It’s something that many of us use every night to help us fall asleep.
But your white noise could soon be replaced by another unusual sound: chicken frying.
Sleep wellness company Hatch has joined forces with KFC to release a new song ‘Kentucky Fried Chicken Rain’.
The 20-minute song was recorded in KFC’s Test Kitchen and sounds surprisingly similar to rain.
“At Hatch, we pride ourselves on producing the most effective audio for sleep,” said Eric Pallotta, CMO at Hatch.
“When we kept seeing posts on social media about the similarity between frying chicken and rain, we decided to make that audio the absolute best version.
‘And who better than the OG fried chicken experts themselves, KFC, to do this with!
“We’re so excited to see our customers’ reactions to this fun, quirky content and can help them fall asleep to fried chicken right before bed without ever taking a bite.”
Sleep wellness company Hatch has joined forces with KFC to release new song ‘Kentucky Fried Chicken Rain’
It’s something that many of us use every night to help us fall asleep. But your white noise could soon be replaced by another unusual sound: chicken frying
Hatch was inspired to create the sleep track after seeing a rumor online that the recorded sound of “rain falling” was actually the sound of chicken frying.
Specialists from the sleep company traveled to KFC’s headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, where they recorded the sound of chicken as it sizzled in the fryers.
The 20-minute song is now available for free on Hatch’s YouTube channel.
The song has been welcomed on social media, where fans have expressed their joy.
Commenting on Hatch’s Instagram post about the song, one user wrote, “I don’t know if I’m getting sleepy or hungry.”
Another said: ‘I love it when a chicken puts me to sleep, it’s so magical.’
And someone joked: ‘This feels like permission to eat tendons in bed. TYSM.’
If you plan on listening to the fried chicken song to fall asleep, make sure you don’t have the 20-minute song on repeat.
The song has been welcomed on social media and fans have expressed their joy (stock image)
While short bursts of brown noise are unlikely to cause any damage, studies have shown that using continuous noise throughout the night can be risky.
In 2020, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania reviewed 38 previous studies on the use of noise as a sleep aid.
Their analysis found that there was little evidence that constant noise helped people fall asleep, with one study even finding that it led to more disturbed sleep.
Professor Mathias Basner, who led the research, told The Guardian: ‘Every time we are exposed to sounds and noise, the inner ear translates it into nerve signals that are then interpreted by the brain.
‘It is an active process that generates metabolites, some of which have been shown to be harmful to the inner ear.
“You probably want a period where the auditory system can relax, regenerate and prepare for the next awakening period.”