Gibi ASMR (/ˈdʒiːbiː/; born December 19, 1994)[2][non-primary source needed][3] is an American ASMR performer, YouTube personality, Twitch streamer, and cosplayer.
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| Born | Gina December 19, 1994 | |||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber | |||||||||
| Website | gibiofficial | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2016–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 5.1 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 2.24 billion[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 12 December 2024 | ||||||||||
Early life
Gibi has a background in theater and film, and graduated with the class of 2017 from Northwestern University's School of Communication with a Bachelor of Science in Film.[4][5]
Career
During the early years of ASMR content, Gibi was a high school sophomore with anxiety and insomnia when YouTube's recommendation algorithm introduced her to the genre.[5][6] After watching and listening to ASMR for years, Gibi created her YouTube channel in June 2016, before her senior year of college.[4][5] That summer, she began cosplaying and attending anime conventions; inspired by earlier creators, she incorporated these interests into role-play ASMR videos, which feature both existing and original characters.[7] From the start, Gibi intended to treat video-making as a full-time job, which included taking her winter quarter off from college to focus on production.[4][7] Within six months of graduating, she was earning enough to create videos full-time, and after a year reached one million subscribers.[4][5][8]
At the suggestion of her editor, Gibi created her Twitch channel in 2017, on which she streams ASMR and plays video games.[7] In 2019, she hosted a web miniseries by Rooster Teeth called Encounter Culture.[9][non-primary source needed]
Polydor Records contacted Gibi in 2019 and asked if she would perform an ASMR read-through of Billie Eilish's album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?. Gibi recorded the project for free; since its upload it has amassed over 3 million views.[10][11] That summer, Gibi was hired to star in Reese The Movie: A Movie About Reese, an official feature-length ASMR project about Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.[12]
In August 2022, Gibi and two other popular YouTube personalities, Charles "MoistCr1TiKaL" White and Tyler "Jimmy Here" Collins, formed their own talent agency, Mana Talent Group, focused on online creators.[13]
Reception
Gibi is considered one of YouTube's top ASMR creators.[5] Her videos have been recommended by authors for Bustle,[14] Den of Geek,[15] Heavy.com,[16] and Insider.[17] Writing for The New York Times Magazine, Jamie Lauren Keiles called Gibi "the LeBron James of touching stuff," and wrote favorably of her genuine online persona.[5]
Personal life
Gibi takes strict privacy precautions for the sake of friends and family.[4][7] In the past, she refrained from sharing her relationship status or city of residence.[5] In 2019, Gibi married her husband, Ben, whom she met at Northwestern and today manages her business affairs.[4][7] The couple relocated in January 2020, revealing their former residence was in a suburb of Chicago.[18] In November 2020, Gibi revealed her first name as Gina.[19]
On July 6, 2024, Gibi revealed she was pregnant with her first child.[20]
References
- ^ a b "About Gibi ASMR". YouTube.
- ^ @GibiOfficial. "Live all day for 23rd birthday!!! Come in anytime". Twitter. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
- ^ ggGibi (January 13, 2019). "2018 Birthday Stream!!!". Twitch. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Alex Schwartz (March 7, 2019). "As the ASMR sensation grows online, a Northwestern alumna finds her place among the whispers Gibi ASMR". The Daily Northwestern.
- ^ a b c d e f g Keiles, Jamie Lauren (April 4, 2019). "How A.S.M.R. Became a Sensation (Published 2019)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ Johnson, Christen A. (February 4, 2019). "'I'm tingling!': What an ASMR YouTube star with Chicago ties thought about Michelob's Super Bowl ad". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Tenbarge, Kat. "One of YouTube's biggest ASMR stars explains 'brain tingles' and why she still lies about her job". Insider. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "ASMR creators want you to know it's art, not a weird sexual fetish". www.vice.com. December 10, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "Encounter Culture". Facebook. Rooster Teeth. August 3, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ Schonfeld, Zach (April 16, 2019). "How Billie Eilish Became an ASMR Icon". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "How ASMR crossed over into pop music". The Independent. January 18, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "ASMR and the Soothing Power of Experts". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ Lee, Alexander (December 15, 2022). "Three YouTube stars join forces to form their own talent management company". Digiday. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- ^ Carolyn de Lorenzo (February 28, 2019). "7 ASMR Videos To Watch If You Can't Fall Asleep". Bustle.
- ^ "Geeks Vs Loneliness: ASMR and those tingling feelings". Den of Geek. February 28, 2019. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019.
- ^ Lily Santiago (September 18, 2018). "Top 5 ASMR Channels On YouTube". Archived from the original on July 21, 2020.
- ^ Tenbarge, Kat. "How ASMR videos went from a niche 'tingle' subculture to mainstream memes". Insider. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ Gibi ASMR Full Apartment Tour | Chicago. YouTube. January 14, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ My Real Name. YouTube. November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ Big Life Update :) l ASMR Soft Spoken. YouTube. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
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