Streams of chill, endless hip-hop beats set to visuals of animated characters have taken over YouTube, beloved by millions of users who listen to these videos while working or trying to fall asleep.

Dion Lewis was trying to make the best out of a difficult situation. Last August, when a storm left his Chicago neighborhood without electricity for a week, he improvised. Lewis had recently created a ...

Lo-fi chill music got its start going viral with the Lofi Girl channels, but now there are thousands of imitators offering a similar sound. Just how many of those imitators feature real musicians on ...

Popularised by hours-long videos and playlists with titles like “lo-fi hip-hop radio beats to relax/study to” or “lo-fi coffee beats”, the lo-fi music genre has become an enduring staple on streaming ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Though the term 'lo-fi' was thrown around, back then, it was more of a descriptor of a no-frills ...

The fuzz and crackle over Lo-Fi music's familiar beats evokes emotions some of us are looking for right now. To everyone that wants a soundtrack to their lives just like all their favorite TV ...

Slowed and reverb and lo-fi hip-hop share some distinct similarities, with both subgenres birthing their own subcultures online, and becoming the soundtrack to Generation Z. On TikTok, the hashtag for ...

On November 27, 2020, in the wee hours of the night, Tanish Mittal, a 16-year-old web developer from Chandigarh who makes music for fun, uploaded his first 'lo-fi' song on his YouTube channel, Mittxl.