If you spend a lot of time on YouTube, you may have seen something called 8D Audio showing up in the Up Next column or in your recommended videos. 8D? As in eight-dimensional audio? Yes, it’s a thing.

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Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) has become a new craze in the social media age, though the practice has been around for much longer. Many YouTube channels and apps are now dedicated to ...

ASMR is something you either get—and fall deep down the rabbit hole—or stay the hell away from. I remember discovering ASMR accidentally around 2014, when I was trying to massage my aching foot after ...