I'm a little fussy about the music I listen to.
So when Spotify announced a playlist of tunes designed for air travel, I rubbed my ears in disbelief. You see, their list included Enya's Orinoco Flow, and if I'm ever forced to listen to that ditty at 30,000 feet, my
fellow passengers better hope there's a tooled-up US Federal Marshal on board, because I'd sooner storm the cockpit and take us all down than sail away, sail away, sail away ... But I'm a bit funny like that. Like I say, I'm a little fussy about my earspace.
Spotify reckon they have science on the side of their playlist. They commissioned Dr Becky Spelman, from the Private Therapy Clinic in London, to devise a low-tempo playlist to soothe anxious flyers.
Adele's first-class tune Someone Like You is, says Spotify, "very close to the optimum bpm of around 60 - the perfect pace for slowing down breathing associated with fear and anxiety".
Here's their full "Calming Music to Fly to" playlist:
