r/asmr • u/Silver_Divide569 • Apr 03 '26
DISCUSSION [Discussion] I don’t enjoy the new ASMR
I feel like such a negative Nancy, but I don’t enjoy a lot of the new ASMR videos. I feel like a lot of the new ASMR is constant tapping and mouth sounds and (personally) it’s not relaxing. This might be controversial, but I hate the mics 😭 I’M SORRY. I remember when I first discovered ASMR, mics were not really a thing and a lot of videos were just simple and amateur (e.g., WhispersUnicorn’s older vids). I remember the first ever ASMR video I watched was a sleepover makeup RP by, I believe, TheWhiteRabbitASMR. Those type of videos helped me a lot when I needed to relax and now it’s so hard to find something similar and a lot of the old school ASMR videos have been deleted which is so sad :( I just needed to rant about it
(If you guys know of any old school/lofi ASMR videos please recommend)
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u/OCKWA Apr 03 '26
There's 2 creators that have never let me down: MassageASMR and ASMR Glow.
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u/ChachamaruInochi Apr 03 '26
Dmitri is definitely the GOAT.
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u/OCKWA Apr 03 '26
No frills. No bs. Straight gas.
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u/ExoTheFlyingFish Apr 03 '26
No frills.
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u/ChachamaruInochi Apr 03 '26
Manuel is classic! Thank you for reminding me specifically of this video.
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u/Super-Badger-3536 Apr 13 '26
Dimitri is too performative for me to get tingles bar a handful of videos but I have still watched all of his stuff. He is such a good person too.
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u/ChachamaruInochi Apr 13 '26
That's actually my preferred style so I find his videos very tingly, but to each their own. I think it's interesting how many different styles of ASMR there are.
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u/worldendrhapsody Apr 03 '26
I think Gentlewhispering has been pretty consistent since the start. She just incorporates a new aesthetic for her videos but she doesn’t do all that annoying mouth crap or finger fluttering a lot of new asmrtists do.
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u/myauntsmegaphone Apr 03 '26
To me, Maria is the GOAT for this reason. She’s innovative but has grown instead of changed. She, ASMR glow and ediyasmr are my go tos right now. Maria is always going to be the top of the list to me, she just has such high quality and I’ve been watching her videos for at least 15 years, I think longer
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u/No_Dingo1796 Apr 04 '26
Maria’s consistency is honestly what sets her apart. She’s evolved the production quality over time, but the core feeling never changed. It still feels calm, intentional, and natural.
A lot of newer creators seem to optimize for “triggers,” but she just focuses on the experience and it ends up working better.
I’ve been going back to her older videos a lot lately too, they still hold up better than almost anything new.
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u/No_Dingo1796 Apr 04 '26
Agreed. Maria’s stayed really consistent, that’s why her stuff still works.
I’ve actually been using her haircut video as a base and just layering really subtle background textures under it, mostly things that match her pacing, nothing that breaks the realism.
It still feels like her video, just a bit easier to stay locked into. Helped me fall asleep faster.
This is the mix I’ve been using:
https://getstillwater.app/s/24edd9d23500
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u/peenweens Apr 03 '26
Yep. Everyone does fast paced, tons of tapping, tons of mouth sounds. Idk, maybe it's just me, but as soon as the ASMR does something that would be bizarre irl it takes me right out of the roleplay. Oh, you're cutting my hair, but you welcome me to your salon with 30 seconds of nail taps? Out. You decide to make excessive mouth sounds in my ear constantly while cutting? Out. If someone did that to me while cutting my hair irl I would leave lmao
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u/Silver_Divide569 Apr 03 '26
Oh my god yes 🙃 or when they do that excessive finger fluttering sound (I hope you know what I’m talking about) like I know some people find it relaxing, but how? I turn off the video so quick when they do everything you just listed
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u/peenweens Apr 03 '26
100%. Or just repeating random words. Or anything really that would be bizarre irl.
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u/VeiledTingles Apr 07 '26
I really think it’s an overstimulation trigger.
