About

Babypod is a device that broadcasts music for fetuses in the mother's womb. The Babypod is inserted into the vagina like a tampon and plays music, inducing fetal movement. In March 2020, an Endgadget article featuring the Babypod became part of an image macro that shows babies reacting to music.

History

On September 29th, 2015, a study about how fetuses respond to musical stimuli was published.^[1] Based on the study, the Institut Marquès in Barcelona held a concert for pregnant women using the device. The Institute published a video of the concert on YouTuber on December 29th, 2015 (shown below). The video received more than 87,000 views in less than five years (shown below).

Reception

Following the release of the product, numerous media outlets published reports on the device, including Mic,^[2] The Cut^[3] and Engadget.^[4]

Mic writes that some scientists do not believe that all the reported benefits of the device are true. They wrote:

Vagina iPod aside, the question still remains: is playing music for your babies really beneficial to their development? The answer seems to be subject to different medical opinions. While some studies have claimed that listening to music during pregnancy can result in some benefits for the baby, such as the ability to get a head-start on learning and memory skills, some experts have warned that moms shouldn't read too much into such claims.

On January 10th, 2017, Redditor ^[5] funkychicken23 posted about the device in the /r/ofcoursethatsathing subreddit. The post received more than 800 points (97% upvoted) as of March 2020.

Related Memes

Baby Listening Memes

On January 1st, 2016, the Engadget Twitter ^[6] account tweeted about the device. They wrote, "Introducing Babypod: The vaginal sound system to give your fetus a concert." The post received more than 480 likes and 400 retweets in less as of March 2020 (shown below).

Years later, on March 2nd, 2020, Twitter^[7] user @210lbzzy tweeted the article, as well as the cover for the Drake album Take Care and a photograph of a tear rolling down a baby's face. The post received more than 171,000 likes and 54,000 retweets in less than three days (shown below, left).

Over the next week, others meme'd the format, replacing the drake album with other pieces of music (examples below, center and right).

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