What Frivolous Luxury Would You Buy If You Were Rich?
LatestThere is nothing more that I want in this life than the immersive shower tomb that is officially known as the Experience Shower, but what I have colloquially termed the rave shower. I would forgo all the designer clothing, all the expensive jewelry, all the cabs-everywhere-lifestyle that I assume wealthy people enjoy to fulfill just this one wish: to be able to clean myself every morning in a shower equipped with a waterfall, body jets, flashing LED lights, aromatherapy, sound effects, music of my choosing and, if I were extremely rich, a foot massager.
In 2011, Complex reported that Drake had just installed a rave shower, and I became incredibly jealous. Once I got over the initial pain of envy, I immediately began scheming. I am a music journalist, after all: how could I use my capacity as such to pitch and execute a story on Drake’s experience shower, which would presumably involve my flying to his home in Toronto or Los Angeles? Would this be a Times Style section piece? I began crafting pitches, but after my few initial drafts, there was barely any way to write the pitch without sounding like a creep. There would be no way to properly write a story without actually bathing in Drake’s shower, but if it sounds like a hard sell to an editor, it would probably be an even harder sell to Drake himself. Let’s be clear: a journalist asking a famous rapper/actor subject t0 come over and use his shower looks dicey. But I simply wanted to try actually using a rave shower to see if I liked it, or if I loved it. I like the concept of Drake’s rave shower marginally more than I like the actuality of Drake’s music. I would bathe in his rave shower while bumping music by JME, or Kingdom and Dawn Richard, or maybe “Here Come the Drums,” for rave shower accuracy.
Can you imagine showering under a twinkle of multicolored LED lights, steam from the water fogging up the chamber, while listening to this song? Is there a more complete state of bliss? Of transcendence? Of being completely and totally relaxed, but also uplifted, motivated, rejuvenated?
In my research, I have concluded that the finest maker of the rave shower is Bradford Products, a stainless steel fabricator based out of Wilmington, North Carolina, that manufactures water-related luxury items on both a personal and commercial level. They craft custom products like reflecting pools, waterfalls, and spa items, but in the five or so years I have been typing their website URL into my browser to gaze longingly upon their magical wares, they have not made a more perfect item than this custom experience shower, which is depicted with its “water events,” audio playback, and lighting sequences on blast: