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 ...

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 ...

Lo-fi videos and playlists have been a fixture for YouTube users who seek long-form, atmospheric music recommendations. Featured Video These playlists, single-hours-long videos with multiple tracks, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: @LofiGirl / YouTube LoFi Girl, a popular YouTube study streamer notable for their livestreams, which include lo-fi ...

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 ...

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. I don’t usually work with any music — it often distracts me — but recently, ...

If you haven’t heard of the genre by name, you’re probably aware of the general phenomenon: streams and apps promising an endless loop of chill beats to study or work to are booming. One popular ...

Lo-fi hip-hop went from an obscure audio aesthetic to a billion-stream phenomenon by accidentally becoming the internet's favorite soundtrack for focus and calm.