"It's neither so boring you forget it entirely, nor so interesting it distracts you from your work. "The basic idea is this: the wordless music peppered with nostalgic sounds like the 'sizzle' of a vinyl record is neither so slow it makes you sleepy, nor so fast it makes you anxious," Stillman wrote. Lo-fi (which often dovetails with similar downtempo music like "chillhop") offers a mental respite. Why? Well, as Jessica Stillman reported for Inc., with kids at home, offices shuttered and stress at an all-time high, people are hungry for escape. The entire project is streamer-friendly, meaning that anyone who wants to can listen to it on stream without fear of DMCA copyright strikes.Lo-fi music, a genre crafted from mellow, repetitive beats, has boomed during the pandemic.
While Sessions: Vi will provide Riot fans plenty of relaxing music to vibe to, Dunn is hoping that the album will find an audience with streamers as well. According to Dunn, each of the artists will be represented on the streaming pages for their songs on the album, with revenue from streams going to them. Riot collaborated with 20 different artists for the album, which has 37 tracks. It’s not a strict narrative, but Dunn says that it helped guide Riot and its musical and visual collaborators as they tried to find the right mood for each track and moment. Finally, it ends with some extra chill music as she reads and gets ready for bed. Then it transitions to music she can work to, while she’s doing a project or fixing equipment. It starts out with music to help Vi decompress and relax as soon as she gets from from work.
In an interview with Polygon, Toa Dunn, head of Riot Music, explained the album and animation’s loose story.
The album is called Sessions: Vi, named after the League of Legends champion that stars in the video and that the music is themed after. The League of Legends and Valorant developer announced and released the new project on Friday, along with a YouTube animated video that spans the entire album and fits right in to the lo-fi genre. Riot Games’ latest music project is an album of chill lo-fi beats for players to relax/game to.
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