I've been experiencing this quite a bit as well. It was always the pillagers, and killing them always fixed it. Pretty sad this hasn't even been addressed yet.
@slicedlime I just uploaded the launcher_log.txt file, should be there! Thank you so much for responding!
Also, I don't know how to reply to people so I apologize
I tried that, and it didn't work. Trust me, anythingnyou could possibly think of, I've tried. I've even reinstalled my sound drivers and updated them. Disabled them then re-enabled them, etc. Nothint worked.
Can confirm for 1.16.1