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 TRIPLES’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!
TRIPLES: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Lowest Rated Songs
Imperial Phases
Generation -> Rising (2022-2023)
Slump Phases
Cameo Love -> Q&A (2026)
Rating Average: 7.83
Overall Trendline:
The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion 
Ooh, I was just wondering how you’d do TripleS since while they do have sub-unit releases more than full group ones, the way they work is also so different like they never make a comeback after “debuting” (minus Hatchi! their JP unit). I was lowkey sure you’d exclude the sub-unit releases but I guess not and it makes sense too lol
But yeah, they can release a few occasional bangers but most of their catalogue is… you guessed it, serviceable. Generation is still my favourite song of theirs.
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They’re a strange case because nearly all their releases are sub-units, so for them (and eventually idntt) everything gets put together.
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They’re one of the most consistently good groups, especially among girl groups. I’d bump almost all these songs scores up a whole point.
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also nick can u list off some of ur favorite basic element and waldo’s people songs? i wanna get into their music further
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Start with these albums:
Basic Element – The Empire Strikes Back (Entourage, Nowhere To Run, Out Of This World)
Waldo’s People – Paranoid (Ride The Tide, Life, Emperor’s Dawn 2009 version)
Both are wall-to-wall slammers.
Other songs I’d give a 9+ to so far:
BE – Got You Screaming
WP – 1000 Ways
But really, you can’t go wrong with any album from these two. There are probably other 9+ songs I just haven’t re-rated yet.
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