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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JENNIE: A Career In Song Ratings

The Breakdown

Highest Rated Songs

like JENNIE

Lowest Rated Songs

Mantra

Imperial Phases

ZEN -> like JENNIE (2025)

Slump Phases

Handlebars -> Fallen Angel (2025-2026)

Rating Average: 7.40

Overall Trendline:

6 thoughts on “JENNIE: A Career In Song Ratings”

Damn, what made Like Jennie rise for you? I’m surprised ngl

But come on, Mantra’s not bad to deserve less than a 6. Like yeah, it’s your typical “empowering” song and it’s an improvement from the initial 4.75, but I like the Miami bass production and its lyrical content is still somewhat better than “oh em gee, I’m beautiful and born stunner!”, I’d probably give that mid or high-7s ngl.

Zen still remains as her best song though, it’s an 8.75 for me

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Annietime21 says:

August 30, 2026 at 6:55 am

Also, wouldn’t Fallen Angel be counted in the Slump Phase?

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She is far from favourite soloist, but at least her Ruby album was quite an interesting project for KPOP artist. Mantra was just another example how bad KPOP took trend too far and wrung it dry so fast too. I still remember what a colorful festive the discussion on this site when Mantra dropped.

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So happy that “like JENNIE” grew a lot on you!

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Mantra for me have a higher score than Solo… Geez the emptiness of Solo is so frustrating to listen, well at least Mantra got a sweet cowbell ringing along the song.

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