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Apple Music and UMG Debut Sound Therapy for Wellness Listening

The exclusive collection reimagines popular tracks with sound waves and noise frequencies designed to promote focus, relaxation, and sleep.

Sound Therapy takes familiar music and ups its therapeutic value.
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Overview

  • Sound Therapy offers three curated categories—Focus, Relax, and Sleep—featuring instrumental versions of popular songs enhanced with auditory beats and colored noise.
  • The collection includes reimagined tracks from artists like Katy Perry, Imagine Dragons, Kacey Musgraves, Sam Smith, and Lewis Capaldi.
  • Developed by Sollos, UMG's music-wellness venture, the initiative combines psychoacoustics and cognitive science to support overall well-being.
  • Exclusive to Apple Music, the playlists use sound waves such as gamma, theta, and delta, alongside white and pink noise, to target specific brain responses.
  • Apple and UMG emphasize that Sound Therapy is designed as a wellness tool and is not intended for medical treatment.