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 # Instructions
 
-Write a simple linked list implementation that uses Elements and a List.
+Write a prototype of the music player application.
 
-The linked list is a fundamental data structure in computer science,
-often used in the implementation of other data structures. They're
-pervasive in functional programming languages, such as Clojure, Erlang,
-or Haskell, but far less common in imperative languages such as Ruby or
-Python.
+For the prototype, each song will simply be represented by a number.
+Given a range of numbers (the song IDs), create a singly linked list.
 
-The simplest kind of linked list is a singly linked list. Each element in the
-list contains data and a "next" field pointing to the next element in the list
-of elements.
+Given a singly linked list, you should be able to reverse the list to play the songs in the opposite order.
 
-This variant of linked lists is often used to represent sequences or
-push-down stacks (also called a LIFO stack; Last In, First Out).
+~~~~exercism/note
+The linked list is a fundamental data structure in computer science, often used in the implementation of other data structures.
 
-As a first take, lets create a singly linked list to contain the range (1..10),
-and provide functions to reverse a linked list and convert to and from arrays.
+The simplest kind of linked list is a **singly** linked list.
+That means that each element (or "node") contains data, along with something that points to the next node in the list.
 
-When implementing this in a language with built-in linked lists,
-implement your own abstract data type.
+If you want to dig deeper into linked lists, check out [this article][intro-linked-list] that explains it using nice drawings.
+
+[intro-linked-list]: https://medium.com/basecs/whats-a-linked-list-anyway-part-1-d8b7e6508b9d
+~~~~
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+# Introduction
+
+You work for a music streaming company.
+
+You've been tasked with creating a playlist feature for your music player application.