I’m a person who loves data and loves classifying things. That has been a big part of this blog since its inception. Because of this, I’d like to test out a new feature that displays BIAS LIST data in a different way.
There are a number of groups who have debuted in the past decade and have dozens of song ratings on this blog. I thought it would be fun to lay these out in chronological order, line-graph style, and take a macro view of their careers so far. Then, similar to my “Underrated K-pop” features, I can average their ratings into one mega-score and place them in a pantheon alongside other acts.
As always, this feature has some rules of its own. I’m including any “Song Review” ratings as part of this graph, including Japanese releases and collaborations with one other artist. I’m not including Buried Treasures or solo/sub-unit releases. For the ratings themselves, I’m using the most current number on this blog, so if a song was part of a “Risers and Fallers” or “Legendary Songs Inauguration” post, that’s the rating you’ll see displayed here. That means there will still be a few ratings here and there I find slightly inaccurate, but it’ll mostly reflect my up-to-date feelings.
Finally, these scores are completely subjective. Feel free to agree, disagree and argue (that’s part of the fun!), but know that this chart reflects the opinion of only one person (me).
Ready to kick off “A Career In Song Ratings”? We’ll start with a group who made their most recent comeback this week.
TXT: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Crown, Run Away, 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)
Lowest Rated Songs
Imperial Phases
Crown -> Angel Or Devil (2019)
Eternally -> Sugar Rush Ride (2020 – 2022)
Slump Phases
Can’t You See Me? -> Puma (2020)
We’ll Never Change -> Beautiful Strangers (2024 – 2025)
Rating Average: 8.36
Overall Trendline:
The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion 
Honestly, for a group who is now in their 8th year, this isnt nearly as bad as I imagined. I do wish, with this current epidemic of 2 minute songs catered towards virality and streams, Bighit would return to the production quality pre- 2024. Idk what happened, the producers seem to be the same and I cannot imagine they just lost their touch within a year.
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also, Did Lovesong go from an 8.75 to a 10?!
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It did in the 2023 Legendary Songs Inauguration
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Yay!! What an awesome new feature! 😀 I’d love to see one of these for Infinite. (Although maybe Nick is tired of writing about them… 😂)
Kara, Boyfriend, and 9Muses would be cool too
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Any group whose whole discography has been rated on this blog will be first in line, but I’m not opposed to going back to older groups and assigned ratings for songs I haven’t reviewed in full.
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Yeah in my excitement and poor reading comprehension skills I must have overlooked the part that said “there are a number of groups who have debuted in the past decade and have dozens of song ratings on this blog.” 😂
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I still want to eventually get to older groups, though! (plus my K-pop A-Z groups are already eligible)
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I’ll be looking forward to seeing EXO’s and GFriend’s if that’s the case!
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As someone who loves statistics and charts, especially for music, this is so dope!
8.36 is actually a pretty solid score, though I guess we don’t have any other group to compare it with yet 😂
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Thats true, I wonder how they will put up with the other 4th gen boy groups
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among the most popular ones (skz, enhypen, ateez, p1harmony etc), I would think TXT is pretty high up. I can see Ateez being higher based on Nick’s ratings
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I would imagine that ONF and Golden Child have rating averages above 9.5 considering their copious amounts of 9+ ratings. Infinite and EXO might be up there but they’ve been around for some time so it may be a bit lower.
For female acts, I’d say GFriend or SNSD likely have the highest averages. But groups like Ive could also be up there as well.
As far as new acts, I’d say TWS and Riize would top the list for obvious reasons. AHOF could also join the mix in about 3-5 years if they continue to release material as good as Rendezvous. Can’t also forget to mention The Wind but they don’t have any 10s yet. The lead girl group is probably Hearts2Hearts.
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the last few years have been so mixed I was expecting worse, but this seems very reasonable it retrospect. the main issue to me the whole time was that the songs are almost always solid but they could’ve been so much more.
#JusticeForPuma though I’ve loved that song since 2020. I hate bringing them up but it’s way better than any CORTIS song released and will release in the future. and Sugar Rush Ride is still their worst release for me no thanks to that abysmal chorus
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Sugar Rush Ride being my second favourite title…
justice for puma though
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Cat & Dog is my favorite.
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is2g im like the one person on earth who thinks cysm is their best tt (next to drama n blue hour ofc)
but also:
– crown n run away r undoubtedly great songs but they reallyyyyy grew off me over the years
– im sorry im never gonna get the 0x1 lovesong hype. it just feels like the most cloying kind of radio alt pop to me also……it gives contemporary worship music a little bit icl 😭
– its so funny to me that frost is a 9 cuz nick has neverrrrrr given any other song that sounds like it that kind of praise (to my knowledge at least)
– besides cysm my favorite txt songs overall r ill see you there tomorrow, no rules (both WASTEDDDD opportunities for follow up promotions i mean they promoted the latter sm that it was basically a double tt), 20cm, fairy of shampoo, drama, new rules, n roller coaster
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Its rare I find someone with almost my same opinions on TXT’s music because you almost nailed it.
-I find Lovesong a tad overrated just because the verses offer NOTHING interesting to my ears.
-Crown and Runaway have only grown on me recently as I long for the days of masterpiece titles
-I had CYSM as my favourite and best title for a while but it has sadly only gone down, due to the fact that I feel like I have grown out of that phase, but it is still a very solid tt.
-Finally, your roster of favourite songs are some of my favourites too! Although none of them are close to being top 5 for me.
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I love this format of post, and I also really appreciate being able to see the trendline like this. I really like the data and statistics you pull from your own music taste, and that’s probably why I keep coming back to your blog despite hardly listening to newer kpop (I’ve mostly been listening to 2018-2022 this year). I’d love to do something like this for myself but I’m horrible at rating music in a standardized way and my opinions change all the time :’D props to you for having nailed your rating system so well.
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