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 LIGHTSUM’s placement on the ULTIMATE ARTIST RANKING page!
LIGHTSUM: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Lowest Rated Songs
Imperial Phases
None
Slump Phases
Vivace -> Doshite (2021-2026)
Rating Average: 7.63
Overall Trendline:
Random but I’ve been interested in new jack swing a lot lately (Rhythm Nation’s on heavy rotation) so I was wondering if you got any good new jack swing recommendationss? Doesn’t matter if it’s pop, kpop or jpop!
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i’m not nick but i say all of verivery’s early songs (super special and their veri-us and veri-able albums) along with snsd-hrs’s lowkey in love! also i’m your girl by s.e.s.
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This is waaaay more than you probably asked for, but here is my New Jack Swing playlist from my iTunes music library. This is only material released during the genre’s original heyday (late-80s to early-90s), so there’s obviously many other tracks that reference this sound later (YSEULT’s Freak is an excellent one from this year!). Songs with five stars would be my 9+ rated ones.
Oh! And I forgot I have a K-pop one, too! This hasn’t been updated in years, though…
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What do you think of this? (I checked your Twitter first this time)
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Honey or Spice is my favorite from LIGHTSUM. 8.5. I’ve liked all their songs somewhat, enough to add them all.
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Wow, it’s striking to see how few releases they have. Vanilla remains their best single for me too, although I remember Alive’s choreo catching my eye because there’s some really creative/difficult steps in there.
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