Gibi ASMR

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.{{cite web|author=Alex Schwartz|date=March 7, 2019|title=As the ASMR sensation grows online, a Northwestern alumna finds her place among the whispers Gibi ASMR|url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/03/06/ae/as-the-asmr-sensation-grows-online-a-northwestern-alumna-finds-her-place-among-the-whispers/|newspaper=The Daily Northwestern|access-date=March 28, 2019|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328232847/https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/03/06/ae/as-the-asmr-sensation-grows-online-a-northwestern-alumna-finds-her-place-among-the-whispers/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Keiles|first=Jamie Lauren|date=2019-04-04|title=How A.S.M.R. Became a Sensation (Published 2019)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/magazine/how-asmr-videos-became-a-sensation-youtube.html|access-date=2021-01-30|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=May 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516210908/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/magazine/how-asmr-videos-became-a-sensation-youtube.html|url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Christen A.|title='I'm tingling!': What an ASMR YouTube star with Chicago ties thought about Michelob's Super Bowl ad|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/sc-fam-asmr-youtube-super-bowl-ad-0204-story.html|access-date=2021-01-30|website=chicagotribune.com|date=February 4, 2019|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001552/https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/sc-fam-asmr-youtube-super-bowl-ad-0204-story.html|url-status=live}} After watching and listening to ASMR for years, Gibi created her YouTube channel in June 2016, before her senior year of college. 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.{{Cite web|last=Tenbarge|first=Kat|title=One of YouTube's biggest ASMR stars explains 'brain tingles' and why she still lies about her job|url=https://www.insider.com/gibi-asmr-bio-life-more-than-2-million-youtube-subscribers-2019-11|access-date=2021-01-30|website=Insider}} 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. Within six months of graduating, she was earning enough to create videos full-time, and after a year reached one million subscribers.{{Cite web|title=ASMR creators want you to know it's art, not a weird sexual fetish|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/asmr-creators-want-you-to-know-its-art-not-a-weird-sexual-fetish/|access-date=2021-01-30|website=Vice.com|date=December 10, 2018|language=en|archive-date=December 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227131958/https://www.vice.com/en/article/j5zam3/asmr-creators-want-you-to-know-its-art-not-a-weird-sexual-fetish|url-status=live}}

At the suggestion of her editor, Gibi created her Twitch channel in 2017, on which she streams ASMR and plays video games. In 2019, she hosted a web miniseries by Rooster Teeth called Encounter Culture.{{cite web|date=August 3, 2019|title=Encounter Culture|url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/roosterteeth/327558051459356/|accessdate=December 10, 2019|website=Facebook|publisher=Rooster Teeth|archive-date=January 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129174509/https://www.facebook.com/watch/roosterteeth/327558051459356/|url-status=live}}{{Primary source inline|date=January 2020}}

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.{{Cite web|last=Schonfeld|first=Zach|title=How Billie Eilish Became an ASMR Icon|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/billie-eilish-asmr/|access-date=2021-01-30|website=Pitchfork|date=April 16, 2019|language=en-us|archive-date=July 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725212943/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/billie-eilish-asmr/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2021-01-18|title=How ASMR crossed over into pop music|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/asmr-billie-eilish-phoebe-bridgers-b1787744.html|access-date=2021-01-30|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=May 26, 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/asmr-billie-eilish-phoebe-bridgers-b1787744.html|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite magazine|title=ASMR and the Soothing Power of Experts|language=en-us|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/story/soothing-power-asmr-youtube-videos/|access-date=2021-01-30|issn=1059-1028|archive-date=February 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206094010/https://www.wired.com/story/soothing-power-asmr-youtube-videos/|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Alexander |date=15 December 2022 |title=Three YouTube stars join forces to form their own talent management company |url=https://digiday.com/marketing/3-youtube-stars-join-forces-to-form-their-own-talent-management-company/ |work=Digiday |language=en-US |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-date=May 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521015205/https://digiday.com/marketing/3-youtube-stars-join-forces-to-form-their-own-talent-management-company/ |url-status=live }}

