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 KANG DANIEL’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!
KANG DANIEL: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Lowest Rated Songs
Imperial Phases
None
Slump Phases
Movie -> Antidote (2020-2021)
Ready To Ride -> Parade (2022)
How We Live -> Joyride (2022)
Electric Shock -> Episode (2024-2025)
Rating Average: 7.51
Overall Trendline:
The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion 
Hush hush really saved kang daniel by a hair lmao
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And it’s technically not even his song!
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Bruh, is just me or is alot of K-soloists getting such low scores? The exception would be G-dragon and Taemin but WOAH!!!!? Alot of the soloists you’ve reviewed got an average career score of 7.5-7.8. I thought K-soloists made crazy good music too?!
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Here’s my theory: Soloists tend to have more creative control in their music and most idols’ tastes are very boring/trendy/nonexistent.
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XDD! You’re probably right. It seems like they care more about a paycheck or going viral instead of actually making quality music. I am saying this about the music industry as a whole, not just Kpop sadly.
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have you listened to remedied by flo yet?
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What’s your thoughts on the TWS’s latest teaser “Soda Soda”?
It sound very promising, but judging from the teaser’s visual, I’m afraid we’re bout to witness the next era of TWS where they’re gonna explore those “dark” “deep” concept… soon.
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