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APRIL: A Career In Song Ratings

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 APRIL’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!


APRIL: A Career In Song Ratings


The Breakdown


Highest Rated Songs

Tinkerbell, LALALILALA

Lowest Rated Songs

Love With Me!

Imperial Phases

Dream Candy -> April Story (2015-2017)
Take My Hand -> Oh! My Mistake (2017-2018)

Slump Phases

None


Rating Average: 8.16


Overall Trendline:

7 thoughts on “APRIL: A Career In Song Ratings

  1. idk how often you check analytics on this site, but I visited the LALALILALA review yesterday as I was listening to it after such a long time, so this was a nice surprise!

    That song hit all the right notes for the first time yesterday. (The other times it felt generic to me.) Such a good instrumental/topline combo! And it’s cool how Tinkerbell has the same rating (despite being an April Story enthusiast myself) haha

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  2. I really miss music from groups like April, Lovelyz, Oh My girl and Gfriend~ what a time~ Lalalalilalala, Oh My Mistake, Just As We Are, Jelly etc some of my faves

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