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 ...

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.

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, ...

Making the perfect work/study/chill playlist is the finest of arts, which is why, TBH, I've largely stopped trying. Don't get me wrong — I still have a "what I'm listening to now" playlist, a generic ...

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Some accounts have reported up to 46-percent increases in views. With the majority of consumers stuck inside for the foreseeable future, many are looking to the Internet for distractions. According to ...

YouTube’s lo-fi hip-hop community has for years offered a place to virtually gather, do homework, and find comfort in the random messages of strangers that populate in live chats. Now, as we’re all ...

To the relief of millions of YouTubers and people who need a study time playlist - a well-known music channel is back online. Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. To the relief of millions of YouTubers, a ...

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 ...

A creative fan of twenty one pilots is taking their Suicide Squad track “Heathens” and building it into a lo-fi hip-hop track. YouTube musician and producer MarkyPaligs is remixing the track giving a ...

“This was the only thing that kept my butt glued to my seat as I applied for jobs.” With life comes a time when one must complete a task—against their wishes. These tasks can take the form of studying ...