Press and Interviews

Press articles and TV appearances since 2014. Especially useful as a record of how attitudes towards ASMR have changed over the years

This Morning on ITV – 17th Jul 2023 –

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Full interview here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L_V7mYV9bQ

Telegraph – 22nd April 2023 – https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/mind/i-cured-my-insomnia-with-asmr/ks-spotify/

Youtube Official Channel Podcast – ASMR – The Truth Behind the Tingle – 9th April 2023 – https://youtu.be/vxjdnhBo_Uw

Makeuseof – 13th November 2022 – https://www.makeuseof.com/mindfulness-mental-health-audiobooks-spotify/

Everyday Health – 30th October 2022 – https://www.everydayhealth.com/asmr/

The Digital Human Recorded Live at the Edinburgh Fringe – 19th August 2022 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bb51

The Trend Spotter – 27th July 2022 – https://www.thetrendspotter.net/best-asmr-videos/

La Verdad – 29th May 2022 – https://www.laverdad.es/sociedad/canales-asmr-relajantes-20220529194500-nt.html

Flockmag – 8th September 2021 – https://flockmag.com/asmr-how-whispering-became-a-pop-culture-phenomenon/

The Guardian – 31st August 2021 – https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/sep/01/asmr-youtube-videos-are-calming-and-gentle-the-comments-under-them-are-even-better

The Trend Spotter – 1st August 2021 – https://www.thetrendspotter.net/best-asmr-videos/

Printweek – 15th June 2021 – https://www.printweek.com/news/article/supacolor-turns-to-asmr-for-chillax-promo

Huffington Post – 7th December 2020 – https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/asmr-anxiety-coronavirus-pandemic-emma-whiskersred_uk_5f58e3d8c5b6b48507fa7640

FemaleFirst – 30th November 2020 – https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/features/what-is-asmr-autonomous-sensory-meridian-response-emma-whispers-red-1268854.html

The Creative Issue – 1st April 2020 – https://www.glamour.com/story/maybe-now-is-a-good-time-for-you-to-get-really-into-asmr

The Creative Issue – 19th March 2020 – https://www.thecreativeissue.com.au/whispers-red-asmr-workshop/

Glamour– 11th March 2020 – https://www.glamour.com/story/how-to-fall-asleep-faster-according-to-powerful-women?utm_medium=social&mbid=social_twitter_glamourmain&utm_brand=glm&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter

Rolling Stone – 20th February 2020 – https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/asmr-oral-history-whisper-video-soothing-sleep-youtube-954423/

Blank Gold Coast – 30th January 2020 – https://blankgc.com.au/get-the-tingles-with-whispersred-at-hota-this-march/

Thrillist – 26th August 2019 – https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-asmr-channels-youtube-videos-artists

!Hit Radio Australia – 11th August 2019 – https://omny.fm/shows/weekend-breakfast/sunday-11th-august-i-m-not-really-sure-what-it-was

The Telegraph – 6th August 2019 – https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/would-let-woman-whisper-sleep-welcome-brain-tingling-world-asmr/

Evening Standard – 15th July 2019 – https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/wellness/daisy-lowe-asmr-a4189761.html

The Grocer – 11th July 2019 – https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/marketing/asmr-how-brands-are-selling-the-sound-of-food/595431.article

Essex Magazine – 17th June 2019 – https://www.essexmagazine.co.uk/2019/06/professor-green-raps-in-whispers-to-celebrate-launch-of-new-podcast/

BBC News – 16th April 2019 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48026974

Financial Times – 22nd March 2019 – This link or – https://www.ft.com/content/5c52fc2e-4a9b-11e9-bbc9-6917dce3dc62

Stylist Magazine – 20th February 2019 – https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/asmr-psychology-meaning-mic-video-youtube-sleep-5-million-people-hair-brushed-whispers/252329

A Fresh Agenda w/ Cristina Mendonsa – 19th February 2019 – https://kfbk.iheart.com/featured/cristina-mendonsa/content/2019-02-19-a-fresh-agenda-with-cristina-mendonsa/?fbclid=IwAR1NrBA6F_ezsCjHPUvpUvhhbqYJfRRn1xe0k-AyconD-MxGwqKi41DnoQM

The Evening Standard – 9th January 2019 – https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/what-is-asmr-youtube-samsung-a4034291.html

BBC Focus Magazine and Podcast – 20th December 2018 – https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/why-asmr-gives-you-tingles-emma-whispersred/

4Music Try it Tuesdays – 21st November 2018 – https://www.facebook.com/WhispersRedASMR/videos/5954320775413

The Straits Times – 18th November 2018 – https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/sounds-to-make-you-feel-good

