Yes, you can use Neural Rhythms lofi in your YouTube videos for free, including monetized ones. Download the track, put one credit line in the description, and publish. Our songs are not registered with YouTube's Content ID, so we never claim your video. A claim can still show up from someone else; if it does, send us the video link and we'll help.
That's the whole deal. The rest of this post walks through it step by step and answers the questions creators ask us most.
How to use a track, step by step
Pick a track. The library is sorted into rooms by mood: lofi for studying, lofi for coding, rainy day lofi, lofi jazz, morning lofi and lofi for sleep. Press play on any of them to hear the room.
Download the MP3. Every track page has a download button, and so does the free music page. No email, no account.
Edit it in. Cut it, loop it, fade it, lower it under your voice. You don't need to use the whole track.
Paste the credit line in your video description:
Music: Neural Rhythms · neuralrhythms.ioNaming the track as well is a nice touch but not required.
Publish. We never claim videos, so you shouldn't see a claim from us. If YouTube shows one anyway, fill in the claim form. We look at who is claiming and help you answer it.
What "free" covers
Free: YouTube videos and Shorts, livestreams, podcasts, study-with-me and work-with-me videos, vlogs, tutorials, school projects, and posts from personal and creator accounts on Instagram and TikTok. Monetization is fine.
Not free: paid ads, TV, radio or film distribution, brand posts from business accounts, and re-uploading the tracks as music (for example, putting them on your own "lofi mix" channel as if they were yours, or on Spotify). For business use there are paid licenses, and a post explains why business accounts can't use most library music.
About Content ID claims
Our songs are not registered in YouTube's Content ID, so we never claim a creator's video. Content ID matches uploads against music that rights holders have registered. It can't tell a re-upload from a creator using a track with credit, so with registered music it sometimes claims both.
Ours aren't registered, but a claim can still show up on a video that uses our music. Another party may re-upload our audio, a match can be wrong, or one of YouTube's own auto-generated "Topic" videos can trigger one.
A few things worth knowing:
- A claim is not a strike. Your video stays up and your channel stays in good standing.
- While a claim is open, ad money from that video goes to the claimant. Once the claim is released or you win a dispute, monetization goes back to you.
- If a claim shows up, send us the link. Use our form to send us the video link. We look at who is claiming and help you answer it. If your use is covered by the free terms, we also give you a short written note that you have permission to use the song. We can't promise timing or success.
- Shorts over one minute are different. YouTube blocks any Short longer than 60 seconds that has an active Content ID claim, whatever the claim policy (YouTube's help page on claims). We never claim a Short ourselves, but another claim could appear, for example from a re-upload or a wrong match. If you make longer Shorts, check for claims after you upload.
Which tracks for which videos
- Study-with-me and focus videos: the Study Session room. Instrumental, steady, nothing that pulls attention.
- Coding streams and setup tours: Late Night Coding, steadier and a little darker.
- Cafés, cooking and slow vlogs: Rainy Café or Coffee and Flowers.
- Reels-style edits and travel: Mellow Mosaic, the track people already know from Instagram.
Mellow Mosaic, lofi by Neural Rhythms
Other places to find free lofi
We're not the only source, and the right one depends on your video:
- YouTube Audio Library (in YouTube Studio) is free and safe for YouTube, but its license only covers YouTube.
- Creative Commons music (on sites like the Free Music Archive) is free under each track's license. Read it: some licenses forbid commercial use or edits.
- Royalty-free subscriptions cover a big library for a monthly fee and usually include claim clearing.
Whichever you use, keep a note of where each track came from and what its license says. If a claim ever turns up months later, that note is what gets it cleared.
Questions creators ask
Do I need to email you before using a track? No. Use it, credit it, and only get in touch if a claim appears.
Can I use it in a video that's already monetized? Yes.
Can I use a track in my channel intro or across many videos? Yes, with the credit line in each description.
What if I forgot the credit line? Add it to the description now. That's enough.
Written by Suman Kumar with AI help and checked before publishing. Numbers about our own music come from our Spotify for Artists and DistroKid exports; other sources are linked in the post.