Lofi Girl is a non-stop streaming started by Dimitri Somoguy, a YouTube creator, with a short animation of a girl studying while listening to music using headphones. This short animation, produced by Juan Pablo Machado, has become very iconic and indirectly popularized the Lofi music genre and wearing headphones among young people, including my own child.
After 7 years of studying almost non-stop, the short video above was uploaded by Lofi Girl’s Instagram account showing that she has graduated. It is still a mystery what she studied for 7 years and what degree she received.
Throughout the seven years of streaming, it only stopped twice in 2020 and 2022 due to an error regarding audio ownership claimed by FMC Music Sdn Bhd Malaysia. As a result, the streaming that lasted 20,843 hours or equivalent to 2 years and 4 months stopped in 2022 before being resumed.
Even though the animation above has been uploaded, the 24/7 stream on YouTube still continues because it has its own fans and I admit to listening to it in the background when working from home. On social media, some fans have already appeared joking that Lofi Girl is streaming herself looking for work non-stop.