The Supernatural Power of Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation

US Low end frequency crashes hard drives 09/09/22

Among the strangest audio based recent news stories was this one citing Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation as a hard disk destroyer. Adam Neely presents just how the bassline from the track is able to physically affect certain hard drives through a unique mechanical resonances. In this case, youtuber Dave's Garage did a video himself on using 66 Hz to create a hard drive failure.

Here's the original track for you to try and properly delete your search history!

The article referenced in the video is here: https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/janet-jackson-rhythm-nation-crashes-old-laptops-1235130134/

About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music.

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