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Happy Galentine’s Day: Lin-Manuel Miranda drops an all-female playlist just in time for Galentine’s

Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is an Oscar nominee for his work on the music for “Moana” has discovered Spotify in a big way, posting a series of “mixtape” playlist for fans to enjoy. (Jordan Strauss / Invision/AP)

Tobillo24601 strikes again.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, the actor-singer-composer behind the Broadway smash “Hamilton,” has dropped a new Spotify playlist on fans, just in time for Galentine’s Day.

Posting under the handle tobillo24601, Miranda created “Happy Galentine’s Day 2017,” a 15-song playlist featuring music by women or female-led bands, including Queen Latifah, Destiny’s Child, Ingrid Michaelson, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Florence + the Machine, Regina Spektor and Celia Cruz.

On Twitter early Monday, the Oscar-nominated songwriter posted this: “I made you an early Galentine’s Day mix. All Ladies. Happy Galentine’s Day!”

(Galentine’s Day, for the uninitiated, was created by Leslie Knope on the NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation” and is celebrated every Feb. 13. It’s a day for Leslie – played by Amy Poehler – and her lady friends to hang out and enjoy some girl time.)

The Galentine’s playlist is Miranda’s third public playlist – meaning any Spotify user can listen to it. His first list, “Rise Up Eyes Up Wise Up,” posted two weeks ago and features tracks that lean political, including “Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)” by K’NAAN and Snow the Product (from the “Hamilton Mixtape”), “This is Why We Fight” by the Decemberists, “Buscando America” by Ruben Blades and “Ballad of a Thin Man” by Bob Dylan.

Since creating “Galentine’s Day” last week, Miranda on Sunday posted a fourth list, “Add Yourself,” with tunes from Aimee Mann, Jay-Z and Julie Andrews. (Proof that Miranda’s tastes are quite diverse.)

As he posted on the playlist called “Amaze and Astonish”: “I really like making these for you. I hope you enjoy.”