Instrumental music, once relegated to being a background sound for certain activities, has evolved to become a key element of ...

For a brief period of time last month, YouTube caused everyone to experience the decidedly un-chill worry that the foundational “lofi hip hop radio – beats to relax/study to” was going to disappear.

SINGAPORE – For many seeking a quiet atmosphere to study or work in, or those simply looking for refuge from the cacophony of daily life, one genre of music stands out. Popularised by hours-long ...

Any change to YouTube’s “lofi hip hop radio – beats to relax/study to” represents a powerful disruption to whatever order the internet possesses. The eternal stream of the world’s most dedicated ...

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 ...