Lice Checks, Crafts, and Being Touched by Strangers: Inside a Role-Playing ASMR Spa

Tinglesbar incorporates ASMR into elementary school and doctor’s visits simulations, offering a social haven for introverts.
City A.M.

ASMR is coming to the spa near to you

ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response, became the most searched term on YouTube in 2023, with a total of 79.5m searches. It’s an online powerhouse, redefining the way people think about ...
Business Insider

I visited a spa where nobody touches you – here's how the relaxing, futuristic treatments worked

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The Atlantic

I Tried a Spa Treatment Designed to Produce the Tingly Feeling of ‘ASMR’

I’m sitting on a futon in a stranger’s apartment with my friend Ashley. In front of us, Melinda Lauw—a slender, wide-eyed Singaporean woman—is crouched in a squat, holding a small flickering candle, ...
The Globe and Mail

This spa offers tingles, whispers and real-life ASMR magic

Fingers play lightly through your hair. The tantalizing and delicate smell of sweet orange. A soft brush traces across the ears. The prolonged ring of a singing bowl. The skin prickles with each new ...