The Lofi Girl channel – famous for its anime-inspired miniature – plays relaxing hip-hop music on a loop as a study and sleep aid. On Sunday, its creator announced that its “radios” had been silenced after two years of continuous broadcasting, prompting protests from fans. YouTube has since confirmed that the original claim was “abusive”.
Lofi Girl has gained 10 million subscribers with its regularly updated mixes of low-fidelity instrumental music.
It has inspired countless memes, Halloween costumes, and even a quarantine parody version of Oscar-winning actor Will Smith. The channel’s two streams – Relax/Study Beats and Relax/Sleep Beats – have nearly 800 million views combined and have accumulated 21,000 hours of playtime.
When both went down, fans quickly assumed it meant the death of “an extremely important part of YouTube culture”. One of them wrote: “The Lofi girl helped me survive so many stressful study times. I loved watching ‘live’ and knowing that a lot of people were listening too“.
But some managed to find a funny side to it, joking that the anime character was “finally ready for his exams”.
When the ban was reversed, Lofi Girl’s owner thanked fans for their support, but said he was “shocked and disappointed” that false claims had not been verified further.
“At the end of the day, it was totally out of our control, and the sad part is, there was no way to appeal sooner.“, they tweeted.
“We do our best to maintain high quality live streams 24/7 for our audience and ensure they comply with the streaming policy, leaving no reason for them to be taken down.”
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This article is a translation of the writing for the website BBC News.
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