Depending on whom you ask, lo-fi hip-hop is a creative feat of the internet age, a punchline, or a meaningless label tacked on to souped-up elevator music. The genre started roughly a decade ago among ...

You know when you go through photos the morning after a party and the blurry ones bring back clearer memories than their well-taken counterparts? That is the only way to describe the allure of ...

It’s very hard to focus on e-mail correspondence when you’re blasting a Lizzo song in your ears. Believe me, I’ve tried. But it’s also mind-numbing to not have music at all. Time seems to go three ...

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 ...

When you think of a hip-hop/house music concert, you probably get all kinds of ideas in your head. The image popping up is probably full of bright lights, deafening bass, and hundreds of people ...

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.

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, ...

We live in a post-internet world that’s changing the landscape for artists. Fame and virality once reserved for premium productions and big names are slowly making their way out of billboards and ...

Lo-fi is a genre that typically blends elements of hip-hop, jazz and dream pop through a stripped-down production process that centers the raw material of a song to create a smooth, relaxed sound. The ...