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, ...

Lofi Girl, aka “Study Girl,” is an animated character that accompanies Lofi hip-hop radio playlists. She was created by Juan ...

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.

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 ...

Welcome to WWW: What We're Watching, Sixth Tone's new column looking at the best, the most viral, or just what's obsessing us on the Chinese internet. It is 10 o’clock at night as I stare at my ...

I’ve written in many places, some wonderful, others makeshift or uncomfortable. I’ve written on trains and in hotel rooms, at ergonomically perfect desks and on laptops balanced on my knees. I once ...

These playlists, single-hours-long videos with multiple tracks, all songs with the same theme, are often accompanied by simple, looping animations or slideshow visuals that capture a particular mood, ...

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 ...

"Lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to" is a livestreaming music phenomenon. Over 40,000 people are listening to the YouTube version of it right now, and it's ...

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 ...

Kids are home, offices are shuttered, and the news is a parade of horrors. That makes the pandemic the perfect recipe for stress and lack of productivity. It also makes it the perfect time for lo-fi ...