I’ll never forget the first time I stumbled across an ASMR video. I was 14 years old, on school holidays and bored out of my bloody brain. You know when you’re so bored that you start typing ‘help i’m ...

The man leans in, pupils bulging behind purple contact lenses. “Oh, hello there,” he says, so close you can see the pores on his nose. “I thought you were the paparazzi. They’re very interested in the ...