There are a number of acts who have debuted in the past few decades and have dozens of song ratings on this blog. I thought it would be fun to lay these ratings 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).
Check out (G)I-DLE/I-DLE’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!
(G)I-DLE/I-DLE: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Lowest Rated Songs
Imperial Phases
None
Slump Phases
Last Dance -> Queencard (2021 – 2023)
Rating Average: 7.63
Overall Trendline:
The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion 
Hann and Lion are PEAK I-dle, sigh I wish they went down that route instead of their gimmicky shtick. As for recent releases, I liked Girlfriend but haven’t went back to it in months. Same goes for Lucid
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If you give every track about .5 more, that’s probably how my i-dle chart would look.
My fave TTs are: Hann, Lion, Allergy, Wife (especially the mv!), Super Lady, Klaxon (chorus choreo + YUQI vocals esp), Girlfriend
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so you’d rate HANN a 9.25?
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more a general thing than true for every song. HANN is prob right at 8.75. Lion and Latata are prob right where I would put those as well.
Allergy, Queencard, Wife, Super Lady, Klaxon are all mid 8s to me so they cover the cases where the songs are about the same.
My rating average for i-dle is prob around 8.25
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I’m actually quite surprised the average is that high.
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I was, too!
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Also Nick, I have a question. Some of these artists still release new music,, so when they do, will you also update the graphs for them?
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I’ll likely do periodical updates when I have a chance.
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HANN and HWAA are amazing, loved LA TA TA and enjoyed Super Lady too. the rest are either duds (especially Oh My God, Tomboy, Nxde, Queencard and Wife) or I don’t care for.
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