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.[3][4]

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.[4][5] After watching and listening to ASMR for years, Gibi created her YouTube channel in June 2016, before her senior year of college.[3][4] 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.[6] 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.[3][6] Within six months of graduating, she was earning enough to create videos full-time, and after a year reached one million subscribers.[3][4][7]

At the suggestion of her editor, Gibi created her Twitch channel in 2017, on which she streams ASMR and plays video games.[6] In 2019, she hosted a web miniseries by Rooster Teeth called Encounter Culture.[8]

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.[9][10] 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.[11]

Gibi is considered one of YouTube's top ASMR creators.[4] Her videos have been recommended by authors for Bustle,[12] Den of Geek,[13] Heavy.com,[14] and Insider.[15] 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.[4]

Gibi takes strict privacy precautions for the sake of friends and family.[3][6] In the past she refrained from sharing her relationship status or city of residence.[4] In 2019, Gibi married her husband, Ben, whom she met at Northwestern and today manages her business affairs.[3][6] The couple relocated in January 2020, revealing their former residence was in a suburb of Chicago.[16] In November 2020, Gibi revealed her legal first name as Gina, but has yet to reveal her surname.[17]

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