Fireflies - Owl City (METAL COVER by Jonathan Young) 

Me: *sitting minding my own business* Young: *fireflies* Me: *ran over by a runaway nostalgia train*

Welp, I just failed NNN . . .

I saw the title and audibly said: "How and why?" like this is the most softcore song I have heard in my entire life so I just didn't see this one coming.

Song request: Your favourite song that you've always wanted to cover.

I unironically love this and the original song. Also, dang Jon, that falsetto!

This man’s voice is the equivalent of a cozy corner you want to snuggle up in. So warm.

I can just imagine all the metal fireflies in your recording booth head banging to this song

Why does a man with such a powerful voice have such a nice falsetto?

I see fireflies, I click. I see Jonathan young, i click. I see Jonathan young AND fireflies; i break screen clicking.

You + Owl City = magic. Dear lord, please tell me you'll do "Strawberry Avalanche" too. Or absolutely any Owl City song. Gave me chills. QVQ

Man the production level on your vocals is really something else, especially when paired with those singing skills. I mean, 1:30 😌👌🏾 The arranger also managed to use an infernally low tuning on guitars, but still sounds very uplifting and positive. Love it when music tries to bring light by using darkness that way, or the reverse!

So this entire song was perfection but those high notes were PERFECTION

I love how clean your switch to falsetto is.

To be honest, for me the best part in this cover was the end - when there was just your voice, without all the effects and editing. I love how you sound just like that and the special effects just hide your true, lovely voice.

Jonathan: How much Nostalgia do we want in this video? Also Jonathan: Yes.

This song is like after heavy showers in the morning,the sun comes out from the clouds and the sky looks magical with a plethora of colours. U are driving on a highway across a lush green valley and u play this song in your car,wearing sunglasses and having the time of your life

You would not believe your eyes, if Jonathon posted a new video.

Holy Crap your falsetto IS SO GOOD! I know that it isn't your thing cause you do a lot of mettle covers (and rightly so your voice is THE BOMB) but it would be SUPER COOL to hear more of that SILKY SMOOTH falsetto you have!

As an Owl City fan that likes metal, I'm crying tears of joy right now

If I didn't knew it for a fact that this is a cover, I'd wholeheartedly believe this is one of those deep rock songs.. A Part of me wants to forget the original one for a time 🥃❤🙌🏾

Real question, are you happy with these songs? Ever since lonely town i worry that you dont get to do things you love

(1:30) duuuuuude, that caught me off guard, that was very good.

His voice when he does the "I'd like to make myself believe..." bit.. Holy Shit.

You should do a metal cover of “What Child is This” for Christmas 🎄

Nostalgia of the early 2010s and when RU-vid was fun 🥺

I sometimes forget just how much range he has

No matter how hard you try, John, you can’t ignore our cries for sabaton!

Me: learns about Fireflies and Owl city and likes it. Jonathan: Does a cover on that song. Me: * happy noises *

I swear to god this man has one of the sexiest voices in the galaxy CHANGE MY MIND?

Man... This song takes me back to when I was care free and stress free. I am a junior this year and preparing for college in two years. Thank you for making this cover it was what I needed to get mind off things both in my school and personal life. You are amazing and I hope you keep doing what your doing. Again thank you for the trip down memory line.

Thank goodness he’s back ... the last few covers it looked like the Internet broke him

Man I love this cover dont get me wrong, but it's so obvious how much more enthusiastic he is about the music visually when he's getting a chance to do his own music. We love you man! You keep doing what makes you happy man, we will all be here to bask in your glorious voice.

Thanks a lot for the nostalgia...

It's crazy how good this is. His voice is already so uniquely amazing, the cover didn't need to be this good but the mad lad did it anyway.

The low, softer parts are actually my favorites out of this. Jonathan's voice has such a remarkable resonance when he hits those notes, it's enchanting.

