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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TEN: A Career In Song Ratings
The Breakdown
Highest Rated Songs
Lowest Rated Songs
Imperial Phases
Dream In A Dream -> New Heroes (2017-2018)
Slump Phases
None
Rating Average: 7.96
Overall Trendline:
Ooh, didn’t expect you to include Baby Don’t Stop given it was more so marketed as a NCT U song than you know, a Ten x Taeyong duet (dk if it makes sense but yeah). But yeah, I feel like performance is more so his forte than the music and he suits the slinky sound than the bombastic type.
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well, that and Low Low. but makes sense since a duet (or a collaboration like WDA or Spaghetti) is eligible for the feature. cool plethora of Ten songs, which will also reflect on Taeyong’s (and Yangyang’s eventually)
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Ten’s performance level is so high that it’s really hard for the music to satisfy in the same way. Like Dream in a Dream is one of my favorite choreos in Kpop but the song itself is like background music. I think out of his solos Stunner seems to have come the closest. Not sure if his current material with his own company is any better but it may just always be a mismatch for me.
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