole)
\n10. This Isn\u2019t The End<\/p>\n

And of course, with a new album comes a new concert series, right? Owl City will begin his fall tour on October 5 of this year with special guest, Rozzi Crane. Interested in going? Get your tickets <\/span><\/span>here<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Owl City October Tour Dates are:<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n5 – Nashville, TN at The Cannery
\n6 – Atlanta, GA at Center Stage
\n8 – Philadelphia, PA at The Trocadero Theatre
\n9 – Washington, D.C. At the 9:30 Club
\n10 – New York, NY at Irving Plaza
\n12 – Boston, MA at the Paradise Rock Club
\n13 – Lancaster, PA at the Chameleon Club
\n15 – Chicago, IL at the House of Blues
\n16 – Milwaukee, WI at The Rave II
\n17 – Minneapolis, MN at Varsity Theater
\n19 – Englewood, CO at Gothic Theatre
\n20 – Salt Lake City, UT at The Complex
\n22 – Seattle, WA at the Neptune Theatre
\n24 – San Francisco, CA at the Regency Ballroom
\n25 – San Diego, CA at the Observatory North Park
\n26 – Anaheim, CA at the House of Blues<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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