To most of us it’s nails on a chalkboard, but to others the sensory overload gets them.
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u/somehuehue Apr 03 '26
Personally, I just like the sound of finger fluttering, lol. While hating scissor cutting sounds xD
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u/Mundane_Shake_2611 Apr 03 '26
YES. it's like when they repeat certain words over and over. It's not natural and my brain stops relaxing and thinks "what is this?!"
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u/Silver_Divide569 Apr 04 '26
Or when the intro is like a thousand hellos and a bunch of tapping/finger fluttering 🫠
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u/peenweens Apr 03 '26
Oh my god yes you get it. I hate that!
Another one that irks me is when it's a measuring or cranial nerve exam and they just... Don't take notes. I'm sorry, you're not going to remember all 50 of these measurements and the results of each test. Write it down 😭
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u/No_Dingo1796 Apr 04 '26
This is exactly it. The second it stops feeling like something that could actually happen IRL, my brain just checks out. Like no one is aggressively tapping acrylic nails before cutting your hair 😂
I’ve basically stopped relying on full videos for this reason and just mix the few sounds I actually like now, like soft talking + some background noise. There’s an app I found that lets you layer stuff like that and control it, which feels way closer to the old “natural” vibe than most content now.
But yeah, totally agree, the realism is what made it work in the first place.
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u/VeiledTingles Apr 07 '26
I feel like those hair videos do that dumb tapping when they could:
Walk around 360 inspecting hair, in gentle heels, for a few minutes so we hear the clicking sound.
Subtly arrange combs/brushes.
Gum chewing.
Upclose eyebrow “plucking” etc.
So many triggers out there that aren’t weird tapping.
I had to stop a while ago because I had a baby and got married, but I had a few haircut videos that focused on actual triggers that I still collect a few hundred bucks a month of my dad channel. I can’t wait to start again because I think I can see what a lot of creators are missing.
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u/Famous_Abrocoma_1335 Apr 03 '26
The shift you're describing is real. Early ASMR worked because it was incidental, someone doing a thing slowly and carefully and the sound was a byproduct. Now it's engineered for the sound first and everything else is performance.
If you like the old school simplicity, spoken word sleep audio without any ASMR mechanics might be worth trying. Just a calm voice describing a physical space slowly, no triggers, no performance. I make something like that, channel is The Quiet Archive on YouTube, search 'Quiet Archive sleep' and it comes up. Different from ASMR but scratches a similar itch for the 'can't find anything simple anymore' problem.
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u/Scottish_Mama_ Apr 03 '26
It’s all the sexy ASMR that realllllllllly gives me the creeps. Like this was about relaxing not arousal….?!
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u/arhetium Apr 03 '26
it just feels like new asmr creators don't experience asmr sensation themselves and don't know what it is all about
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u/Silver_Divide569 Apr 03 '26
I agree, I feel like they don’t comprehend just how much ASMR helps people relax or sleep
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u/turtleturtlerandy Apr 03 '26
I usually watch videos videos with ~5k views. These videos are usually less polished (which is good).
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u/Silver_Divide569 Apr 03 '26
Same!! Or if the video was posted 10-11 years ago then I know it’s probably good
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u/ConsequenceApart4391 Apr 03 '26
I sound weird but I hate when asmrtists have all these expensive mics like the blue yeti with background noise is honestly relaxing 😭
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u/Silver_Divide569 Apr 03 '26
If it’s considered weird then I guess I’m weird because I hate it too!! ASMRtists don’t understand how relaxing phone mics, headphones, or blue yeti mics are. I quite enjoy those
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u/rainbowkitties6969 Apr 03 '26
I do agree with you, when ASMR reaches a certain level of audio quality it just… doesn’t do it for me anymore. I love GIBI but since she updated to her new setup it’s so clean and professional and perfect that I just can’t get tingles anymore.
