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 ...

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 ...

For the last year or so, it’s been the best-kept concentration secret among young people: If you need to study, then it’s a lo-fi hip-hop playlist you seek. It’s a phenomenon born on YouTube, which is ...

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 ...

I think many people play lo-fi streams on YouTube while they work. Quiet piano, dull drums, and that constant, crackling ...