Lofi music from other worlds, to study, focus and sleep

Lofi Worlds is a free lofi music site where every song plays inside an animated pixel-art world. Drift past Saturn's rings, watch a hurricane turn on Earth from a station window, ride a jump drive through hyperspace, or float beside a black hole while dark, chill lofi and soft ambient sounds play.

It is built for long, quiet sessions: studying, deep focus, coding, writing, reading, relaxing and falling asleep. The 45 worlds loop seamlessly, the 31 songs crossfade into one another, and nothing on screen asks for your attention.

How it works

1. Press enter and put your headphones on. The music starts, and each world adds its own ambient layer, such as a station hum, wind, rain, crickets or a jump drive, with its own volume slider.
2. Travel with the arrow keys or the worlds list, or roll the dice for a random world.
3. Open songs to pick any track. Any song plays in any world.
4. Want company on the trip? Switch on the guided tour in the worlds list: one song per world, travelling outward from the Sun.

Keyboard: ← → travel, space play or pause, N next song, R random world, T guided tour, S songs, W worlds, F fullscreen.

The sound

This is lofi for space: slow, heavy beats, detuned analog synth pads, deep modular drones, tape hiss and warm saturation, with the occasional glitch. It is darker and lonelier than the usual lofi hip hop playlist, closer to ambient music, which makes it easy to disappear into for hours. There are about 104 minutes of original music, and new tracks and worlds are added over time.

The worlds

Most worlds are real places, drawn from scratch in code as pixel art, using real mission imagery as reference. The readouts that appear on screen are real facts about what you are looking at.

The Sun

• Sun WindowParked in the Sun's glare, its flares rising

Mercury and Venus

• Mercury OrbitLow orbit, 58 million km from the Sun
• Mercury WindowParked off Mercury, in the full blaze of the Sun
• Mercury DawnMercury's polar terminator, where day meets night
• Venus OrbitOrbiting Venus, 108 million km from the Sun
• Venus WindowParked above the racing clouds of Venus
• Cloud CityFloating 55 km up in the clouds of Venus

Earth and the Moon

• Earth WindowHigh above the turning Earth, the aurora rising
• Earth OrbitHigh above the turning Earth, hurricane season
• Mauna KeaAbove the clouds on a Hawaiian summit, 4,207 m up
• Cape CanaveralLaunch night on the Florida coast
• Orbital LoungeStation Kepler, high orbit
• Neon RainMegacity, year 2189
• Moon WindowLow over the Moon, the Earth over its horizon
• Lunar OrbitEarthrise, 110 km above the Moon
• The MoonA lunar base on the Moon's near side

Mars

• Mars WindowAbove the red planet, a dust storm swirling
• Mars OrbitIn orbit around the red planet
• Gale CraterGale crater, Mars, at sunset

Jupiter

• Jupiter OrbitLow pass over Jupiter's southern clouds
• Jupiter WindowParked off Jupiter, with Io and the Great Red Spot
• Red Spot WindowLow over Jupiter's clouds, the Great Red Spot turning
• Europa WindowOn Europa's ice, its fountains spraying under Jupiter
• Io WindowLow over Io's lava plains, Jupiter on the horizon
• IoIo, Jupiter's volcanic moon
• EuropaJupiter's icy moon

Saturn

• Saturn OrbitJust outside Saturn's rings
• Saturn WindowA quiet seat above the rings of Saturn
• Hexagon WindowLow over Saturn's north pole and its hexagon storm
• EnceladusEnceladus, the south polar tiger stripes

Uranus and Neptune

• Uranus OrbitThe ice giant rolling on its side
• Uranus WindowBeside Uranus, its rings standing on end
• Miranda CliffsVerona Rupes, the tallest cliff in the solar system
• Neptune OrbitThe Great Dark Spot and the fastest winds
• Neptune WindowBeside Neptune, its dark storm turning
• Dark Spot WindowLow over Neptune's clouds and the Great Dark Spot
• TritonNitrogen geysers on Neptune's backward moon

Pluto

• PlutoThe shore of the heart, under blue skies

Hyperspace

• HyperspaceA lightspeed jump, seen from the pilot's window
• WormholeRiding a freighter down the throat of a wormhole
• Between WorldsTen jumps through galaxies and nebulas

Deep space

• Pillars of CreationEagle Nebula, 6,500 light-years away
• Black HoleThe point of no return, from a safe distance
• Black Hole WindowParked at a safe distance, the disk turning
• Alien OutpostOutpost 7, moon of a gas giant

