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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Lofi Girl, the beloved animated figure from YouTube’s longest-running study stream, has officially graduated. In a TikTok video, the familiar figure swapped her headphones for a graduation cap, ...

Music producer and YouTuber Alex Moukala has spent a good amount of time breaking down iconic video game music tracks and explaining why they’re good, and he’s also spent a fair amount of time ...

Jay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. In the latest virtuoso move to promote his hit song “Montero (Call Me ...

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, ...

After eight years of continuous study, YouTube's iconic Lofi Girl has finally graduated, marking the end of an era for millions of fans. Created by Dimitri Somogyi and visually brought to life by Juan ...