Refinery29 w/ Sarah Raphael – 14th November 2018 – https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/asmr-live-events-uk

Coca-Cola – 9th November 2018 – https://www.coca-cola.co.uk/newsroom/press-releases/fuze-tea-opens-the-uk-first-immersive-asmr-sensory-experierience

lonely planet – 4th November 2018 – https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/2018/11/04/uks-first-immersive-asmr-experience/

Timeout – 26th October 2018 – https://www.timeout.com/london/news/go-on-a-weird-sensory-journey-at-the-uks-first-immersive-asmr-experience-102618

Al Jazeera / The Stream 17th October 2018 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB8tLh7arHY&t=7s

BBC Radio West Midlands – 13th October 2018 – Breakfast Show w/ Mollie Green https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06pxrrl

Elite Daily – 3rd October 2018 – https://www.elitedaily.com/p/4-asmr-videos-that-help-with-stress-give-you-those-delicious-brain-tingles-12141563

Guardian Observer – 6th October 2018 – https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/oct/06/sensory-videos-relaxation

NRK Norway – 22nd September 2018 – https://tv.nrk.no/serie/dagsrevyen/NNFA02092218/22-09-2018#t=15m58s

ABC News – 8th Aug 2018 – https://www.abc.net.au/life/meet-asmr-creators/9860820

Motherboard / Vice – 30th July 2018 – https://motherboard.vice.com/de/article/vbj3nx/asmr-videos-gegen-depression-ptsd-schlafstoerungen-interview-whispersred-ephemeral-rift-hermetic-kitten

Yahoo! News – 26th July 2018 – https://uk.news.yahoo.com/asmr-secret-treating-anxiety-depression-science-starting-think-230528062.html?guccounter=1

Bustle – 7th July 2018 – Is ASMR Good for you? https://www.bustle.com/p/is-asmr-good-for-you-a-new-study-shows-it-could-have-mental-health-benefits-9689870

Hirshhorn Museum Washington DC – July 2018 – Two Way Mirror

BBC News – 21st June 2018 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-south-yorkshire-44557407

BBC Radio Sheffield – 21st June 2018 – Mid Morning show with Paulette Edwards – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p067wbqs

The University of Sheffield – 20th June 2018 – https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/asmr-health-psychological-benefits-1.787541

Neuroscience News – 20th June 2018 – https://neurosciencenews.com/asmr-physiology-9426/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

The New Yorker – 31st May 2018 – The Brain Tingling Sounds of ASMR – https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-brain-tingling-sounds-of-asmr

K5News (Seattle) – 23rd May 2018 – https://www.king5.com/video/entertainment/television/programs/new-day-northwest/asmr-explained-new-day-nw/281-8137976

The National Student – April 2018 – https://www.thenationalstudent.com/Living/2018-03-13/spring_2018_the_power_issue.html

New York Times – 15th Feb 2018 – The Tingle Makers Open For Business – https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/nyregion/tingling-sensation-of-asmr-stimulation.html

Linkedin – 14th Feb 2018 – Dream

Kiiimberellla Blog – 13th Feb 2018 – Kiiimberellla

Sky News – 9/10/11 Feb 2018 – Swipe

This Morning on ITV – 8th Feb 2018 – Stuggling to sleep? try ‘whisper porn’

“Phil and Holly have an ASMR experience!
You’ll definitely want to turn the sound up for this one! ?
Posted by This Morning on Wednesday, 7 February 2018″

The Mirror – 7th Feb 2018 – Philip Schofield looks serene – https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/phillip-schofield-looks-serene-whisper-11985078

Daily Mail – 7th Feb 2018 – Could ‘Whisper Porn’ help you get a good night’s sleep? – https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5362399/Have-tried-whisper-porn-help-sleep.html

OK! – 7th Feb 2018 – Whisper Porn experiment – https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/holly-willoughby-phillip-schofield-whisper-14424818

LADbible – 7th Feb 2018 – Experiment leaves Holly & Phil feeling awkward – https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/film-and-tv-whisper-porn-experiment-leaves-holly-and-phil-feeling-awkward-20180207

The Times – 6th Feb 2018 – If you can’t get to sleep try a video – https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/if-you-want-to-sleep-try-a-video-grdkqwsx7

Digital Health – 9th October 2017 – Experience a Headgasm and beat insomnia – https://www.digitalhealth.net/2017/10/experience-a-headgasm-and-beat-insomnia/

Ten Eighty Magazine – 22nd November 2017 – Five of the best ASMR videos – https://teneightymagazine.com/2017/11/22/five-of-the-best-asmr-videos/

Prima – 11th Sept 2017 – Could listening to this whispering sound help you sleep better?

