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 ICHILLIN’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!
ICHILLIN’: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Lowest Rated Songs
Imperial Phases
None
Slump Phases
Got’Ya -> Kick Start (2021-2023)
Rating Average: 7.46
Overall Trendline:
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Oof, love these girls, but their early material has been pretty… childish at best. Glad they went down a more mature-ish route with mixed results. Wish they went down the Bite Me-Demigod-Official route and developed that more.
My average would be a 7.75. Wish we get a comeback but at least they’re coming back as a sub-unit soon lol
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Btw Nick, iii (the group that interpolated In The Hall Of The Mountain King for Forbidden Midnight) just released their comeback WaiT today. Do you plan to review this?
They also have a “MV” for it and I’m only saying it lightly cause it’s AI slop… 🥴
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No, I only have so much in me this week.
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iii. Three eye’s. Pass.
There was a kpop group called 3ye a few years ago, totally nugu, but some of their songs punched way above their budget. I totally crushed on 3ye for a while, until as happens with under-funded nugus in small agencies, they disbanded. Sigh.
I mean, this one, the tempo shifts are on fi-yah. This was just outside my top ten for 2020.
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