Getting ready for bed with a bedtime reading is typically a tradition for children. However, as adults, you’re on your own with your devices to help you snooze.
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| Photo: Courtesy of Harry Styles | Instagram |
Though you could read a book to yourself, but it doesn’t quite have the same effect unless a celebrity reads a story for you.
Celebrities have recently partnered with apps to create relaxing bedtime meditations and bedtime stories to help blissfully go to sleep.
Back in July 2020, singer Harry Styles launched a bedtime story called
“Dream with Me” on Calm – a meditation and sleep app, Styles joined Matthew McConaughey
and singer Kelly Rowland, who also have bedtime stories on the app.
According to a spokesperson of Calm, is that the stories by Styles and McConaughey are two of the most popular sleep stories in the platform. The spokesperson said that, “The feedback for both stories has been overwhelmingly positive.”
In fact, Styles’ story was so popular in the app that the singer’s
fans crashed the app platform on the released date.
You might be wondering why many of the stories have
become wildly popular. Well, we can take a look at some factors behind this
popularity.
Having someone read to you can be considered an act of
care and there is an interpersonal connection between you and the reader.
Even though we know how to read ourselves, being read
to is highly desirable probably because it helps to fuel our imagination.
It is also possible that being read to brings back
good and soothing childhood memories.
You can download the “Calm” app from app stores to
hear Harry Styles’ bedtime story – “Dream with Me.”