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).
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MCND: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Lowest Rated Songs
Imperial Phases
None
Slump Phases
Pop Star -> X10 (2023-2024)
Rating Average: 7.71
Overall Trendline:
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in order to get to the imperial groups we must get through the middle of the packs first…
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They started out great. Their debut was amazing. I remember putting that song on repeat for months and hoped that they would do something great with their career. However, and sadly, they haven’t captured my attention since Crush to be honest.
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I’m worried about MCND. They haven’t made a comeback since 2024, and that’s usually a sign of possible disbandment. I really hope that’s not the case.
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I haven’t listened to MCND in ages, but that Ice Age song is one hell of a gimmicky kitschy pop song – I can still sing the refrain even though I have not heard it in years. (2020 to be exact, since I was looking up the video just now.) (There are plenty 80’s songs like this too, the Tarzan boy one gets lodged in my head from time to time.) Plus at the time MCND were snot nose indie punks, so it was easy to like the group just for being different and new and fresh.
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please do SECRET next! they just announced their reunion (though just with Hyosung and Hana 🥲)
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i still really like ice age omg
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