The Decemberists and Lin-Manuel Miranda team up for a new Hamilton song celebrating Ben Fucking Franklin

Hamilton’s been around for long enough at this point that at least a little bit of the freshness surrounding Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking hip-hop historical musical has inevitably rubbed off. Still, Miranda’s not one to rest on his laurels; a year after releasing the well-received Hamilton Mixtape, he announced this week that he’s embarking on “Hamildrops,” a series of new music set in the show’s universe. The lead-off track: “Ben Franklin’s Song,” with lyrics by Miranda, and music written and performed by The Decemberists.