For a moment, I felt like a child again. My head rested on a silky pillowcase, fingers gently combing through my hair while a soft voice whispered in my ear. But this wasn’t bedtime — and that ...

GentleWhispering triggers tingles, calms anxiety, puts some to sleep. April 8, 2014— -- The YouTube channel, "GentleWhispering," features 180 videos that most people would consider slow-paced and ...

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ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response, became the most searched term on YouTube in 2023, with a total of 79.5m searches. It’s an online powerhouse, redefining the way people think about ...

ASMR has become all the rage on social media recently - with bizarre videos of people whispering into a microphone or tapping something to create a soothing sound surging in popularity. And now, ...

A video of someone whispering, running their fingers over a brush and blowing smoke doesn't sound like a classic viral hit. Where are the cats? Where is the hilarious fail? Where is the thing that I ...

If you came across a video by Maria, known to her more than 430,000 subscribers as GentleWhispering, without real knowledge of what she was doing, you might assume you’d entered a fetishistic YouTube ...

The hoarse whisperer: Maria, the 28-year-old Russian expat whose videos have drawn more than 87 million views (Washington Post) The pretty blonde woman is plucking at the bristles of a hairbrush with ...

ASMR videos - which claim to induce a tingling feeling in the viewer - have quietly become an internet phenomenon. When I was a child I sometimes experienced a pleasant physical sensation in my scalp ...

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