Techniques such as the addition of visual noise, decreased contrast, static filters, and even chromatic aberration may be used for this purpose. As with Lo-Fi music, the intentional degradation of image quality is also commonplace. The use of pastels is also commonly incorporated into Lo-Fi visuals, often giving the visuals a dreamy, nostalgic appearance. Colors that typically appear vivid in photographs and drawings will instead be de-saturated and toned down, resulting in a dated or faded appearance (like it's from some time between the 1970s to the 2000s in the pre-HD era). Lo-Fi aesthetics often take on the color palette of Vaporwave and the imagery associated with Anime aesthetics, then utilize various Vintage-inspired tones and filters to create an experience that can evoke a nostalgic feeling in the viewer. As of May 2023, the channel has over 1.5 billion views. The channel hosts 24-hour music streams of this type of music all day, as well as themed playlists. The channel is one of the most popular ways of discovering the genre. On March 18, 2015, the YouTube channel Lofi Girl joined YouTube. Generally, the aesthetic's origins are as a musical genre can be traced back to the American musician J Dilla and the Japanese musician Nujabes, as both played with a purposely low fidelity sound to make it sound more aged, but the aesthetic's rise in popularity can be traced back to Cartoon Network's late night block, which used a lot of Lo-Fi Hip-Hop beats for their Bumpers (the black screens with white text they'll air between programming and commercials) as well as airing Shinichiro Watanabe's Samurai Champloo, whose theme song was done by the aforementioned Nujabes.
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