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June 20, 2026 · 4 min read

Chillhop for Work: 5 Low-Key Mixes for Relaxed Focus

Five long chillhop YouTube videos for work, studying, relaxed focus, and low-key background music.

Chillhop sits close to lofi, but it often feels a little cleaner and more groove-based for work.

I picked long videos that keep a relaxed beat going without turning the room into a full listening session.

The 5 picks

In the Zone 🐾 [lofi focus beats / work mix]

Channel
Chillhop Music
Length
About 2 hours 1 minute

Chillhop's own label mix, put together for working on the clock rather than for a general chill playlist. It is the shortest here at roughly two hours, which makes it the one that maps onto a single work block instead of running all day.

The melodies in this video are so harmonious. They really help me unwind and de-stress.

Lofi Work Space 📂 Deep Focus Study/Work Concentration [chill lo-fi hip hop beats]

Channel
𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗚𝗘
Length
About 11 hours 55 minutes

Close to twelve hours, so it will outlast anything you are doing without looping back to a track you already heard. The beats sit further back than the Chillhop mix — this is the one to reach for when you want the music to disappear.

Although I'm unmotivated with my WFH, this lo-fi helps me focus

Best of lofi hip hop 2021 ✨ [beats to relax/study to]

Channel
Lofi Girl
Length
About 6 hours 11 minutes

The Lofi Girl compilation, one track pulled from every release the channel put out that year. If chillhop has a default sound, this is it, which makes it the safest starting point and the most familiar if you have had the genre on before.

I’m leaving this comment here so after a month or a year when someone likes it , I get reminded of this mix ❤

Upbeat Lofi Mix ⚡️ Beats to Boost Your Energy & Focus

Channel
Lofi Shop 24h
Length
About 4 hours 28 minutes

The upbeat one. Where the rest of this list settles the room down, this leans toward funk and energy, which is what you want at 9am or on the afternoon where everything else is sending you to sleep.

LOVE this! perfect mix of funk and uplift with concentration

Seaside Coffee 🍵 Feel your peace & Relax 🌱 Coffee Morning | Lofi Hip Hop - Chill to work, relax

Channel
Healing Me
Length
About 11 hours 45 minutes

Seaside coffee-morning framing, and the calmest set of beats on the page. It sits closest to café ambience of anything here, so it works if you want the room to feel occupied without a beat pushing you along.

My cat loves these lofi videos. She's sleeping right next to me while I'm on the computer

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