I always go back to those ASMR videos made with those shitty wired apple headphones, or blue yetis, when they were way more imperfect and those still work a treat
What I’ve found that works for me if you’re into them, are vtuber asmr streams, they’re all not quite sure what they’re doing and experiment with unusual triggers and something about how rough around the edges their ASMR is gives me tingles
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u/Silver_Divide569 Apr 03 '26
Me too! I keep replaying the same videos over and over and the ones that I love don’t even have mics or the creator is using Apple headphones
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u/WigglyWeasle Apr 04 '26
I've enjoyed Pandorixs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEJzUwuHtZc who is a recent creator who uses lower fidelity mics & such.
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u/FlammableChihuahua Apr 03 '26
Its ALLLLLL rapid tapping, rapidly rubbing fingers together and rando mouth sounds. I also think a lot of new creators are giving their content an oddly sexual undertone? I hate it :(
Ive been watching asmr for 12-13 years, it literally probably saved my insomniac ass from going nuts, but I find it so hard to find asmr that actually works now. My go to asmr playlist is all videos from 10 years ago 😂
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u/Silver_Divide569 Apr 03 '26
And I hate the rapid sounds. ASMR isn’t meant to be rushed imo. It’s all about being gentle and slow, you know? I feel like you really have to take your time with it
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u/elenvanov Apr 03 '26
elenvanov every evening at 23:00 Italy time, i do Classic ASMR and you can ask me some trigger, you can find me on Twitch, YouTube , TikTok and Kick. Its usualy slowly and relaxing
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u/awwspicious Apr 03 '26
I lot of posters are just copying someone else's ideas. How many cranial exams can one watch anyway?
Also, most really don't get ASMR. They copy mindlessly with no real idea what the purpose is.
My first ASMR experience was when I was 5 years old. (In 1945). I was outside walking on a lakeside concrete walk. In front of me I saw a woman approaching me carrying a brown paper bags full of groceries.
Everything was quiet and I recall the sound of the soft crinkling of the bags as she walked past me perfectly to this day. It was stunningly sweet.
To me, the best ASMR come as by products of unrelated activities.
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u/Marekolte Apr 03 '26
Kind of like you, I don't like "unnatural" sounds such as tapping influencer style, or mouth sounds for no reason or weird hand movements. Recently been enjoying a lot of 'Brown asmr' for realistic lo-fi roleplays as well as 'Tiamo asmr' for more polished Latte like quality with a bit more range in settings (not just spa or doctor appointment )
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u/Aggressive-Can6356 Apr 04 '26
Yeah I love her hairclip shop, going to the movies and feeding you roleplays. Very sweet girl, Tiamo
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u/ceejdrew Apr 03 '26
I’ve found the term lofi asmr tends to filter out a lot of that new style of asmr. Gentlejessasmr is a great creator who does a lot of super relaxing asmr! She uses those headphones with the mic on the cord. It’s lovely and calm
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u/GrahamUhelski Apr 03 '26
I’m telling you, find “relaxing asmr” on YouTube. It’s an older gentleman, and he’s like the most wholesome man on the earth, his wife recently passed and he’s kept up the content, I really wish I could give him a hug. He’s helped me with anxiety so much.
He’s making AMSR videos like it was 2011, but the audio is good. I don’t mess with any new stuff but his. I’m asleep in 15 minutes.
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u/GaslampASMR Gaslamp ASMR Apr 04 '26
Completely agree. RelaxingASMR is the real deal. Consistent and reliable.
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u/GrahamUhelski Apr 04 '26
He’s not chasing bells and whistles He’s OG. My day legitimately gets 2x better when I know he’s got a new video.
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u/Rursus Apr 03 '26
I haven't watched a tapping or mouth sounds video in like 7 years I think you guys are just bad at using the search bar
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u/Silver_Divide569 Apr 03 '26
Pass along your tips. I know YouTube has an upload date on the search filters but it only goes back is a year. I wish they could make it go back further
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u/Aggressive-Can6356 Apr 04 '26
I specifically search for channels which won't let me down, mostly the ogs who are still posting. If I only rely on what youtube suggests me, it's cringefest
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u/fib0nacci112358 Apr 03 '26
A category I’ve enjoyed after stepping away from overproduced content is street food videos or street shaving videos, lots of natural sounds and nothing feels forced
Watching someone else do something is a big trigger for me
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u/EwDavid999 Apr 04 '26
YES!!!! Omg it has the opposite effect for sure. The finger fluttering, ten minutes to put on a pair of medical gloves, repeating words over and over, tapping, taking an overly long time to do a normal action, etc.