Gibi is considered one of YouTube's top ASMR creators. Her videos have been recommended by authors for Bustle,{{cite web|author=Carolyn de Lorenzo|title=7 ASMR Videos To Watch If You Can't Fall Asleep|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/7-asmr-videos-for-sleep-you-can-watch-if-youre-having-trouble-drifting-off-16421525|website=Bustle|date=February 28, 2019|access-date=March 28, 2019|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328232844/https://www.bustle.com/p/7-asmr-videos-for-sleep-you-can-watch-if-youre-having-trouble-drifting-off-16421525|url-status=live}} Den of Geek,{{cite web|last=|first=|date=February 28, 2019|title=Geeks Vs Loneliness: ASMR and those tingling feelings|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/other/geeks-vs-loneliness/63723/geeks-vs-loneliness-asmr-and-those-tingling-feelings|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329002516/https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/other/geeks-vs-loneliness/63723/geeks-vs-loneliness-asmr-and-those-tingling-feelings|archive-date=March 29, 2019|access-date=|website=Den of Geek}} Heavy.com,{{cite web|author=Lily Santiago|date=September 18, 2018|title=Top 5 ASMR Channels On YouTube|url=https://heavy.com/social/2018/09/top-5-asmr-channels-on-youtube/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721191503/https://heavy.com/social/2018/09/top-5-asmr-channels-on-youtube/|archive-date=July 21, 2020|access-date=|website=}} and Insider.{{Cite web|last=Tenbarge|first=Kat|title=How ASMR videos went from a niche 'tingle' subculture to mainstream memes|url=https://www.insider.com/asmr-best-sleep-funniest-weirdest-videos-most-tingles-2019-11|access-date=2021-01-30|website=Insider}} 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.

Gibi takes strict privacy precautions for the sake of friends and family. In the past, she refrained from sharing her relationship status or city of residence. In 2019, Gibi married her husband, Ben, whom she met at Northwestern and today manages her business affairs. The couple relocated in January 2020, revealing their former residence was in a suburb of Chicago.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp55xGXr-js|title=Gibi ASMR Full Apartment Tour {{!}} Chicago|date=January 14, 2020|people=|language=|publisher=YouTube|trans-title=|location=|time=|access-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511141930/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp55xGXr-js|archive-date=May 11, 2021|format=|id=|isbn=|oclc=|quote=|medium=|url-status=live}} In November 2020, Gibi revealed her first name as Gina.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVLOjVo-FUQ|title=My Real Name|date=November 25, 2020|people=|language=|publisher=YouTube|trans-title=|location=|time=|access-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201195041/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVLOjVo-FUQ&gl=US&hl=en|archive-date=December 1, 2020|format=|id=|isbn=|oclc=|quote=|medium=|url-status=live}}

Gibi appeared in the 2023 documentary film Another Body to recount her experiences with finding deepfake pornography of herself online.{{Cite web |last=DeGeurin |first=Mack |date=2023-10-22 |title=Victims of Deepfakes Are Fighting Back |url=https://gizmodo.com/documentary-another-body-on-deepfake-victims-1850946861 |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=Gizmodo |language=en-US |archive-date=June 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623165903/https://gizmodo.com/documentary-another-body-on-deepfake-victims-1850946861 |url-status=live }}

On July 6, 2024, Gibi revealed she was pregnant with her first child.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glV8urrHP1E|title=Big Life Update :) l ASMR Soft Spoken|date=July 6, 2024|people=|language=|publisher=YouTube|trans-title=|location=|time=|access-date=July 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706230146/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glV8urrHP1E|archive-date=July 6, 2024|format=|id=|isbn=|oclc=|quote=|medium=|url-status=live}}

On December 25, 2024, Gibi announced that she had given birth to a son.{{Cite web |title= Gibi ASMR {{!}} I Had a Baby! 🍼 Birth Story & Update! | website=YouTube | date=December 25, 2024 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGPI8TSVT9Q}}

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