It’s a well-established fact that tuning into “lofi hip hop radio – beats to relax/study to” turns the average person into a superhuman academic whose powers of concentration are rivaled only by ...

Any change to YouTube’s “lofi hip hop radio – beats to relax/study to” represents a powerful disruption to whatever order the internet possesses. The eternal stream of the world’s most dedicated ...

LoFi Girl, a popular YouTube study streamer notable for their livestreams, which include lo-fi hip-hop music and feature a Japanese-style animated girl studying or relaxing, has graduated after eight ...

ChilledCow is the YouTube creator responsible for the incredibly popular, possibly paradigm-shifting YouTube stream "lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to." Over the weekend, their entire ...

If your relaxing, studying, or writing periods have felt a great disturbance in the force in recent days, look no further than the saddest news for lofi beat lovers everywhere: The YouTube classic ...

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, ...

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 ...

After releasing a “Stonks” meme figure, Youtooz has prepared yet another faithful representation of a pop culture icon. This time around the vinyl toy purveyor put together a celebration of the anime ...

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.

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011. YouTube ...