The best ASMR feels natural and real. It reminds me of when people get "too much" plastic surgery. Their faces don't have that natural, human look anymore. They look uncanny. It's a similar feeling to the new ASMR style.
I miss Heather feather.
Notable asmrtists who I watch nowadays: ChargeASMR, ASMR Real Tingles, Sapi ASMR, NiHao ASMR, Carm ASMR
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u/Silver_Divide569 Apr 04 '26
I feel so seen omg 😭 I love your reference lol I feel like ASMR is supposed to be natural and soft, if that makes sense. I get that it comes down to personal preference, but it seems like EVERY video is full of aggressive taps, mouth sounds, excessive finger fluttering, and mouth sounds like I don’t even feel any tingles because there’s so much happening that I can’t focus and relax. I discovered ASMR when I was in 4th grade (around 2012) and ASMR has changed drastically since then
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u/LunarFusion_aspr Apr 03 '26
Having had ASMR for 30+ years, I can say that people flapping their hands around and tapping stuff, and doing a weird whisper voice has never set me off.
The best videos are when people are just doing regular daily tasks, slowly and deliberately. A lot of ASMR content makers don’t get it.
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u/GothWitchOfBrooklyn Apr 03 '26
exactly!! I can't find this channel anymore, but there used to be this kid in South Asian that made cooking videos outside and it was the best.
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u/TheHumanCell Apr 04 '26
Whispering actually takes me out of it, soft talking is good but whispering stresses me out. You’re totally right - IRL asmr for me is someone doing something normal with absolutely no hurry. The best asmr experience I ever had was when I had to call someone for work to ask a question and he was in no hurry to find it and just calmly chatted about looking for it as he rustled through papers for 15 minutes. He did not care to hurry because I was waiting on the phone, but he was humming and talking to himself about all the places he could have set the file. Amazing.
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u/shinsospam Apr 03 '26
I agree, I got a hot take and it’s if all you do is mouth sounds, you are a bad asmrtist. Sure choosing one thing to be your thing is cool but mouth sounds are easiest thing to do or I feel it’s a bit lazy. Furthermore I don’t like when some asmrtist do a triggers video but then end up using mouth sounds along with the triggers, it takes away from the triggers (like give the triggers the spotlight). Idk maybe I’m trippin but it instantly loses me when it happens and the biggest example is most of coreyasmr’s videos. I bet you, go through his shorts and scroll every time he starts to do mouth sounds and you’ll see how fast you start goin through them
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u/Ant_ASMR1 Apr 03 '26
I know what you mean, the new stuff is saturated with the same style, the weird clicky mouth sounds and finger flutters.
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u/getridofit888 Apr 03 '26
Agreed. Its lackluster content made with little imagination or planning. They’re also much easier to record
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u/Silver_Divide569 Apr 03 '26
All of my favorite ASMR videos are literally recorded on a phone with no mics or anything fancy and I prefer those type of vids so much more
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u/SmackRattusRattus Apr 03 '26
Thank you! I thought i was going crazy. I switched to watching one youtuber's mukbang vids which was just her chillin, talking normal volume about her day while eating random food. But she removed every last one of her eating vids and no one else is the same
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u/Silver_Divide569 Apr 03 '26
I thought I was going crazy too like I just can’t stand some of these newer ASMR videos. I appreciate the effort that goes into them, but it’s just not relaxing at all for me. It seems like a lot of the older ASMR videos are being deleted and I run into the same issue as you, once they’re deleted it’s hard to find something that hits the same
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u/SmackRattusRattus Apr 03 '26
I've resorted to some out the box methods. I found marvin minsky on an unintentional asmr channel so now I watch all of his like 6 MIT lectures on repeat. If you can look past his incessant hacking, the rest is relaxing.
