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 AFTER SCHOOL’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!
AFTER SCHOOL: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Lowest Rated Songs
Love Love Love, Play Ur Love, Shine
Imperial Phases
Ah -> Dream Girl (2009)
Flashback -> Shh (2012-2014)
Slump Phases
None
Rating Average: 8.21
Overall Trendline:
The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion 
Didn’t expect a 7 on AS’s discography, and of course I’m just too bias to AS. Diva, Ah, Because of You (I honestly didn’t expect you rate it 8 Nick!) is definitely a 10 and 10x #1 in my room.
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Didn’t expect a minimum of 7 on AS’s discography is what I mean** typo here.
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Shampoo still is and will always be one of my favourite songs in all of k-pop history. My bias Raina sounds absolutely gorgeous in it.
Now this might sound random, but I would kill to hear aespa cover that song (this won’t ever happen, sadly). The girls all seem very musically intelligent (particularly Ningning and Karina), judging from their recording behind-the-scenes, and it’s a shame they are not given more songs with glorious (?) melodies to work with.
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I love shampoo, glad u also do!
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question: which non-kpop acts would u hypothetically put in the “enemies of the blog” section, im thinking ones like 6ix9ine, jake paul, lil pump, surfaces, and sexxy red
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You’re probably right about the names you listed, but there’s such a big difference between K-pop and non K-pop. With K-pop, I listen to pretty much everything in the idol world because that world has a limit of available acts. Non K-pop is so unlimited that most of my “enemies” are probably acts I don’t ever listen to or don’t even know exist because they’re so outside my personal taste. I’m struggling to think of an artist I hate that I’ve actually listened to, though there are definitely acts I dislike even if I enjoy a song or two of theirs.
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Though it will gonna be…. Imagine Dragon? I think you’ve stated it in one of the previous post. (Damn how come I could remember it?)
https://thebiaslist.com/2023/10/03/song-review-newjeans-gods/
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imagine dragons would most likely fall in the Non-Starters category, though i havent ranked or heard their whole discography
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Oh, Nick Nick Nick… [shakes head sadly] Because of You is a perfect 10 for me. One of K-pop’s all-time great tunes.
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