How to Make a Monetizable Lofi Video with AI

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Last Updated: 2024. 06. 03

Lo-fi videos are a blend of relaxing music and calming visuals, helping to alleviate anxiety, and providing a focused environment for people who need to study, and work.

From the year of 2020 to 2024, the average daily search volume of the keyword Lofi video is 25,000. [from Google Adwords]. If you can create a Lofi video that wins the #1 rank on Google, you can get at least 12500 views every day!

As for YouTube, the potential to get huge views and traffic with a Lofi video is huge. The famous channel Lofi Girl has 14.2M subscribers. The study session video gets 107M views within 4 years. Here is an example of a Lofi video.

Lofi Video Example

Wonder how to create a Lofi video? In the following parts, we have broken the complicated Lofi video creation task into simple 5 steps. The latest AI tools are involved. Let’s dive in!

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Step 1. Generate the Lofi Video Music

Music is the most crucial part of a Lofi video. It is the music that brings people the most relaxing and soothing feelings. The most commonly used music genres are hip pop, chill pop, jazz, ambient sounds like rain, ocean waves, city noise.

There are two ways to get the proper music for your Lofi video. If you feel like using existing music clip, you should turn to FlexClip. To get a unique track, Suno AI is what you should rely on.

* Get Copyright-Free Music Track

You might have heard of the famous website Storyblocks which provides you lots of media resources. However, you can’t download them without an audio watermark or use them without attributions to the creator. FlexClip is there to help. It is a video creator embedded with all audio resources from Storyblocks. Turn to FlexClip’s Audio section, input a keyword like lofi, jazz, you will find the right audio track and use it for your Lofi video project without worrying about copyrights issues.

Get Free Lofi Music Track

* Generate Unique Music Tracks

The best music generation AI tool is certainly Suno AI. Powered by a large team of musicians and AI experts, it is now able to generate unique and original audio tracks that are not similar to any songs you know. We have an easy-to-follow guide on how to generate music tracks with Suno AI.

Generate Free Lofi Music Track

Step 2. Generate Lofi Animation

Lofi animations are usually featured in cartoon style, with repeated and subtle movement. Most people may download and loop the Lofi animation, but the right Lofi clip is hard to come by.

Leveraging the latest AI, FlexClip can generate excellent anime pictures in different styles based on the prompt you enter. After that, you can turn the picture into a video by adding dynamic effects, overlays, etc.

Go to Tools > AI Image Generator. Enter some descriptive keywords of the AI image, pick the Anime or cartoon style, select the right aspect ratio and hit Generate. You will soon be greeted with two AI images. If you are not satisfied with the results, you can hit Regenerate to get two more results for unlimited times. After that, hit the Add as Scene button to apply the photo to the timeline.

Generate Images in Anime Style

Now, go to Effects, you can find tons of dynamic overlays perfect for your Lofi video, for instance, snow effect, petal effect, thunderstorm effect, lens flare effect. Render among different options and make the AI-generated image more dynamic.

Add Effects to the Image in Anime Style

Step 3. Merge the Audio and Lofi Video Clip

Drag and drop the Lofi music track to the timeline. Since most Lofi video is extremely long, you need to extend the video clip and repeat the music several times.

To extend the video clip, all you need to do is drag the timeline slider until you reach a satisfying length.

Extend Video Length

To repeat the music track, right-click on the music track, hit Duplicate. Between the music, you can set fade-in/fade-out effects so that the Lofi video flows naturally.

Repeat Music Track

Step 4. Level Up the Animated Track (Optional)

Now the video clips are great, however, if you feel like moving one step further, you can use your imagination to make the Lofi video more eye-catching. For instance, adding a CD-playing clip with the animated image in the center to your project, adding soundwave. Here are some FlexClip’s video templates ready to use. Edit them as you wish.

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Ocean Wave CD Playing Song

Use This Template

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CD Playing Lyric Video

Use This Template

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Podcast Music Intro

Use This Template

Step 5. Export & Share

If you are satisfied with the Lofi video output, export the Lofi video to your computer desktop. You are also able to save the Lofi video to the cloud services, share via a short link, or post the video to YouTube directly.

Share the Lofi Video

Frequently Asked Questions

Do Lofi videos make money?

Certainly. There are many ways to monetize lofi videos. Creators make money through lofi videos via live streaming, ads, sponsorship, or create your own music branding.

What software do people use to make lofi?

A lofi video consists of two parts, the music and the visuals. The best lofi music generation tools are Suno AI, SlowedReverb, GarageBand. The best tool to create lofi video clip is FlexClip. It has the AI image generation tool to convert text prompts into images, powerful effects to animate the image, and video editing tools to combine music and video.