Lofi Girl

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Music, Design, Arts, Music Commentary

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Lofi Girl YouTube channel has over 14 millions subscribers, and at any given time, tens of thousands of people are listening together. Created by a mysterious French producer named Dimitri, the channel features a 24/7 livestream of an anime girl studying in her room, listening to lofi hip hop. In this episode, we dive into the Lofi Girl lore, chart the explosion of the Lofi Multiverse, and hear from a music therapist about how lofi affects our brains and behavior. This story was adapted from the Endless Thread podcast. RSVP to meet Dallas at the informal audio hangout at All Season in LA, on Thursday, September 26th. Join Dallas at the Sound for Film & TV event at Sony Pictures Studios on Saturday, September 28th. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org. Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. Watch our video shorts on YouTube, and join the discussion on Facebook. Subscribe to Endless Thread in your favorite podcast player. Find the right doctor, right now at zocdoc.com/20k. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial at shopify.com/20k. Take a free test drive of OCI at oracle.com/20k Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: www.20k.org/episodes/lofi-girl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.4	You're listening to 20,000 hurts. I'm Dallas Taylor.
0:36.0	In an average week, there's one type of music that I spend more time listening to than any other and that's Lofai hip-hop.
0:45.2	At work, unless I'm sound designing or reviewing audio, I have Lofai on pretty much all the
0:50.4	time.
0:51.4	The music is peaceful and inviting and it puts me in this Zen-like
0:55.0	state where I can get things done without feeling stressed. I also put it on
0:59.3	when there's something on my mind that I want to think through, whether it's about family, my business, or just life
1:05.1	in general.
1:06.4	So Lofai is this super useful thing in my personal and professional life, but I've never really
1:12.1	known much about it.
1:13.8	Why does Lofai work so well?
1:16.2	Is it actually doing anything to my body or my brain?
1:19.4	Who even makes this music?
1:21.0	And what's the Lofi community like?
1:27.5	This story was adapted from the Endless Thread Podcast.
1:30.4	Here's co-host Ben Brock Johnson.
1:33.0	Let producer Nora Sachs and I introduce you to Kevin.
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