Apple turned pop songs into lofi beats to work / study / sleep to

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Apple is getting into Lofi Girl’s turf. The company has teamed up with Universal Music Group (UMG) to make the Sound Therapy collection of tracks for Apple Music that are “designed to help listeners attain clearer focus, deeper relaxation, and better sleep,” according to a press release. There are three categories of Sound Therapy tracks available: Focus, Relax, and Sleep. They feature “extended, instrumental, and reimagined” versions of songs from artists like Imagine Dragons, Katy Perry, Kacey Musgraves, and more. Here’s how Apple and UMG say the Sound Therapy songs might help you out: Songs have been enhanced with auditory beats or colored noise to help encourage specific brain responses. Gamma waves and white noise — a whoosh-like combination of every sound frequency — may help with focusing; theta waves could aid in relaxation; and delta waves and pink noise ... Read full article.