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ASMR queens: Alaina Castillo, Phoebe Bridgers and Billie Eilish (YouTube/Rich Fury/Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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he colours are soft and marshmallowy. The vibe is spooky slumber-party. And the singing is a soothing medley of coos and mumbles.
“Some people say whispering is bad for you,” says singer-songwriter Alaina Castillo. “We’re just going to call this acapella singing you to sleep. A lot of you guys say my voice is nice and pleasant.”
Castillo, a 20-year-old Houston Texas native, is introducing an intimate performance recorded for YouTube in 2019, which has notched up in excess of 4.5 million views. It’s called “Sing You to Sleep”. Which is exactly what Castillo tries to do over the next 20 minutes. Her voice is low and comforting, even when she is wrapping her tonsils around lyrics such as “Like I wanna drown, like I wanna end me” from Eilish’s “Bury a Friend”. “Damnit,” reads one of the comments. “She’