A Great Big World is the new incarnation of Ian Axel and Chad Vaccarino.
Axel’s known for the 2011 viral hit “This Is the New Year,” which solidified him as an indie pop presence with staggering YouTube views and numerous syncs on film and television. Teaming up with longtime collaborator Chad, he’s expanding his horizons immensely into A Great Big World.
The seeds for the partnership were planted early, even before Ian’s solo career took off. While both studying music at NYU, Ian tracked Chad down in the school’s practice rooms.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
GCEmD There's a girl in the backyard bangin' on her drum GCEmD Sittin' in a junk pile laughing at the sun GCEmD Singin' "ah ha ha, I just wanna be a rockstar" GCEmD
GCEmD There's a boy in the backseat singin' to the song GCEmD Playin' on the radio, knowing he's the one GCEmD Singin' "ah ha ha, I just wanna be a rockstar"
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GCEmD Singin' "ah ha ha, I was born to be a rockstar!"
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GCEmD There's a girl in the tree top looking at the stars GCEmD Waiting for a touchdown comin' in from Mars GCEmD Thinkin' "is there anybody out there?"
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GCEmD There's a boy thinking of here playin' his guitar GCEmD Searching for the answer buried in his heart GCEmD Singin' "ah, ha ha, is there anybody out there?"
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GCEmD Singin' "ah, ha ha, is there anybody out there?"
(not sure about this part, sorry) If there's a meaning can you show me a sign The more I look it just gets harder to find The world is spinnin' and I wanna know why
GCEmD And we're all getting older wishin' we were young GCEmD Hangin' on the memory of what we would become GCEmD Singin' "ah ha ha, I was born to be a rockstar" GCEmD Singin' "ah ha ha, I just wanna be a rockstar" GCEmD Singin' "ah ha ha, I was born to be a rockstar!"
If there's a meaning can you show me a sign The more I look it just gets harder to find The world is spinnin' and I wanna know why
And maybe we will never figure it out I got a feelin' that's what life's all about I'm learning anything is possible now