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 I.O.I’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!
I.O.I: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Lowest Rated Songs
Imperial Phases
None
Slump Phases
None
Rating Average: 7.88
Overall Trendline:
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7.25 to a 8.5 is kinda crazy
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We’ll call it E.B.R.C (early blog ratings correction)
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I remember that Whatta Man got 5 back then, that is an increase, what happen? 🤣
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My ratings system has been tweaked since the blog’s first year for various reasons.
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Come on, Nick! I’m usually not picky about this kind of stuff, but… you post BigBang’s total singles average with an OT5 photo (who’s that fifth BigBang member again? Never heard of him… cough cough sarcasm 😏) and then you use an OT7 photo for I.O.I 🫤? You’re missing four members there! 😅
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Ugh. I forgot that wasn’t a full-group promo.
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Damn, the way they rose from being Enemies of the Blog (they would have been an 6.71– rounded off– if we went by your initial ratings) to a decent Middle of the Pack, you really were incredibly strict with your ratings back then 😭 but yeah, they have had alright songs, nothing too strong but not very weak either
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Very Very Very is a straight-up 10 for me; it’s the greatest Twice-sounding song out there, and like a cross between Wonder Girls and early Twice – both of which were written & produced by JYP, of course.
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I noticed the link on your original review is broken, so here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdxvD7r58ng
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