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 ONF’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!
ONF: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Lowest Rated Songs
Message, Sukhumvit Swimming, My Name Is
Imperial Phases
ON/OFF -> Why (2017 – 2019)
Beautiful Beautiful -> The Stranger (2021 – 2025)
Slump Phases
None
Rating Average: 8.82
Overall Trendline:
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When your LOWEST is an 8, you know you got a banger discography! I absolutely adore Beautiful Beautiful and The Stranger, the former is such a blast of euphoria!
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One of the best discography’s from any group. Although I was expecting an average beyond a 9, but I think they’ll get there if they continue to release consistently good music
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I know I said in Seventeen’s post that they were my overall favourite boy group, but this just reminded me how more consistently strong ONF’s output has been to me. To that point, I actually have almost twice as many ONF songs in my library compared to Seventeen. I’ve enjoyed pretty much all of their EPs/albums!
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On/Of aka ONF have focused on making good pop songs that would be good in almost any era. Solid songs with solid melodies with quality voices backing it up. Plus they are a joy to watch perform. I saw one of those videos of the guys in their military garb at some military performance, and they were just having so much fun performing their songs.
If I have a favorite …. among my favorites … ok, I’ll go by playcount as proxy for favorites: my most played are debut era “Complete”, mid-era “Beautiful Beautiful” and current era “The Stanger”. Guilty pleasure is “Sukhumvit Swimming” – a goofy kitschy song but y’all know I love good kitsch (I’m like a stupiiiiiid swimming (swimming swimming)).
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