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 EXID’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!

EXID: A Career In Song Ratings

The Breakdown

Highest Rated Songs

Up & Down, Ah Yeah

Lowest Rated Songs

Bad Girl For You

Imperial Phases

Whoz That Girl -> Hot Pink (2012-2015)
Cream -> Lady (2016-2018)

Slump Phases

I Love You -> Fire (2018-2022)

Rating Average: 8.10

Overall Trendline:

5 thoughts on “EXID: A Career In Song Ratings”

EXID. Really, they have the one big song, and a few other good to great ones. But really, it’s all about “Up and Down”, back from the sexy era in kpop circa 2013-14-15, the era that drove the Korean broadcast censors nuts. (See also: Brown Eyed Girls “Warm Hole”.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfXZ6ydgZyo

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I thought DDD would at least be a 9? It appeared very high in your top 50 kpop songs of 2017.

Also, I remember in the monthly rankings, you placed EXID’s Up and Down above BTS’ Danger, which is a 10, so isn’t Up and Down a 10, too? Or did smth change?

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I Love You is a 9 for me. The second best EXID title track. Actually, I think they have a pretty solid artistic identity

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Some of their songs like Night Rather Than Day have aged really well. I think when it came out it felt pretty understated but after the recent onslaught of breezy, wispy disco-lite girl group songs post-Cupid I appreciate it so much for having EXID’s personality all over it.

Also, will you rate Hyelin’s taco menu next?

https://www.chosun.com/english/kpop-culture-en/2026/05/20/JOTSAOSQGNFKZOWZKMU2O3OOKE/

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