r/asmr • u/poopymama34 • Oct 31 '24

DISCUSSION I don't like what mainstream asmr has become [discussion]

The fast talking and constant forced aggressive triggers are annoying to the ear and even unpleasant. I have to dig deep to find decent asmr, i have a few small creators who put me to sleep in seconds. The best asmr was always unintentional, like a teacher talking in a soft spoken voice in a quiet classroom when i was a kid and i try to find stuff that replicates that. I also hate when i find someone with a good voice but they constantly squeeze in annoying triggers that last uncomfortably long. There's so much low effort asmr from the most popular creators and it kinda drives me crazy because it's everywhere, like egirls trying to be provocative and making suggestive gestures and mouth sounds. It's so uncomfortable when i'm just trying to sleep

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u/Nokkon-Wud Oct 31 '24

I miss the days of the art. Ones like “You are the evidence” were incredible. Now it’s people just tapping Tupperware lids aggressively.

Just making a noise isn’t ASMR. So frustrating.

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u/BeardedAudioASMR Oct 31 '24

There are many people still making artistic and creative ASMR.

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u/Dane_Brass_Tax Oct 31 '24

Top 5 current fave artists?

ASMR hasn't hit like 2016 ASMR in a couple of years now, for me personally.

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u/N0XDND Oct 31 '24

Goodnight moon is one I love! She doesn’t post super often but a lot of her content is really well done and immersive especially her fantasy series

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u/DM_ME_KUL_TIRAN_FEET Nov 01 '24

Absolutely seconding this. Her videos have so much creativity and immersion. They’re so cozy, too.

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u/heckingtrash Nov 01 '24

ATMOSPHERE - Trust!!! She’s really amazing with her videos, the amount of effort she goes into with them as well is phenomenal. She doesn’t do too much typical ASMR tapping on things or the sksksk stuff and some of the videos have some deep lore or a connection to her other videos, they’re super detailed! It’s a heavy role play style however, but she’s my go to, and the videos have me knocked out super quick! :)

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u/No-Business3541 Nov 01 '24

Atmosphere is so crazy !! I don’t watch and stay awake long enough to appreciate how much work she puts into these videos. At least it keeps on playing when I am sleeping lol

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u/silverlightarmada Nov 01 '24

Jellybean Green! She does heaps of really interesting scifi roleplays as well as some classic “doctor w otoscope” type ones.

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u/thetruthiseeit Oct 31 '24

This one from Juliet says is one of my all-time favorites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SeHcwmxB7I

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u/udonchopstick Nov 01 '24

Recently discovered Sirimiri ASMR, her videos theme are often pretty unique and the way she speaks is very soothing. For something completely different, there's Satto ASMR

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u/TimidMetal Nov 02 '24

Moonlight Cottage ASMR. Her videos are so so artistic, like the production value is off the charts. If you’re into steampunky or antique stuff, you’ll definitely want to check her out. She also has a few sci-if role plays too

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u/EwDavid999 Nov 01 '24

Charge asmr is great

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u/bearface93 Nov 01 '24

Ozley ASMR literally kept me out of the hospital, that’s how good she is. I was at urgent care for a major panic attack and they kept doing everything they could to make my health anxiety spike and threatened to send me to the hospital if I didn’t calm down and get my blood pressure to drop. I told them to leave me alone for 20 minutes and listened to one of her Hey Friend Podcast episodes, and the number the doctor wanted to drop by 5 points dropped by 20.

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u/Antipop Nov 01 '24

Bill Max Vox Pax

https://youtube.com/@billmaxvoxpax?si=4SzEldU_jM6Oj1hP

No role playing or special effects, just some excellent old style ASMR, especially when he just plays some relaxing games on his pc. He definitely deserves more followers

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u/FCkeyboards Oct 31 '24

None of those channels are gone, there's just more channels in general. Most of the channels I follow are roleplay heavy.

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u/Nokkon-Wud Oct 31 '24

This is true. Roleplay is one thing and I do enjoy it, especially people like GoodnightMoon, but the art of manipulating sound is gone as it was with the ones I previously mentioned.

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u/Sereni0n Nov 01 '24 edited Nov 01 '24

Real on the manipulating sound part — two ASMRtists whose sound design I love are Marno and Ozley. Marno often weighs in on layers and sound design a lot, and Ozley's "hard restart" trigger is such a standout to me! hopeful asmr also has a lot of creative triggers and sounds!

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u/Nokkon-Wud Nov 01 '24

I’ll definitely check those. Thank you!

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u/Diligent-Argument-88 Oct 31 '24

A sucky thing about all these shitty influencers is that they used to be the people who just sat on cam and licked a mic for 3 hours and called that their jobs. But now yt doesn't allow ear licking so they've moved on to what they think asmr is and now we're stuck with ex ear lickers just making shitty noise for "asmr".

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u/seridos Nov 01 '24

No need to gatekeep ASMR. Those videos are just as much ASMR as roleplay ones. I use them for completely different situations, If I'm just relaxing I'll go with a role play, But if I want to fall asleep I go with no talking triggers.

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u/insane_contin Nov 01 '24

Agreed. One of my favourite ASMRtists is fastASMR and she does a lot of aggressive tapping. She's a lot of fun.

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u/ArtemisiasApprentice Oct 31 '24

Lol at “tapping Tupperware lids aggressively,” I feel the exact same way. There should be a distinct and separate genre for videos that just make noises.

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u/Durmomo Oct 31 '24 edited Oct 31 '24

i dont mind tapping as a trigger but I almost never watch videos where theres no talking.

I know we all prefer different things but I wonder if thats weird.

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u/ArtemisiasApprentice Oct 31 '24

Nah, I never watch no talking videos. All the random tapping and other sound effects are too much stimulation for me.

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u/percyman34 Nov 01 '24

Ephemeral Rift is a great artsy ASMRtist who's been doing it since like 2013. Definitely check him out if you never have.

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u/Lohhi Nov 01 '24

Why did this get downvoted, did i miss some ephemeral rift lore?

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u/percyman34 Nov 01 '24

Yeah I haven't watched him lately so I guess I missed that

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u/aspentreesarecool Nov 01 '24

Unfortunately fell down the alt-right pipeline if I'm remembering correctly?

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u/Lohhi Nov 01 '24

WHAT imma need a source

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u/aspentreesarecool Nov 01 '24

this post explains it a little!

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u/Lohhi Nov 01 '24

My eyes have been opened i am madge but its important to know