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Lo-fi music, a genre crafted from mellow, repetitive beats, has boomed during the pandemic. “The basic idea is this: the wordless music peppered with nostalgic sounds like the ‘sizzle’ of a vinyl ...

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.

Well, here’s something you probably never thought about needing but exists nonetheless. Disney has released a compilation called Lofi Minnie: Focus, a collection ostensibly by Minnie Mouse but ...

Games You've all been playing too much Silksong this weekend, have some sleepy videogame soundtracks so you can finally get a little shuteye World of Warcraft After disappointing fans with a ...

For the latest edition of Pursuit of Happiness, Okayplayer speaks to Shad, a respected rap veteran who emerged from the Canadian underground. "What attracted us to lo-fi is the ability to reimagine ...

For a brief period of time last month, YouTube caused everyone to experience the decidedly un-chill worry that the foundational “lofi hip hop radio – beats to relax/study to” was going to disappear.

If you’re a music lover, you’ve probably felt how listening to your favorite song can boost your mood. It’s not just you—studies have found that listening to music can significantly improve your ...

These playlists, single-hours-long videos with multiple tracks, all songs with the same theme, are often accompanied by simple, looping animations or slideshow visuals that capture a particular mood, ...

Like all mutating scenes, the lo-fi movement in hip-hop began as something far different from what it has become. In the beginning, it was purely an aesthetic choice. Beatmakers like J Dilla, Nujabes, ...