Like so, so many others, an important part of my morning — following coffee — is opening YouTube and turning on its most relaxing channel: “lofi hip hop radio,” also known as “lo-fi beats to study to.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though the term 'lo-fi' was thrown around, back then, it was more of a descriptor of a no-frills sonic aesthetic than any sort of ...