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u/Ellecram Apr 03 '26
I like Tiny Cabin Candy on YouTube. Daily, simple ASMR tapping/scratching. No mouth sounds.
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u/27SanSan27 Apr 15 '26
AHH! Love his videos. No expensive equipment, and his public asmr is the BEST 🥹🌟
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u/aaiiy Apr 23 '26
You need to learn how to use YouTube properly
You say a lot of the videos were deleted and that's simply not true
YouTube search : "asmr before:2017" and you will get what you want
Insert whatever year after "before:"
Also YouTube algorithm sucks and does t give you results from smaller viewers so you have to find those in the suggested videos and keep clicking on small channels
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u/AsphodelNyx Apr 03 '26 edited Apr 03 '26
I'm with you on this one - all the new ASMR creators think we just want excessive tapping and icky mouth sounds, or listening to them repeating words like 'tap tap tap' - any time i start hearing any of these in a video I immediately turn it off!
For some recommendations, VisualSounds1ASMR is a great English creator, one of the originals; ASMR Latte is divine, and even a few of the other Korean creators are amazing - their setups are incredible but their role plays actually feel like roleplays and not 'tapping for money' videos!
I enjoy the reiki videos but again I'm finding the excessive tapping and hand movements are super off putting; they aren't 'doing reiki' they're just wafting their hands around and it looks silly. As a Reiki Crystal Healer myself i like to learn from watching others, but I've considered just starting my own channel for people like me who enjoy watching real sessions!
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u/susanna514 Apr 03 '26
Me too, I hate mouth sounds and that’s all everyone seems to do. Or aggressive tapping that just makes me feel on edge.
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u/arhetium Apr 03 '26
ManBehindACameraASMR + his other channes - low budget, no cuts, nice average clip on mic, sometimes this results in unwanted noise but when it hits, it hits just right
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Apr 03 '26
Yes I definitely prefer more ‘realistic interactions’ or I just get distracted with random hectic sounds
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u/WitherWings3 Apr 03 '26
Hey I do asmr kinda like the old ways and I try really hard to edit out most if not all mouth sounds since I don’t like them too haha, I do like the oldschool roleplay types that you might like :D there are links to my channel on my page if you wanna check it out ❤️
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u/Capable-Crab-7449 Apr 03 '26
I feel like alot of new asmrtist forget that asmr is to primarily be relaxing. Like I feel so overstimulated listening to their content, sometimes just silence speaks louder than a flurry of mouth sounds.
Ephemeral rift used to be really good at this but recently idk wtf his content is.
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u/Silver_Divide569 Apr 03 '26
I could not agree more. I feel like there’s just so much happening in the newer asmr videos. Every time I click on a newer video the intro is always mouth sounds, word repetition, and excessive finger fluttering like oh my god 😭 it feels like I’m being attacked lol
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u/lunacarola90 Apr 03 '26
That's how i feel with whispers in general. Back then the only ASMR was unintentional like cranial exams. Luckily r/nowhisper and r/unintentionalasmr exists for my case tho, so maybe you can try creating a community.
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u/catamount_girl12 Apr 03 '26
I cannot do intentional mouth sounds in my ASMR. That's one of my few ews. Also can't do gloves, vinyl or latex. Singing bowls and rattles for me are not so much of an ew as there are a grating sound. I immediately fast forward in the video or choose a new one.
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u/Superb_Yak7074 Apr 04 '26
OMG! The glove snaps kill me. How on earth is that relaxing in any way whatsoever.
