Are you really a student if you’ve not done a late night study session soundtracked to an unending lo-fi beats playlist on YouTube? According to Google Trends, searches for the term “lo-fi” on YouTube ...
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 ...
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 ...
Seven years ago, Scotia resident Eric Cullen visited Dryhill Studios in Oneonta to record guitar samples with a friend. While waiting, he occupied himself by experimenting on the Rhodes piano, an ...
If you're a student, chances are, you probably had those "lo-fi music to study and relax" videos pop up in your YouTube recommendations at least once in your lifetime. They're easy to spot – ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Though the term 'lo-fi' was thrown around, back then, it was more of a descriptor of a no-frills ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. For a transplanted Chicagoan Haley Reinhart has made a sound and life that very ...
In the mid-2010s, when I was in high school, the genre known as lo-fi beats was like a brain cleanse for all my time spent mainlining Minecraft and YouTube. The music was tender, with drums sizzling ...