Billie Eilish; BTS.Photo: Steven Simione/WireImage, Johnny Nunez/Getty
Billie Eilishpresented the questionWhen We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go? back in 2019. But now, researchers say the pop star’s catalog might even be responsible for getting people there!
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“It was surprising to see how many different types of music people use for sleep,” Kira Vibe Jespersen, an assistant professor at the Center for Music in the Brain, told theNew York Post. “Not only different genres, but also different audio characteristics … ranging from slow, soothing instrumental tracks to more energetic uptempo pop music.”
Outside of the standard slower songs with minimal elements that would typically help listeners fall asleep, the research — shared injournal PLOS One— suggests that fans often turn to familiar songs to help them fall asleep. Researcher Rebecca Jane Scarratt and her colleagues used Spotify’s API to compare the features of the songs on the platform to features from a dataset representing music in general.
The research team noted “considerable diversity” in songs that helped listeners fall asleep, and laid out six distinct sub-categories outside of such songs, with three of them lining up with typical characteristics (like ambient music).
“The study can both inform the clinical use of music and advance our understanding of how music is used to regulate human behavior in everyday life,” the team concludes.
More research is needed to determine why listeners chose such songs to help them sleep, as there is no “one-size-fits-all” playlist for sleeping, per the study.
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The findings come as Jin, the oldest member of BTS, updated fans on his mandatory military service this week aftercompleting five weeks of basic training in South Korea. In a post on Korean app Weverse, Jin shared one photo of him standing proudly with a mask, and two other selfies.
Under South Korean law, all able-bodied men are required to serve between 18 and 21 months in the military before turning 28 — although a law has extended the agein the pastfor K-pop stars. As CNN reports, citing the South Korean military, Jin has specifically been selected to serve as an assistant instructor at the Yeoncheon army base in northern Gyeonggi province.
“I’m having fun. I’m posting a photo with permission from the military,” Jin wrote.
“Army, alwaysbe happy and stay well.”
source: people.com
