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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TAEYEON: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Lowest Rated Songs
Imperial Phases
The Blue Night Of Jeju Island -> I Got Love (2016-2017)
Slump Phases
Lonely -> I’m All Ears (2017-2018)
Stay -> Voice (2018-2019)
Happy -> Let Me Go (2020)
What Do I Call You -> Hate That… (2020-2021)
Rating Average: 7.74
Overall Trendline:
The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion 
A little correction: you missed out Don’t Forget by Crush featuring Taeyeon
But yeah, it’s a fair average for her, she has a couple of bops, but mostly, her catalogue is chill, coffeeshop fare. Time Lapse still remains as her strongest song.
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I decided not to include Don’t Forget because she’s barely on the track.
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Ah, I, the song called I, the one on my own personal list of misheard lyrics in English. To me, its “Peaches from the sky-ee-i-ee-i-“.
“Lonely” is the saddest song ever. Penned by Jonghyun, the lyrics have a different impact now years after. Its like take “End of Day” but make it all three ticks lower. Beautiful and sad and melancholy and sad.
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