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The upcoming release captures all the iconic elements of the “lofi hip hop radio” Girl, including her perfectly messy desk, overlooking lamp, googly eye headphones, relaxed outfit and hairstyle. The extra-large figure alsom comes complete with additional details like a backpack, removable pencils and Chilled Cow channel slippers.
Averaging over 40,000 viewers daily and over 4.8 million likes, lofi hip hop radio – beats to relax/study has evolved to become a unique community. Studious students and relaxed individuals gather on Chilled Cow’s video page to calmly take part in a wholesome, positive side of prevailing Internet culture.
Priced at $120 USD, the 1 ft lofi hip hop radio – beats to relax/study to Girl figure is set to release on Youtooz website April 2, 3 p.m. EST.
What Is Lo-Fi? A Conversation with Illohim
Hotly contested, Audiomack speaks with North Carolina producer Illohim to break down the meaning of lo-fi hip-hop.
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The term “lo-fi” is hotly contested within modern rap music. The general consensus on what it means and whether or not it’s appropriate is spotty, at best. Lo-fi is an abbreviation for low fidelity, music featuring imperfections either by circumstance or by choice. Since a lot of early rap was made using shoddy equipment, flaws like tape hiss, vinyl crackle, and minimal mixing made up the aesthetic established by producers such as RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. Lo-fi wasn’t considered a genre in hip-hop’s initial heyday, but its ethos drove much of the boom-bap being created at the time.
The Animated Study Girl, star of Chilled Cow’s videos
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With unending online classes, study streaming channels and vloggers see an uptick among students desiring peer company
First, the thermos and the coffee mug. One by one, Merve places her laptop, study material and stationery, on an organised window desk in her Glasgow home. For the next hour, she records herself studying, to the sound of gentle rain pouring outside. Intermittently, you hear her flip pages, pen scratching words, fingers dancing on keys.
“Hopefully, that helps you know I’m there studying with you,” she says. It does: around the globe, almost three lakh people from 167 countries have been studying with her. On her YouTube channel, this International Relations student at the University of Glasgow has a variety of one to six-hour long ‘Study With Me’ sessions, shot in carefully chosen, aesthetic locations: on snowy days inside the library, at twilight with birds chirping.