Ephemeral Rift

Ephemeral Rift (born: ) is an American ASMR YouTuber known for his unique and often experimental content, along with his lore-driven ASMR series, "Arkham Sanitarium", based upon the works of H.P. Lovecraft. 
==History==
Ephemeral Rift originally started making videos in 2011, with a majority of his work from this time being either experimental or downright strange. His early works consist of typical ASMR ambience, like running water, to cryptic performances consisting of ER painting himself to take on a new character. His channel reached its first turning point in late 2012 when Paul seemingly gained interest in the works of H.P. Lovecraft. He began creating ASMR videos based around the stories, although usually branching off with his own character. 
By 2014, ER had almost completely departed from his more cryptic content, and focused primarily on his experimental, lore driven ASMR videos, along with occasional inspirational speeches. However, it was clear that ASMR was becoming the staple of the channel, and soon the speeches lessened as well, which is how his content has mostly stayed up to the present. 
Although Ephemeral Rift is primarily an ASMR channel, he has also been dabbling in gameplay videos. Although his first few were hybrid ASMR gaming videos, they eventually just became average gaming videos that he released every couple of weeks.
==Recurring characters==
*Corvus Clemmons
*Margaret Clemmons
*William Clemmons
* Comrade Yuri
*Lampshade
*Deep One Dave
*The Candy Man (and his many clones)
==Controversy==
On October 7, 2023, Ephemeral Rift made a post on Twitter saying that he can't say "p*ssy n*ggas" because he's white, but he's not racist.https://twitter.com/ephemeralrift1/status/1710667950439440557 He would make another tweet saying that he looked up the slang in Google and found tons of search results.https://twitter.com/ephemeralrift1/status/1711377672327061966 Many fans would question his tweet and to whether he was hacked or not by a troll, but Ephemeral Rift would confirm that he wasn't hacked and would post a link to the song, "UKA UKA" by Trippie Redd.https://twitter.com/ephemeralrift1/status/1711369621847126127 Fans would continue to criticize Ephemeral Rift for using the slur and accused him of racism. 
On October 10, Ephemeral Rift posted a blog onto his website explaining his tweet. He explains that one time while his family was driving, they heard the song and heard the lyric, "p*ssy n*ggas". He would jokingly say it in the car to his family which made them laugh. He goes on to question why white people aren't allowed to say the slur but blacks can, explaining that "n*gga" is meant to be friendly rather than "n*gger".https://twitter.com/ephemeralrift1/status/1711842720795304426
He would continue to make controversial tweets, mainly ones that downplayed the Russian-Ukraine invasion, the Israel-Hamas conflict, and the holocaust. He argues that humans regularly kill each other and that humans kills millions of animals for food, which he would call hypocritical.https://twitter.com/ephemeralrift1/status/1711804725018960188 Fans of Ephemeral Rift and vegans would criticize him for the comparison, saying that this was the incorrect way to spread awareness about social and political issues.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzgWM4sNaQM One person tweeted saying that people are lucky that people haven't looked at his tweets, to which Ephemeral Rift retweeted it saying to look out on October 22.https://twitter.com/ephemeralrift1/status/1713587502911480264
==References==
Category:Film YouTubers
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:ASMR YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2011
Category:One million subscribers