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Heathrow Launches Airport-Sampled Ambient Track to Ease Preflight Anxiety

This bespoke four-minute ambient composition plays continuously across Heathrow’s four terminals through August, offering an ASMR download for travelers.

Overview

  • Jordan Rakei recorded over 50 sounds from terminals and runways in a one-day session to compose the track.
  • The four-minute loop merges footsteps, passport stamps, tannoy announcements, engine hums and water fountain gurgles for ASMR ambience.
  • The soundtrack began playing July 8 and will loop throughout terminals 1–4 until the end of August.
  • Heathrow says the piece aims to evoke holiday excitement and diffuse preflight jitters as passenger volumes peak.
  • Travelers can stream the track in terminals or download it as an ASMR experience to soothe nerves before departure.