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Have you ever listened to lofi hiphop when you need to study, focus, or relax? Over the past 3 years, lofi stations like ChilledCow/Lofi Girl have grown a community based on that premise. In this video, Sabrina explores why lofi has become the poster child for study music and if it even works. She also tries to teach a machine to generate lofi music and... it wasn't great.

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SOCIAL MEDIA
Sabrina
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdyandquirky
Instagram: http://instagram.com/nerdyandquirky
Melissa
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mehlizfern
Instagram: http://instagram.com/mehlizfern
Taha
Twitter: https://twitter.com/khanstopme
Instagram: http://instagram.com/khanstopme

CREDITS
Produced by Sabrina Cruz
Video Editing by Joe Trickey
Motion Design by Sabrina Cruz
Sound Design by Joe Trickey

MUSIC
Epidemic Sound. Get started today. http://share.epidemicsound.com/answerinprogress

THUMBNAIL
Lofi Girl is an illustration by Juan Pablo Machado for the ChilledCow YouTube channel.

RECOMMENDED READING
Understanding J Dilla: The Soul of Hip Hop (2020) by Volksgeist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaFczz4NuwY

Generating Songs With Neural Networks (Neural Composer) (2018) by CodeParade
https://youtu.be/UWxfnNXlVy8

How lo-fi artists make music perfect for work. (Or studying. Or chilling.) (2020) by Steven Johnson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/how-lo-fi-artists-make-music-perfect-for-work-or-studying-or-chilling/2020/02/18/c88bf92e-49e4-11ea-bdbf-1dfb23249293_story.html

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 weird flex but okay
00:26 if another one of yall say i have ADHD, i fight
01:25 research montage is my happy place
01:47 the anatomy of lofi hiphop
02:29 sacrificing myself to the machine
03:25 debugging? more like depressing.
04:37 avoiding my problems
05:15 why lofi music helps you focus
06:49 time to get my code to work!
07:19 i couldn't get my code to work.
10:44 extracting a lesson from the mess
11:46 share this video with a friend who listens to lofi
11:53 paying the bills

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Welcome to the joke under the fold! This is a genuinely terrible one. I'm sorry.

What's a rabbit's favourite genre of music?
Hippity hop.

I'm so sorry about that one. Leave a comment with the word HOP to let me know you were here ;-)