You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.

I'm Dallas Taylor.

In an average week, there's one type of music that I spend more time listening to than any other.

And that's lo-fi hip-hop.

At work, unless I'm sound designing or reviewing audio, I have lo-fi on pretty much all the time.

The music is peaceful and inviting, and it puts me in this zen-like state where I can get

things done without feeling stressed.

I also put it on when there's something on my mind that I want to think through, whether it's

about family, my business, or just life in general.

So, Lofi is this super useful thing in my personal and professional life,

but I've never really known much about it. Why does lofi work so well? Is it actually doing

anything to my body or my brain? Who even makes this music? And what's the lofi community like?

This story was adapted from the Endless Thread podcast.

Here's co-host Ben Brock Johnson.

Let producer Nora Sacks and I introduce you to Kevin.

I had really kind of atypical path through school.

I was a high school dropout. I kicked

out over and over again. As a kid, I got all these diagnoses really young about why, what was

wrong with me? And that kind of just pursued me through my life, right? And it was always this

thing, well, what's wrong with you? How can you be more like other people and

stop being like you? Kevin would eventually be diagnosed with ADHD, which was listed as the

source of his academic challenges. Kevin was a curious person and a hard worker, though. Eventually,

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