--- description: The Hamilton writer and star wrote a remix of the West Wing Weekly's podcast theme song titled, "What's Next?" title: Listen to Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'West Wing' Rap image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Listen to Lin-Manuel Miranda's _West Wing_ Rap  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 16, 2017 5:54 PM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 16, 2017 5:54 PM CUT Perhaps unsurprisingly, _Hamilton_ writer and star (and politics buff) Lin-Manuel Miranda is a huge [_West Wing_ ](http://time.com/4535825/west-wing-reunion-allison-janney-hollywood-walk-of-fame/ "undefined")fan. Now he’s written an ode to the [beloved political drama](http://time.com/4378212/west-wing-presidential-endorsement-2016/ "undefined"), the rap “What’s Next?”—named for President Bartlett’s oft-repeated phrase— for the _West Wing Weekly_ podcast. The rap is a remix of the podcast’s usual theme song with lyrics written by the McArthur Genius himself. The hosts of _West Wing Weekly_, which breaks down the Aaron Sorkin show episode-by-episode, called Miranda “the biggest _West Wing_ fan we know” on a post on their website. Miranda’s love of _The West Wing_ is well-documented: The show’s [theme song played](http://ew.com/article/2016/07/10/hamilton-lin-manuel-miranda-final-curtain-call/ "undefined") during the curtain call of his final _Hamilton_ performance on Broadway, and one of the musical’s famous #Ham4Ham short performances [rewrote](http://ew.com/article/2016/03/23/hamilton-cabinet-battle-white-house-west-wing/ "undefined") the show’s song “Cabinet Battle #1” as a scene from _West Wing_. Listen to Miranda’s rap above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4635806/lin-manuel-miranda-west-wing-whats-next-hamilton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4635806/lin-manuel-miranda-west-wing-whats-next-hamilton/"},"headline":"Listen to Lin-Manuel Miranda's West Wing Rap","datePublished":"2017-01-16T17:54:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:44:45.598Z","description":"\"What's Next?\"","url":"https://time.com/4635806/lin-manuel-miranda-west-wing-whats-next-hamilton/","keywords":["Music","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4635806/lin-manuel-miranda-west-wing-whats-next-hamilton/","name":"Listen to Lin-Manuel Miranda's West Wing Rap"}}]}] ```