In this article I will focus only for the question: What does lofi mean? I try to offer an overview on this matter based on some valuable links and my personal point of view as a lo-fi music producer and fan of lo-fi photography. Let’s get started!
Meaning of lofi / lo-fi
Lofi or lo-fi refers to low-fidelity. That is a lower quality sound than the usual standards according to Wikipedia. By this point you may have already guessed that the phenomenon is more about music than anything else, even though Wikipedia offers a disambiguation page for this word.
Lo-fi music became known first in the ’90s according to many articles I could find but became trendy in the recent years. It is due the Lofi Girl and a lot to do with the pandemic as well. I had a longer article on this topic, please check What is lo-fi? to go deeper.
Is it only music then?
Well, for most cases when someone mentions lo-fi, I guess so. I mean it is really about low-fidelity, referring to sound quality. It is music that will flood your Google search results if you enter “lofi”. On the other hand I love telling people that there are other aspects as well. One is definitely lo-fi photography. After all warm, vinyl vibe music requires some grainy film photos with lens flare, don’t you agree with me?
Lo-fi in 2022
2022 is the perfect year to start listening to lo-fi music if you haven’t started yet. It is topping on Spotify and YouTube in terms of the number of new songs. More and more artists emerging. Different sub-genres to pop up every day. And your phone is to offer you more filmy effect apps than what you can download. In short, to my point of view lo-fi is really trending now. What makes lo-fi so trendy? Good question and a matter of taste. Still, let me offer view an overview on lo-fi trends for 2022.
Chill you next time~
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