When I started college in 2023, I wanted study music I actually liked. In my ignorance, I made the mistakes of assuming all lofi was Lofi Girl and assuming Lofi Girl MUST be AI because "popular channel bad." I respect that channel a great deal more now, though their stuff is still not my style. I would later find out about Nujabes and J Dilla (RIP OGs) and even some relatively recent playlist channels that use the same format as Lofi Girl but aim more for a "authentic" lofi hiphop sound.