Chill

Domestic consumption of music for relaxation (“”, in English) is now a ubiquitous phenomenon. The channels or playlists that are linked to it dedicated audiences gather millions of listeners on platforms like YouTube or Spotify. But behind its apparent simplicity, the "" is associated with a myriad of musical styles lo-fi hip-hop, easy-listening, cloud rap, ambient which correspond to as many trajectories of artists, styles and formats. From Lil to Ariana Grande, Harumi Hosono and Paul Weston, this collection essays analyze the ambiguities of the sonic incarnations of relaxation and detachment, between creativity and banality, revealing how they participate in reproduce models of masculinities and femininities "" or "", as well as their ambivalent relationships to pleasure, productivity and achievement.