How to master Apple Music's latest cool feature

Build collaborative playlists with friends.

I thoroughly enjoy playing the DJ at parties, treating friends and family to my impeccable taste in music.

So I find Apple Music’s newest feature — playlist collaboration — slightly horrifying.

Isn’t the point of building a playlist to base it on your personal selection of music, like the age-old practice of creating mixtapes?

I find the idea of a playlist built by committee to be a milquetoast disaster in the making.

Given that, collaborative playlists are a well-thought-out and well-implemented new feature of Apple Music. If collaborating on a playlist before a road trip, party or other gathering appeals to you, here’s how to do it.

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