Sooo hier mal ein Deutscher Kommentar :D du hast eine unglaubliche stimme! doch was mich viel mehr beeindruckt an den Covers die du machst ist das die Übergänge zwischen den hohen und tiefen tönen schön geschmeidig sind, du gehst nicht von ganz oben nach ganz untern in unter 1 sec sondern legst 1-2 Zwischenstufen ein die das ganze weniger abgehackt gestalten so kann man richtig spaß bei der Musik haben :D Grüße aus Deutschland

I’d rather watch this than fall asleep

Holy shit you have an incredibly smooth voice😦👏👏

Supernatural has ended, so how about giving us some Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas?

Mr Young you have some incredible vocal control and continue to be a joy to listen to!

You would not believe your eyes If Jonathan uploaded tonight Right as I was about to fall asleep

Who else actually loves this song

I think you should cover "The Show Must Go On" by Queen, I think it would make a great cover :)

Please do “Again” from Full Metal Alchemist brotherhood

This is Epic. I'm crying while crying

0:42 Me: *clicks timestamp* Me: Oh, I’m gay now. Huh.

Dude I love your voice! Very power metal! That falsetto part was absolutely fire btw!

Me: has fireflies on my sleep playlist Also me: puts this on my its time to rock out and get things done while staying up late playlists

You should do popular monster by falling in reverse!

So, I just wanted to share this story: back when I was a kid my dad was a vocalist for a band, so I grew up listening to him sing all the times. one of the songs they covered was fireflies, hearing the end I realized how much you sound like him when you sing.

Jonathan: Okay guys, I've sung Barbie Girl and Dancing Queen, can you please suggest something normal? "Fireflies by Owl City" Jonathan: OH COME ON, SERIO-- wait, that's actually pretty normal...uhm...Okay.

You've been covering my fav songs recently.! The smile was on my face when I saw the title was undescribable. 😍😍 LOVE THIS!

Never clicked so fast in my entire life

You really just changed Fireflies from a calm song into a training montage huh

Idk what to comment so S l i c e d b r e a d

This gives me life. Thank you. My soul feels alive for once. I love this song. I love this cover. This is infact my all time favorite song and now all time favorite cover. I love you and subbed because of this. Bless you, you made my life.

I felt totally devoid of energy andkinda sad today... I also had nothing to do and so I was just lying down and wondering what to do. Then I looked into my YT feed and found this gem... I love it and now gonna clean the kitchen. I know it does not sound as much, but believe me, when you are totally worn down, it is pretty hard to cheer you up and fill you with energy to become actually productive. Love this cover. Once again a wonderful cover! Keep up the work Jonathan, because I feel like you definitely deserve all the love of the internet!

Broooo, your voice is so epic. First time I've heard you and you have this almost opera style mixed into this and holy Eff this is amazing. Love this render of such an awesome song

Oh my god... he's done it, he actually did it 😭

This dudes voice is freaking unreal, like wow.

*Sees the video title* "How does that work?" *Watches video* "Quite well, apparently!"

Currently immersed in this, max volume on repeat. Can't get enough of the instrumentals and THAT VOICE 🤤

You would not believe your moves If ten billion metal fire grooves Made us headbang until we fell asleep

Man that was incredible. That falsetto in the chorus....

Hey Jonathan do you think you could do some more starset. I really like them and you could probably do amazing work with their newest stuff

I literally was walking down the street and got so immersed in your voice that I didn't notice I stepped in dog poop. I'm not even mad. That's how good this song is. Love ya, man 🤩

Every note sits, quality over quality ... A mega sound! More is not possible 🎤🎵

As a soon to be youtuber/music producer I am absolutely dumbfounded by how gorgeous this sounds... I don't normally get emotional when listening to music but this is an exception

respectfully request you do a cover of "The pirates who don't do anything!" Please!!

00:43 I'd like to keep my sexuality intact and you're making it very hard to do so.

I feel he should cover Marceline's break up song in Distant Lands Obsidian.

