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 BESTIE’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!
BESTIE: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Lowest Rated Songs
Imperial Phases
Pitapat -> Excuse Me (2013-2015)
Slump Phases
None
Rating Average: 8.79
Overall Trendline:
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i’d bump every song besides the Christmas one by at least 0.25, lol
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Weren’t they in Underrated K-Pop as well? I thought you were gonna separate those two and have them and other nugu groups in that feature instead.
But oh well, seeing the ratings here, I should prolly give their singles run a listen lol
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I decided to gradually fold the Underrated K-pop acts into this main chart.
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their imperial phase being their whole (short-lived) career 🙂↕️ Love Options will always be my favorite (an easy 10), but the rest are great as well.
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we really should’ve gotten more bestie. Would’ve loved to see how they navigated the trends of late 2010s, they had a great dynamic
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Only bangers in their career ✨ A bit surprising Love Options is just short of 9 given how much you’ve raved about it in many posts, what prevents it from reaching it?
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I’ve listened to Love Options three times now, and the post-chorus is already living rent-free in my head. At this rate, I’m gonna end up like SpongeBob after hearing Musical Doodle 😅
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That’s the power of Brave Brothers!
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That explains why this song stood out to me! I love Brave Brothers’ work with AOA, especially Heart Attack and Short Hair. I think for my taste the producers are just as important as the idols themselves. Do you have any Brave Brothers recommendation(s).
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Straight from my iTunes library 🙂
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can I ask what the stars mean?
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Just my itunes song ratings, which I use to help shape playlists. Anything five stars equates to 9+ on this blog.
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Love Options is a 10 in my books! Them having one imperial phase and it being their whole career like they simply don’t make groups like this anymore
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