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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