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The Morning Man Alarm Clock app: a sexy wake-up call

Christy Choi

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"Hello, I'm your alarm today," whispers a Scottish man in my ear. "You are so beautiful when you wake up," says a British boy-next-door minutes later. "Tu veux un café, mon amour," asks a Frenchman shortly after.

No, I haven't woken up sandwiched between three hunks (a girl can dream); I've downloaded the Morning Man Alarm Clock app, created by New York-based photographer Grace Huang.

"Several years ago, I met a Spanish male model who had the most wonderful voice. My fashion stylist recorded a romantic message from him for me," says Huang. "Years later, the idea came back to me and I developed it into the Morning Man Alarm Clock."

Huang spent 10 months this year auditioning hundreds of men before finding the right voice for each nationality.

"I wanted men who sounded romantic and sexy, but also familiar, like a man you knew or were involved with," she says.

Each night, users select the nationality of the man who will be waking them up.

Christy Choi is a news reporter for the South China Morning Post covering science and technology. Before the SCMP, she worked for the Phnom Penh Post and Time, writing about sharks helping tame lionfish invasions, mealybug infestations, human trafficking and the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, among others. As a former contemporary arts curator, she has a soft spot for the arts, and while science is her beat at the Post, she won’t say no to a good yarn about pretty much anything under the sun. Reach her on Twitter @jchristychoi
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