People sing in the shower because, from science.howstuffworks.com it said that: “For many people, shower time is the only time they’re alone all day. You’re in a warm, small, safe environment. You’re comfortable enough to be in the buff! Stress literally washes off you. When you relax, your brain releases dopamine, which can give your creative juices a jumpstart.
Warm water is rushing over you, and now you’re relaxed and feeling good. It turns out that singing makes you feel even better. Singing, because of the breathing you put into it, gets more oxygen into the blood. This gives you better circulation, which in turn improves your body and mood. And because you have to breathe a little deeper to belt out a song, you get some of the same relaxation and mind-clearing benefits as meditation. Another neat thing is that when you’re singing, you really can’t think about your problems — more stress relief.”
From sites.psu.edu, The emotions connected to singing to the shower could be from how: “Singing releases endorphins and oxytocin in the brain, hormones that bring pleasure and relaxation. Endorphins in particular reduce our perception of pain, lead to feelings of euphoria, and enhance the immune response. This contributes to less stress, and a more relaxing shower.” So basically, it’s all about the endorphins.
The experiences that bathing brings can be from the fact that it can cleanse your body. From health.clevelandclinic.org: “Warm baths improve mental and emotional health.” “Warm baths are linked to decreases in stress hormones and more balanced serotonin levels, which help regulate mood.”
-“Warm baths soothe muscles and joints.” “Soaking in a warm bath a few times each week can also help with muscle soreness and tension, making it easier to exercise each day, says Dr. Zack.”
-“Baths can help heal wounds.” “Dr. Zack says that baths can help soothe infected sores and wounds.”
I’d say all of them are supposed to have music, on the soap bars.
The cultural, and the religious meanings of bathing could be from cnn.com where they mentioned that for some examples: ” In Ancient Greece, bathhouses were a place for men to wash after sport or swap philosophical discussions (some even contained libraries), while in the Middle Ages, men and women in Europe gave up bathing altogether, for fear it would spread disease.” “In Ancient Rome, they were sprawling complexes for socializing, but also sites of expensive architectural splendor “(that) served to establish and affirm an emperor’s power.” The social part can come from how: “Bathing involves the negotiation of intimacy and the management of the body, and as such entails aspects of being and of social exchange that have not traditionally been part of the standard, rather rationalistic and disembodied account of social policy.” From cambridge.org
We can say the spiritual part of bathing, can be from the ancient greek example mentioned before. The psychological part could come from how you can sing to release some kind of chemicals, from your body(endorphins) to make you feel good, and it could help you with your mental health as said earlier. The physical feeling could be that you get cleansed to your body, with the water.
I’d say it should be a pleasant experience to sing in the shower. The reason being is because from common knowledge, singing your favorite song from a song you might’ve heard over and over again, should make you feel at peace and kind of joyful. But to have a pleasant experience, without singing in the shower, could feel kind of boring and just like a regular time in the bathroom.
To do this type of activity or routine, i wouldn’t say it’s a habit. It’s just human nature, for some people that is.
There should be “Fragrances” and better yet kinds of soap that I will redesign, in my own unique way, for dial soap. Which are: blue(blue spring water), green(green mountain water) and Purple(lavender and twilight jasmine).
My detailed description about my chosen consumers: imagine someone (or anyone) at a store, let’s say looking for soap. Dial soap that is. They’re in between the ages of 34- to 39-year-old white Americans. Their eyes would look at (what i call) the special edition shower singing dial soap bar. They would see musical artists like: Josh Turner(in the blue packaging), Billy Joel(in the green packaging) and Ed sheeran (in the lavender and twilight jasmine aka the purple packaging). They(the consumers) would all be having a small smile on their faces, after they see the dial soap bar packaging with all three artists. Only because they would like those types of musical performers. They would be thinking about what the lyrics are to the song names, they saw on the bar soap packaging. So then they can sing in the shower like crazy, in their own ways, making mad noise and all that.
Dial soap background info, from their website’s about us page. For more details, for you to know about and for me to do my best into creating this type of design. Shown below:
“Maintaining a balance between economic success, protection of the environment, and social responsibility has been fundamental to our corporate culture for decades.” “Dial is confident that our products will leave your skin feeling healthy.”- dialsoap.com/about
Sources/links:
science.howstuffworks.com: https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/biology-fields/sing-in-the-shower.htm
health.clevelandclinic.org: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/reasons-to-take-a-bath/
cnn.com: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/cultural-history-of-bathing-rituals/index.html
dialsoap.com: https://www.dialsoap.com/about
