Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new songs and videos — and anything else that strikes them as intriguing. This week, Lin-Manuel Miranda starts his Hamildrops series, K-pop superstars collaborate with American artists and a Thelonious Monk reissue arrives.

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