Your favs are not better. They are just less popular.

Here's some harshness coming down your throat.

Higher charting does not mean the song is better. True. But nothing does.

Good or bad in a song is entirely subjective. You waste your breath when you scream and shout that a song doing numbers your favs could only dream of is somehow "bad."

McDonald's gets more revenue than any Michelin starred restaurant, sure. But sir, you stan a Wendy's.

Also, why are people surprised to see that the most popular groups globally get defended?

BTS has 36 million monthly listeners on Spotify right now. Katseye has 35M. Lesserafim has 21M, or 17M just before Iconic by Mistake got released. Cortis has 12.9M.

The biggest SM group has 11.2M. Melon's ENTIRE monthly active user base is 6M.

So to circle back, your fav's songs aren't better, despite the lack of dozens of "valid criticism" thinkpieces. People just aren't listening.