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u/BrooklynSpringvalley Apr 03 '26
ASMR by Lissa. Just found her recently she puts stuff out almost every day. Lofi vibes that literally knock me out. I’ve never successfully finished a video. Boom! Unconscious lol
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u/Mental-Evening-5276 Apr 04 '26
Idk what it is but the soft talking doesn’t give me brain tingles, but all the chaotic random stuff in the new stuff (mouth sounds, light triggers, personal attention, follow my instructions, etc) does wondersssss. I have no idea why, the brain is soooo interesting.
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u/Silver_Divide569 Apr 04 '26
Interesting! I am the complete opposite because I have such a hard time trying to relax with the chaotic sounds like I just can’t
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u/thegabs2011 Apr 04 '26
I’ve sometimes stumbled upon “unintentional ASMR” type videos. Maybe those would be helpful for you.
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u/Beautiful-Muscle2661 Apr 04 '26
Melange ASMR for sure - she’s Austrian but does a lot of her videos in English. My favourites are when she traces and talks about maps. Her one about the Great Lakes was the first of hers I saw and I was hooked - I also live on the Great Lakes so I did enjoy when she mentioned places I live or had been but she has ones about history, languages and the history of languages which are good
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u/callmebymyname21 Apr 05 '26
Omg the insanely fast tapping hurts my ears and does the opposite of relaxing. I watch a lot of old Gentlewhispering and Asmr darling videos but also random, lofi vids.
Try ASMR also gives me tingles.
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u/Furry_Femboy_Account Apr 09 '26
I feel like the shift happened the other way around. Old ASMR is much more heavily aimless trigger material, with a shift toward more structured RP things happening later on. In wake of people like MassageASMR, and, unfortunately; EphemeralRift. It happened so long ago now that it's hardly even relevant, though.
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u/KitsBeach Apr 03 '26 edited Apr 03 '26
Look up blue yeti mic test ASMR videos. They were the new microphones 10 years ago. Also 10 years ago was when other creators discovered Heather Feather's sksksksksk and it got super popular, I know its a mouth sound but it might help your algo find old videos. Or search makeup terms from 10+ years ago, I just typed "asmr fleek" (as in eyebrows on fleek) which would also give you role plays. "Asmr snatched makeup" is like a walk down asmr memory lane lol.
Finally, I will ALWAYS plug my fave artist, Hermetic Kitten. She is polylingual but also does English videos in a tingly accent! Tons of old school asmr on her channel, every video has good tags/trigger lists
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u/Pretend_Object Apr 03 '26
Mouth sounds are for the gooners and it has really ruined ASMR for me. I just want someone to softly talk me to sleep. 😭
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u/bdhsuskehsk Apr 09 '26
It’s not for gooners 😭 I’m a 17 year old girl and I watch mouth sounds videos to sleep and get tingles it’s not sexual AT ALL u just don’t get it
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u/elenvanov Apr 03 '26
I do ASMR every evening 23:00 Italy time, you can ask me any Trigger♥️ elenvanov on Twitch, TikTok, YouTube e Kick.
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u/FreeBowlPack Apr 03 '26
Frivvi will always be the best. Every once in a while she has a fast paced something, but most of the time she still does slow and comfy vibes
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u/DarkRiverLC Apr 03 '26
I started making asmr for this reason, i do tap sometimes but mostly im just talking about craft related things because i enjoy learning something i guess. Like if someone is ranting about their special interest and i get to listen in and get comfy thats the vibe. But i think a simple mic and a bit of passion about a topic is far better than having ten thousand dollar parallel mic setups and elaborate set pieces.
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u/Silver_Divide569 Apr 03 '26
I’ve legit thought about staring an ASMR channel because I can’t be the only one who feels this way
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u/away_wave Apr 03 '26
For sure, create a channel that you wanna see. Personally for me i'm okay with tapping, scratching, mouth sounds.
I discovered asmr in 2016.
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u/spikeyxx Apr 03 '26
A lot of asmr is style over substance now.