netdoctor – 8th Sept 2017 – Could this sound help you sleep better? – https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/healthy-living/wellbeing/a28833/asmr-whispering-sound-sleep/

News Medical Life Sciences – 7th Sept 2017 – ASMR soundscape aids in longer healthier sleep – https://www.news-medical.net/news/20170907/ASMR-soundscape-aids-in-longer-healthier-sleep.aspx

Metro – 7th Sept 2017 – Listening to this track before bed will apparently help you sleep better – https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/07/listening-to-this-track-before-bed-will-apparently-help-you-sleep-better-6909656/

Plot Magazine (Norway) – 1st June 2017

ABC Radio Melbourne – 28th May 2017 – Sundays with Libbi Gorr – https://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/sundays/whispersred/8566782

BBC Radio 4 – The Digital Human, Series 11 ‘Silence’ – 15th May 2017 – Listen and download https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08q4cm1

The Sunday Telegraph (Australia) – 14th May 2017 – The weird YouTube trend that helps you to sleep

Get The Gloss – 9th May 2017 – https://www.getthegloss.com/article/could-your-beauty-routine-help-to-prevent-burnout

This Stuff Is Golden – 17th April 2017 – https://thisstuffisgolden.com/interview-whispersred-asmr

Calm.com – 3rd March 2017 – https://www.calm.com/mindfulness-tips/relax/what-is-asmr

parent.co – 27th Feb 2017 – https://www.parent.co/what-is-asmr-and-how-can-it-benefit-your-kids-mental-health/

Mail Online – 21st Feb 2017 – https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4242602/Would-try-whisper-therapy.html

Healthista.com – 21st Feb 2017 – https://www.healthista.com/this-youtube-trend-could-cure-your-insomnia/

Self.com – 14th June 2016 – Hayley Goldberg ‘I nearly fell asleep at work’ – https://www.self.com/story/millions-of-people-are-watching-this-woman-brush-her-hair-to-help-them-relax

Daily Mail Newspaper – 13th June 2016 – Article by Victoria Woodhall for Daily Mail Inspire – https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3637939/Can-woman-cure-insomnia-just-crinkling-paper.html

Top Santé Magazine – Spring Issue 2016 – https://pocketmags.com/top-sante-magazine/spring-2016

Emma Louise Talks Blog Interview 3rd April 2016 – https://emmalouisetalks.com/2016/04/03/an-interview-with-whispers-red-asmr/

BBC2 Victoria Derbyshire programme & BBC News Channel Interview by Nick Higham 16th Dec 2015 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9kIMDmsT2Y

BBC News website article 16th Dec 2015 by Nick Higham – What’s going on inside my brain? – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35106835

Patient.info website Q&A Interview – 26th Nov 2015 – https://patient.info/wellbeing/health/q-a-what-is-asmr-and-how-can-it-make-you-happier

ASMRYouReady – 27th Oct 2015 – https://www.asmryouready.com/asmr-interviewed-whispersred-asmr/

Stuff NZ – 8th Sept 2015 The pointless video craze where you can watch people folding towels – https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/71834849/the-pointless-video-craze-where-you-can-watch-people-folding-towels

Cosmopolitan France – 5th Sept 2015 – Connaissez-vous l’ASMR ou l’orgasme cérébral ?

Telegraph Online – 2nd Sept 2015
Folding towels and unboxing: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11840271/YouTube-ASMR-unboxing-video-craze-is-giving-me-brain-orgasms.html

Tosh.0 (US Comedy Show) – 1st Sept 2015

Interview on Resonance FM – 26th June 2015 ‘An Archive of Tingles’ with Dr. Rob Gallagher https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/modulations-26th-june-2015/

Gizmodo – 20th May 2015
Enough of the Dirty Talk: Why Dismissing ASMR as Porn Isn’t Helping Anyone https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2015/05/enough-of-the-dirty-talk-why-dismissing-asmr-as-porn-isnt-helping-anyone/

Russell Brand Podcast – 26th April 2015
Episode 18 – Going Straight – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTK2hdZ0IBE

Press Association – 19th March 2015
Meet the YouTube sensation using a new technique to chill you right out http://home.bt.com/news/features/meet-the-youtube-sensation-using-a-new-technique-to-chill-you-right-out-11363971217656

BBC Radio 5live – 12th Dec 2014 – Live interview – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04tcg0v

BBC Radio 4 Documentary by Nick Higham on The Today Show – 11th Dec 2014 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04tljjy

BBC News Website – 11th Dec 2014
ASMR: The videos which claim to make their viewers ‘tingle’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30412358

Loose Women – 8th July 2014 – UK daytime TV show interview

Mumbai Mirror – 22nd Feb 2014