I'd love to hear this guy cover "Bother" by Stone Sour. It's pretty melancholic but still one of my absolute favourites, and the fact that Corey Taylor so rarely does such low-key tracks like that makes it all the better.

You and Caleb should do "If I didn't have you" from Monsters Inc

This is one of my favorite covers you've done TBF. Certainly powerful! Great job!

This man has the uncanny ability to make literally every song on Earth better

John! I just wanna say your voice is so distinct and unique, your one of the only youtubers I feel I could one day hear on radio, with your own label

Adding this to my favourites before even listening because I know for a fact this will be an absolute banger

Talk a blast to the past. It's what I listened to when I was 14 years. Now, at 25, I'm a full metalhead. The nostalgia is a thing so much worth it.

I'd have never thought a metal cover of this song would work that well but here we are !

Okay, I love this song and the original, but I can't listen to either without crying. I suppress my emotions and songs that offer this much happiness makes them all pour out.

From Camp Rock 2 the song "Heart and Soul"

I almost ignored this cover, before the thought of "how??" overpowered my curiousity.

Imagine being early and having nothing to say....couldn’t be me...

My future wife REALLY wants you to cover uptown girl!!! (Please cover it or she will Divorce me before we even get married) 😢jk But PLEASEEEEE

BRO THIS IS THE EARLIEST I HAVE BEEN. I WENT NOOOOOOOM TO THAT NOTIFICATION

Wow, you have grown so much. Amazing cover and I hope to see more originals from you.

How about covering A Billy Joel song? "It's still rock and roll to me" or "Keeping the faith" would be pretty cool.

This cover is something I didn't know I needed to make my life complete, thank you

Love your work. First tuned in when I found "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" on RU-vid, been hooked ever since. I especially the work you do with Travis, his metal screams compliment you quite well. Is it possible to make a request for a song? If so, how & where do I do so?

You would not believe your eyes If ten million fireflies Lit up the world as I fell asleep 'Cause they fill the open air And leave teardrops everywhere You'd think me rude but I would just stand and stare I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause everything is never as it seems 'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs From ten thousand lightning bugs As they tried to teach me how to dance A foxtrot above my head A sock hop beneath my bed A disco ball is just hanging by a thread (thread, thread) I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep) Leave my door open just a crack Please take me away from here 'Cause I feel like such an insomniac Please take me away from here Why do I tire of counting sheep? Please take me away from here When I'm far too tired to fall asleep To ten million fireflies I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes I got misty eyes as they said farewell (they said farewell) But I'll know where several are If my dreams get real bizarre 'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar (jar, jar, jar) I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep) I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep)

This is truly something I never thought about it but now I know I need it.

i didnt expect the high pitch voice from him seeing as he has such a deep voice when he sings xD good job mate you rock

I love the original but damn… this version is life. I can actually feel the song, amazing. I could listen to this all day!

You would not believe your eyes If ten million fireflies Lit up the world as I fell asleep 'Cause they fill the open air And leave teardrops everywhere You'd think me rude but I would just stand and stare I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause everything is never as it seems 'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs From ten thousand lightning bugs As they tried to teach me how to dance A foxtrot above my head A sock hop beneath my bed A disco ball is just hanging by a thread (thread, thread) I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep) Leave my door open just a crack Please take me away from here 'Cause I feel like such an insomniac Please take me away from here Why do I tire of counting sheep? Please take me away from here When I'm far too tired to fall asleep To ten million fireflies I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes I got misty eyes as they said farewell (they said farewell) But I'll know where several are If my dreams get real bizarre 'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar (jar, jar, jar) I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep) I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep)

Excuse me while I proceed to headbang to this nostalgia filled gem.

@JonathanYoung yes, please take care of your mental health. Your covers and originals mean more to us if you're healthy. We love you, sweetie.

0 dislikes. As it should stay forever.

I love the dead look in his eyes. Go listen to Starship Velociraptor, the full album. LISTEN TO IT!

It is incredible please do more

This is your best cover dude. It's far better than the original, and creates a totally new song.