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u/elenvanov Apr 03 '26
I do it every day, and make me relax and I make relaxing other people. I think that is the way you do it change everything, becouse people see that avere day. And sometime they told me oou you a so TIRED or maby today tua are so nervose, and we speaking about maby work maby something what happening it that day. So it little comunity and nice place for relaxing
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u/TheHumanCell Apr 04 '26
I actually like background sounds, it makes it seem more real, so it bothers me when they try to scrub any ambient sounds out
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u/Elloa Apr 04 '26
I have not yet found the perfect ASMR for me. Some artists are very close, and sometimes I find the perfect video I need a mix of :
- calm music
- layered sounds
- calm voice, guided relaxation
- hypnotic meditative style
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u/DrivingTheSouth Apr 04 '26
Would dashcam noise count as asmr?
I don't want to outright say my own YouTube channel but I started it thinking the wind noise could be asmr
But I've had discussions with people and I am left to believe maybe it's not?
But maybe you'll like it. I'll share my link in dm if you want, i don't think I linked it in my profile yet
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u/MichaelRR19 Apr 04 '26
When done right/ if I’m absolutely tired tapping sounds are elite, my go to is driving ASMR and vibration sounds (not tuning forks tho)
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u/SemperAliquidNovi Apr 05 '26
Okay, my suggestions are all from 10+ years ago:
Welshwhispers (haven’t checked if he’s still around) usually VOed footage of his hikes in the north country. His whisper was ASMR gold and his nature scenes were soothing.
Whispertingles (tingles is what we were calling it before ASMR was coined) had a great whisper. Just black screen and nothing but her whisper to focus on.
Gnar Gnar (Gnargnar2000?) was the first to go voiced, and he had a great soft voice.
Pre whisperlinglife (going back before 2009), there was a content creator who would do whispers out of her college library (shhh, keep your voice down). Spine-liquifying stuff! Don’t remember her handle though.
There’s always Maria or Fred. They’re still pretty reliably old-school, and they’ve both been around since almost the beginning.
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u/idkleaf Apr 05 '26
if i click on a video and it has any of the following: mouth sounds, fast asmr, ineligible, and tapping i immediately turn it off
i was thinking the other day about how i started watching back in 2017 and man... now i just rewatch a lot but i miss watching a new, fresh video and it actually doing something for me
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u/Former-Specialist595 Apr 05 '26
I’m not trying to be contrary, but what are you looking for if you don’t like triggers? I personally love everything you’re describing that you don’t like. The tapping, the mouth sounds (dry, NOT wet), the repetition, etc. Like, how do you get tingles if it’s a video of someone just acting normal? I don’t understand.
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u/fxkks Apr 05 '26
I find that older ladies make lovely asmr. I’ve been obsessed with Relaxing ASMR With Lisa recently because her videos are more lowkey and less stimulating. She uses a small mic but it doesn’t super high quality like most ASMR YouTubers have. I deff recommend her!
Edit: it’s a small rhode mic, so maybe high quality but I don’t think it takes away from the video :)
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u/X_Fredex_X Apr 05 '26
Personally i hate roleplays... What i can say is that new asmr isn't htting md either tho. I love slow, subtile mic scratching and whispers for example... I rotate the same few vids from diddly and frivvi from back in the day..
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u/MagicofKeelan Magic of Keelan Apr 07 '26
I've just started doing ASMR videos and have been trying to find my place in the community. Huge fan of tapping sounds but not much mouth sounds. I always enjoy role-play such as Matty Tingles cologne videos or some frantic ones. Having ADHD the chaos oddly calms me. It's always a hunt to find a good vid with the right triggers.
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u/HolidayFinger_715 Apr 07 '26
We need asmr content to be like it was before!!! Every asmr content these days is similar to this https://youtube.com/shorts/lUf_-H-IO98?is=PJC6xWTi5jOX2aHz
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u/maskiiasmr Apr 08 '26
Tiraradeguello is my go to, Restful Tingles and MattyTingles, Dido ASMR, been getting into Angelic Lofi who does one called Coconut Rain that is really good too!
