But this era — this year, and the last one, and one or two before that — might be an exception. The rest of the article includes 25 essays from writers for The Times about the one song they think encapsulates this era of American life. It’s a folk song that became a pop song that filtered into social media to become a folk song again — a grass-roots phenomenon that propelled the pop recording to improbable heights of ubiquity. — In your opinion, what one song best encapsulates the era we are in? What does this song say about who we are, where we’ve come from and where we are headed as a society?

Source: New York Times March 14, 2019 09:00 UTC