Perfect for telework and staying at home! Recommended popular Lo-Fi hip hop tracks

Are you familiar with “Lo-fi Hip Hop,” a genre that quietly gained popularity among music fans online from the mid to late 2010s and now feels firmly established as its own category?

If you were intrigued by the thumbnail image from the representative YouTube music channel for lo-fi hip hop, “ChilledCow,” known for looping a scene from Studio Ghibli’s film Whisper of the Heart, you certainly weren’t alone—there were quite a few people who noticed it even back then.

Sampling old jazz and soul, the beats brimming with a chilled vibe are widely loved not only by hip-hop listeners but also as background music for getting work done.

This time, we’ve researched classic tracks by key artists and will introduce them in a beginner-friendly way!

Playlist

Perfect for telework and staying at home! Recommended popular Lo-Fi hip hop tracks
	Title	Playlist	Review
1	skateboard pElijah Who		The fusion of lo-fi hip hop and Japanese anime
2	SoulfulL’indecis		L’indecis’s signature track “Soulful” has been played over 40 million times.
3	5:32PMThe Deli		Introduction to a track by a Texas beatmaker
4	Monday LoopTomppabeats		A classic lo-fi hip-hop track
5	crush on uBSD.U		A track by a beatmaker representing the early days of lo-fi hip hop
6	magic spellBROCKBEATS		Introduction to the music of BROCKBEATS, a famous Japanese lo-fi hip-hop artist
7	MindfulnessC Y G N		CYGN, a representative artist of lo-fi hip-hop
8	another perspectiveIdealism		Soothing tracks by a Finnish beatmaker
9	Summer’s Day [Version 2]Jinsang		Jinsang’s nostalgic lo-fi music works
10	Againwun two		Sampling a Doris Day song
11	motionsfujitsu		Introduction to classic lo-fi hip-hop tracks
12	ExactlyPandrezz, j’san.		A lo-fi hip-hop track by a duo from France
13	RainNINJOI.		Beatmaker with a Japanese cultural mindset, Ninjoi
14	sunrisemt. fujitive		Introduction to Mount Fugitive’s lo-fi hip-hop track
15	falling down (ft. shiloh)nohidea		A musical work that expresses the individuality of a short piece
16	Serenity (Original Mix)Kupla		Introducing music by Kupla, the founder of ChilledCow
17	De JaneiroBodikhuu		Tropical lo-fi hip-hop crafted by a Mongolian artist
18	LuvnYouIan Ewing		Introducing lo-fi hip-hop beatmaker Ian Ewing
19	Your Favorite PlaceJoey Pecoraro		Introducing a cutting-edge beatmaker in lo-fi hip hop
20	lilyeevee		eevee’s album “lily” features tracks influenced by Japanese music and anime