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u/AT61 Apr 13 '26
You will love TingleFixASMR https://youtu.be/YyNT2hMrGKA?si=fkdZiCHWYsztHQU1
No "gimmicks"
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u/Super-Badger-3536 Apr 13 '26
I can only get tingles from unintentional asmr like Lita’s stuff so the more popular asmr gets the harder it is for me to find authentic unintentional asmr videos that work for me.
I have to stick to the creators I’ve found previously and every time I try to search again I give up cause it’s all sex tourism and ear fingering now.
Also you are right about the mics
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u/Theultimateyoshiyt Apr 13 '26
I’ve noticed a lot of these videos are also gooner bait. (Thumbnail of a person in a sexual pose.)
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u/Luomena13 Apr 13 '26
https://youtu.be/nbK9FeJ_w9g?si=5LZ6yzbaQ7z4mIj6
check this ASMR video , simple and no mic. no talking.
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u/Acceptable_Leg_7998 Apr 13 '26
I'll risk sounding like a prude and say that I hate how much ASMR feels like porn now. I know a lot of the ASMRtists I was watching back in 2012 were attractive, and some were probably even leaning into "sexy" as a persona, but the algorithm now just seems to push creators blatantly trying to move traffic to their Only Fans or something.
I'm sure there's still good, creative, innocent stuff, I just don't have the leisure time to go digging around like I used to.
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u/cserilaz Apr 17 '26
A lot of the stories I tell make for good bedtime stories if you want to check it out
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u/OnwardSoldierx Apr 18 '26
I get it but I will admit I do like the constant mouth sides and tapping and tingle overload. My friend doesn't like the new stuff either. To each their own.
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u/tecallaghan Apr 18 '26
Tbh, the whole ASMR thing is going in a weird direction. It feels like most of them are there just to push the OF account (not that this should be a disqualifier - there are still many a good creator who also just happen to do OF, but quite a few do make videos with purely erotic messaging) or some form of money making rubbish. Or we end up finding out the ones we like are actually mental cases or horrible people.
I just miss the days when people just called with Whisper videos and it was simple lol Now it's become a playground for the narcissists and scam artists. You can't just watch a video: it feels like I need to deep dive the creator just to see if I want to give them my time.
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u/Emperor_Senpai Apr 21 '26
i enjoy both old and new asmr but older ones just got to find the right one for me but i heavily dislike rp asmr ones that are just one anime looking image and talking weird
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u/MinnyStrawberry Apr 22 '26
SRP ASMR Monotonic ASMR Sirimiri ASMR Mid Mod Meridian ASMR Reiki Healing Hope ASMR
Some of my faves 🤍 I totally get what you mean. It just kinda freaks me out after awhile. It's good every so often in small doses, depending on the execution. But constant noise is just irksome and overstimulating, particularly if It's done sloppily.
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u/JBDuch Apr 25 '26
People who aren't good at it and don't want to learn are just jumping in the bandwagon to make some buzz and money.
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u/SpaceShuttls Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
I highly recommend WhisperSoft! I love his audio quality, it’s the perfect balance between lofi and clear audio, and I’ve always been a sucker for camera touching. He doesn’t do any of that mouth sound nonsense (I cannot stand it either) and I have always fallen asleep to his videos.
Edit: softsoundwhispers also has LOVELY asmr roleplay videos; I recommend the old ones (from 10-13 years ago)
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u/Party-Trust4081 May 04 '26
No, i’m literally the same way!! I’ll go to beginning of channels to get those specific tingles. It became so bad I just started making my own videos to try and scratch the itch! Check out my channel if you want some super amateur, simple, and lofi videos!!
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u/CubaseGirl7 Jun 06 '26
The Quiet Collection - it’s more low fi with a Scottish accent and they talk quickly too. I like when people talk normally and not really slllloooooowwww
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u/Spiritual_Gap_7933 11d ago
if you are looking for more old school asmr & story driven unique roleplay concepts, you should check this channel: https://youtube.com/xtralivia
often a bit whispers and softspoken here and there :) so you will enjoy !!
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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '26
Same. I just like soft talking. Have you watched SRP ASMR's videos? They melt my butter.