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 4MINUTE’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!

4MINUTE: A Career In Song Ratings

The Breakdown

Highest Rated Songs

Volume Up

Lowest Rated Songs

Hate

Imperial Phases

Huh -> Mirror Mirror (2010-2011)
Ready Go -> Whatcha Doin’ Today? (2011-2014)

Slump Phases

Muzik -> Jingle Jingle (2009)

Rating Average: 8.05

Overall Trendline:

7 thoughts on “4MINUTE: A Career In Song Ratings”

Volume Up is a 10. probably the best song co-composed/written by BEP…

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Hate went up a point 😅. It’s a really weird song to just sit and listen to, more enjoyable to dance to.

I also really love heart to heart and mirror mirror. Those along with volume up are their best songs

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i love muzik! it’s probably not even in my top 10 4minute songs, but that just goes to show how much good material they had

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Nick says:

June 25, 2026 at 11:35 am

I like it as a song but the autotune is too much for me (as it often was during this era)

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i wouldve imagined hate went up to a low 7 at least cuz u used to be too harsh when u started……i mean im not a huge fan either but how tf is it only a 5.5 😭

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maybe it was because I’d only been into kpop for about a year or two when Hate came out, but I recall it feeling really fresh and different for a girl group to release at the time, esp at the start of 2016 when almost all of them were sticking to either innocent or sexy concepts and “girl crush” hadn’t become massively overexposed and ubiquitous yet. The build up and drop in Hate is hit or miss for sure, but I’ll never forget the shock of watching the MV and seeing the members in baggy jeans and oversized red sweaters all of a sudden, maybe I-dle has pushed the girl group/boy group boundaries in a similar fashion a few times since then but it’s still pretty rare tbh. All that to say it’s probably an 8 for me, but still not quite as fun as Crazy or iconic as Volume Up of course.

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