The songs

• Blue Sunset on Marsmade for Gale Crater
• Cloud City Balconymade for Cloud City
• Earth From the Windowmade for Earth Orbit
• Enceladus Snowfallmade for Enceladus
• Europa Night Shiftmade for Europa
• Hexagon at the North Polemade for Saturn Orbit
• Io Is Restless Tonightmade for Io
• Juno Passes Bymade for Jupiter Orbit
• Low Orbit Lofimade for Mercury Orbit and Lunar Orbit
• Mercury at Dawnmade for Mercury Dawn
• Methane Rain on Titanmade for Triton and Alien Outpost
• Miranda Cliffsmade for Miranda Cliffs
• Neon Rain, Year 2189made for Neon Rain
• Neptune Windsmade for Neptune Orbit
• One Way Tripmade for Hyperspace
• Orbital Lounge Hoursmade for Orbital Lounge
• Pillars of Slow Lightmade for Pillars of Creation
• Quiet Side of the Moonmade for The Moon
• Rings of Water Icemade for Pluto
• Signal Degradationmade for Mars Orbit
• Signal From Deep Spacemade for Alien Outpost
• Skimming Saturnmade for Between Worlds
• Spacewalk at 3 AMmade for Black Hole
• Starlight Delaymade for Mauna Kea
• Station Kepler Radiomade for Cape Canaveral
• Tea Under Jupitermade for Europa
• Tetheredmade for Lunar Orbit
• The Long Day on Venusmade for Venus Orbit
• Tiger Stripesmade for Enceladus
• Twelve Minutes Fallingmade for Wormhole
• Uranus on Its Sidemade for Uranus Orbit

Questions

Is Lofi Worlds free?

Yes. Lofi Worlds is free to listen to in your browser, with no sign-up, no app to install and no ads.

What does a membership add?

Every pixel world, the Mercury Window and the regular song library stay free, and anyone can try each of the other painted windows for a minute a day. An optional membership, $3 a month, opens those windows, lets you save favorite songs, build your own playlists, switch on the Halloween theme with its own set of eerie songs and, once the chat opens, post in it. It renews every month and you can cancel any time.

What kind of lofi music is it?

Dark, spacey sci-fi lofi: slow beats, warm analog synth pads, deep drones, tape hiss and soft glitches, more "alone on a space station at 3 a.m." than coffee shop. There are 31 original tracks, about 104 minutes of music, and they crossfade into each other so nothing ever stops abruptly.

Is it good for studying, focus or sleep?

That is what it is made for. The music is calm and instrumental, the worlds loop slowly and seamlessly, and nothing on screen asks for your attention, so you can leave it running while you study, code, write, read or fall asleep. You can turn the ambient sound up or down separately from the music.

Where does the music come from?

Every track is an original made for Lofi Worlds, and most are named after the world they were made for, such as Blue Sunset on Mars or Europa Night Shift. All music on Lofi Worlds is original and belongs to Lofi Worlds, unless noted otherwise.

Can I use the music in my own videos or streams?

Please ask first. The music belongs to Lofi Worlds, so using it in videos, streams, apps or other projects needs our written permission. Write to [email protected] and tell us what you have in mind.

Are the places real?

Most of them. Saturn, Jupiter, Europa, Io, the Pillars of Creation, the black hole, the hurricane seen from Earth orbit and many more are drawn from scratch as pixel art, using real NASA, ESA and Webb imagery as reference, and the readouts on screen show real facts. A few worlds, like hyperspace and the alien outpost, are pure science fiction.

Can I choose the song?

Yes. Open the songs list and pick any of the 31 tracks. Any song can play in any world. If you would rather be guided, switch on the guided tour in the worlds list: it plays one song per world and travels outward from the Sun.

Does it work on my phone?

Lofi Worlds runs in any modern web browser on a computer, tablet or phone. There is nothing to download. Tap enter to start the sound.

Can I keep it playing in the background?

Yes. The music keeps going when you switch to another tab or window, so you can leave it running while you work.

Does Lofi Worlds track me?

Only lightly. Lofi Worlds uses Google Analytics to count visits and to see which worlds and songs people enjoy, and we keep our own daily totals of world visits and song plays, tied to no one, so we know what to make next. There are no ads and no advertising profile, you never need an account to listen (a free one is optional), and in the EU, UK and Switzerland the analytics run without cookies.

Lofi Worlds is an independent project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA, ESA, CSA or STScI. See the blog, the credits, terms of use, privacy policy and the contact page.