The EP: 13 Songs That Capture Our Moment

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Welcome to ‘The EP’

2017-03-0901:24

We compiled a playlist of songs that tell us where music is going. Hosted by Jake Silverstein, the editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine, and Nitsuh Abebe, a story editor, it features some of their favorite writers and the songs that spoke to them this year. Find the magazine’s music issue at nytimes.com/25songs.

Track 1: The Passive-Aggressive Breakup Win

2017-03-0801:35

Wesley Morris on Adele’s “Send My Love (To Your New Lover).”

Track 2: What Rhymes with ‘Vehicle?’

2017-03-0704:21

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd on Missy Elliott’s “I’m Better.”

Track 3: It’s About Having Sex

2017-03-0603:43

Hazel Cills on Ariana Grande’s “Side to Side.”

Track 4: Greens, Beans, Blessings

2017-03-0503:24

Greg Howard on Shirley Caesar’s “Hold My Mule.”

Track 5: This Song Is Probably Not For You

2017-03-0403:28

Angela Flournoy on Solange’s “F.U.B.U.”

Track 6: American Communion

2017-03-0303:57

Alexander Chee on Rufus Wainwright’s “A Woman’s Face — Reprise (Sonnet 20).”

Track 7: Who Are the Best Americans?

2017-03-0203:12

Jenny Zhang on Mitski’s “Your Best American Girl.”

Track 8: Blacker Than You Realize

2017-03-0104:14

Thomas Chatterton Williams on Kanye West’s “Fade.”

Track 9: I Believe That You Are in Pain

2017-02-2802:45

Charles Aaron on Charles Bradley’s cover of Black Sabbath’s “Changes.”

Track 10: Giving an Old Role a New Meaning

2017-02-2703:18

Margo Jefferson on Cécile McLorin Salvant’s “The Trolley Song.”

Track 11: The J.J. Abrams of Heavy Metal

2017-02-2603:35

Steven Hyden on Metallica’s “Spit Out the Bone.”

Track 12: Blood on the Tailgate

2017-02-2502:42

Ruth Graham on James McMurtry’s “Copper Canteen.”

Track 13: I’m Ready, My Lord

2017-02-2403:11

Jonathan Mahler on Leonard Cohen’s “You Want It Darker.”

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The EP: 13 Songs That Capture Our Moment