Lofi Girl and Synthwave Boy just got new streams

polygon.com:

Lofi Girl’s world just keeps getting bigger and bigger. The YouTube channel known for the online radio stream “lofi hip hop radio — beats to relax/study to” launched two new music streams on Monday. The first is “peaceful piano radio” starring Lofi Girl and the second is a “dark ambient radio” stream featuring Synthwave Boy.

More than 12,700 viewers tuned in to listen to the stream debuting Lofi Girl’s new piano tunes. Prior to its release, the official social media account for Lofi Girl and Synthwave Boy shared a video on Feb. 23 that showed the two putting on their shoes to go outside. On Monday, both characters disappeared from their rooms on their respective streams. Those streams continued to play the hip hop beats and synthwave music without the characters in frame, but it left fans pondering the whereabouts of the pair.

Later on Monday, the official X account announced two new streams. Lofi Girl has a new channel called “peaceful piano radio — music to focus/study to” where she sits in bed with her cat and continues to work, and Synthwave Boy has a stream called “dark ambient radio — music to escape/dream to.” Lofi Girl’s new feed shows her in two different scenes: one on a park bench and the other in bed while twinkling piano music plays. Meanwhile, Synthwave Boy also has a new animation showing him looking up into the night sky all alone as he listens to atmospheric music.

This past week, we have been teasing at an exciting new launch! We’re super proud to introduce our 2 brand new radios to the lofi world:
— peaceful piano radio — music to focus/study to — featuring Lofi Girl
— dark ambient radio ️ — music to escape/dream to — featuring… pic.twitter.com/vY6ZGbnSEJ

Previously called “Chilled Cow,” Lofi Girl is the name of both a YouTube channel and an animated character who stars in the channel’s 24-hour livestream of lo-fi hip-hop music. As the music plays, the video shows a looped animation of a girl quietly studying next to her cat. Over time, Lofi