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 RED VELVET’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!
RED VELVET: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Lowest Rated Songs
One Of These Nights, Beautiful Christmas
Imperial Phases
Happiness -> Dumb Dumb (2014-2015)
Russian Roulette -> Red Flavor (2016-2017)
Slump Phases
None
Rating Average: 8.23
Overall Trendline:
The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion 
My favorite group of all fucking time🙏🙂↕️😍🥹
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The way you might be the only person on the internet to not glaze Psycho as much as the others do 😭 also, Cosmic never getting a 9 or above is diabolical, she’s a 10 for me 💔
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Never really liked Psycho and that hasn’t changed.
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Have to agree, I sort of like the prechorus but psycho has always gotten on my nerves more than it should 🥲 I’ve never been much of a RV fan though
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Gotta agree on it, like it’s decent, the melodies are strong, but apart from it, nothing unique. Maybe low 8s ig
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No, she’s a ten for us, all of us reveluvs🙂↕️❤️
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Love these girls! Feels like I’m only into about half of their output, but the stuff I like from them I really really like.
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Ice Cream Cake ranks at the top for best key changes of all kpop. Closely followed by KARA “Lupin”. iykyk.
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Oh “Lupin” is easily one of Kara’s absolute best hits. I guess my middle schooler self didn’t fully appreciate just how good I (or most k-pop fans) had it when producers like Sweetune & YYJ ruled the k-pop world.
Do you have a top 5 RV title tracks by any chance? If yes, what would they be?
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Good question, I have in some order:
Happiness
Ice Cream Cake
Power Up
Red Flavor
Russian Roulette
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I see that Zimzalabim grew on you quite a lot. It has always been one of my favourite Red Velvet title tracks, and I wish in the year of our Lord 2026, we could have more Zimzalabims instead of all these obnoxious club beat monstrosities.
My top 5(/6) RV title tracks would probably be:
1. Dumb Dumb
2. Happiness
3. Ice Cream Cake
4. Red Flavour
5. Zimzalabim/Power Up
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Beautiful Christmas was a banger.
I watched the MV like a hundred times.
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Honestly only good because of NingNing’s part
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russian roulette, happiness, dumb dumb, red flavor, and cosmic are all 9+ for me.
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they werent my ults, but they are now that sm has thoroughly trained my ears.
top 5 TT for me
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I like Red Velvet’s music because it’s fun and they sing really well. There’s not much else to say—their music speaks for itself. My top 5 TT would be:
HM:
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originally 5.75 for one of these nights 😭 that was brutal
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Dang what did One of These Nights do to you?
Ditto for RBB.
Psycho and Bad Boy are easily their worst titles.
I’d say Red Flavor is iconic but not at all a 10. It’s definitely top 8 but not top 5.
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nick was wayyyyy more brutal on ratings back then
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Red Flavor introduced me to Red Velvet, fell in love with their other songs after that. Psycho is also a personal favorite, mostly because it brings back great memories; it was one of the first comebacks me and my siblings experienced as newer k-pop fans and we all loved it. Queendom would also be a bit higher. They were just a very consistent group with catchy songs and some all-timers.
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i honestly think happiness might be my favorite kpop song of all time or at least super close, maybe tied with windy day by oh my girl. nostalgia is definitely at play but its also just an incredible song! my favorite rv titles are probably 1) happiness 2) dumb dumb 3) ice cream cake 4) red flavor 5) rookie
not to mention the bsides!! such a great discography overall
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Damn, poor One of these Nights. It is pretty boring though, I have to admit. I like the Joe Millionaire version though
As for my T5 RV single, I’d have to say maybe Bad Boy (english version preferred) > Cosmic > Ice Cream Cake > Russian Roulette > Automatic=Queendom=Rookie. I generally prefer their B-sides
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I am a HUGE One of These Nights stan, both the single and the EP. I was getting into R&B back then and I think it was a good opening to explore other artists. I always crossed my fingers for them to return to a similar sound and I was so happy with the release of Bad Boy, it’s like my prayers had been heard after two years.
I became a massive Red Velvet fan after Bad Boy but I must admit I felt kind of sad because they never returned to that sound. The closest thing to sound like Bad Boy in their next releases is Psycho, which is not even that much of an R&B track. Regardless, I think Red Velvet definitely has a discography with many highlights.
My top five songs from them is:
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