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2021 K-Pop Essentials Rate Reveal, Day 1: It's (almost) the end of the month and the weekend... I can do whatever I want!

[RATE REVEAL]

(OP mostly stolen from the BG rate/Smackdown threads... again)

Welcome to the Day 1 of the 2021 K-Pop Essentials Rate Reveal! Us 3 hosts (u/1998tweety, u/OliviaGodrigo, & u/throwaway-7650) are super excited to watch everyone overreact to certain placements and robberies. We will be revealing songs from #66-45 today.

Day 1 will begin at 8 p.m. EST, about an hour from when this post goes up. You can follow along the reveal right in this thread, as everyone's scores will be posted as songs go out, or follow the reveal live in the Queup room, featuring custom shitposts and very yass & slay interludes (pubby.club will be the backup option if there are any issues with Queup)!

STATS

Participants: 185

Average score: 6.880

Average controversy score: 2.207

SONGS REMAINING:

  1. (G)I-DLE - HWAA
  2. aespa - Next Level
  3. aespa - Savage
  4. ASTRO - After Midnight
  5. ATEEZ - Deja Vu
  6. BAEKHYUN - Bambi
  7. Billlie - Ring X Ring
  8. Brave Girls - After We Ride
  9. Brave Girls - Chi Mat Ba Ram
  10. BTS - Butter
  11. BTS - Permission to Dance
  12. Cherry Bullet - Love So Sweet
  13. CHUNG HA - Bicycle
  14. CIX - Cinema
  15. Dreamcatcher - BEcause
  16. ENHYPEN - Drunk-Dazed
  17. ENHYPEN - Fever
  18. EVERGLOW - Pirate
  19. EXO - Don't Fight The Feeling
  20. fromis_9 - WE GO
  21. HOSHI - Spider
  22. HyunA - I'm Not Cool
  23. ITZY - In the Morning
  24. ITZY - LOCO
  25. IU - Celebrity
  26. IU - LILAC
  27. IVE - ELEVEN
  28. JEON SOMI - DUMB DUMB
  29. JO YURI - Glassy
  30. JOY - Hello
  31. KAI - Peaches
  32. KEY - Bad Love
  33. LISA - LALISA
  34. LISA - MONEY
  35. LOONA - Hula Hoop
  36. LOONA - PTT (Paint The Town)
  37. NCT 127 - Sticker
  38. NCT DREAM - Hot Sauce
  39. NCT U - Universe (Let's Play Ball)
  40. OH MY GIRL - Dun Dun Dance
  41. ONF - Beautiful Beautiful
  42. OnlyOneOf - libidO
  43. Red Velvet - Queendom
  44. ROSÉ - On The Ground
  45. SEVENTEEN - Ready To Love
  46. SEVENTEEN - Rock With You
  47. SHINee - Atlantis
  48. SHINee - Don't Call Me
  49. STAYC - ASAP
  50. STAYC - Stereotype
  51. Stray Kids - Thunderous
  52. SUNMI - TAIL
  53. SUNMI - You Can't Sit With Us
  54. TAEMIN - Advice
  55. TAEYEON - Weekend
  56. THE BOYZ - THRILL RIDE
  57. TOMORROW X TOGETHER - 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You) feat. Seori
  58. TOMORROW X TOGETHER - LO$ER=LO♡ER (LOSER=LOVER)
  59. TWICE - Alcohol-Free
  60. TWICE - Scientist
  61. TWICE - The Feels
  62. Weeekly - After School
  63. WJSN - UNNATURAL
  64. WJSN THE BLACK - Easy
  65. WONHO - Lose
  66. YUKIKA - Insomnia

Posted Jul 22, 2022, 11:05 PM UTC · edited

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BebeLuigi•

This subreddit deserves no rights

Baekhyun you will ALWAYS be famous

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1998tweety:lady-gaga-chromatica:•

They simply felt too threatened by him

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sliced-peaches:charlin1a: :tinashe: :tove-lo: :marina-froot:•

bicycle out day one… chungha advocated for sustainable transportation and you automobile lobbyists said NO… big car strikes again 😭

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TakeOnMeByA-ha:TakeOnMeByA-Ha:•

sticker my poor meow meow...my baby my little baby who hurt so much but treats people with nothing but kindness forgive me for not being able to do more..i tried my best i really did..

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b_o_g_o_:queerbaiting:•

ptd really is bts' ME!

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PSSST12:taylor-swift-reputation: Taylor Swift's 13 tits•

Now dont do ME!ssiah like this 😭 /s

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b_o_g_o_:queerbaiting:•

neither song is actually that bad people are just dramatic

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moonshxne:charli-pop2:•

do you really just have...zero standards for vocal production??? aight then

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PSSST12:taylor-swift-reputation: Taylor Swift's 13 tits•

When aespa has two songs in the top 5 😘😘

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BallisticFeanor:bts-logo:#NævisWeLoveYou :Aespa:•

Kpop reddit screaming crying throwing up as we speak

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b_o_g_o_:queerbaiting:•

istg i will delete my account if that happens

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Roxieloxie:janellemonae-1:•

ill also delete

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PSSST12:taylor-swift-reputation: Taylor Swift's 13 tits•

See yall monday or not lmaoooooo

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cloudbustingmp3:katebush-houndsoflove:•

when they mimic the atrl rate and take the top 2 spots yas

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PSSST12:taylor-swift-reputation: Taylor Swift's 13 tits•

Savage and next tugging on each others wigs, a winning for kwangya me thinks 💅

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rickikardashian:addison-rae:•

fuck this fucking sub fr, these scores are hideous

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rickikardashian:addison-rae:•

nothing has happened yet, im just getting ready to be angry

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Cooler_lin•

Chungha baby I am so sorry you should've made it to Day 2.....

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PSSST12:taylor-swift-reputation: Taylor Swift's 13 tits•

Not with that song though

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Icantlikeeveryone:bts-7: :abba: :rosalia: :sabrinacarpenter: Ikimonogakari Potsu•

What happen to DFTF, Hot Sauce, Peaches, OTG and Thunderous? They are good 😱😱

I love BTS the most but it's hilarious to see the PTD's slander 😂

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Thank you guys for joining today! We can finally lock some of these songs away and never listen to them again!

Let's pour one out to the 16 users who lost their 11 today.

We’re going to start a little earlier tomorrow to make it up to the Europeans. See you guys tomorrow at 6 p.m. EST!

Today’s Results:

Bonus Rate Results:

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xxipil0tswritten by bon iver (sadly, a man)•

my exo. 😔

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Zypker125The Nightcore version is better•

FYI, the links from On The Ground and Thrill Ride link to their rank progression instead of the custom thumbnail thingy (idk what that's called lol).

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Fixed, ty!

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thisusernameisntlong•

This europhobic reveal time... I failed staying up for this (gonna sleep rn cuz im ded tired) so I hope to see Sticker tomorrow <3

Have fun in the reveal everyone!

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TakeOnMeByA-ha:TakeOnMeByA-Ha:•

the evil (lisa) has been defeated

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tiltheendoftheline:Aespa:•

I'm kinda shocked people didn't like Bambi much tbh. Though it makes me wish someone does a b-sides rate in the future, as many times the title track isn't the best song on the album.

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moonshxne:charli-pop2:•

they were THREATENED by vocal talent 💅

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flawedconstellation:bts-7::taylor-swift-evermore::RinaSawayama::Conan-Gray:•

i missed this so I didn’t get to vote so instead I’m doing a top 10 prediction (not in order, I’m not that smart), let’s see if it comes true:

  • After School - Weeekly
  • 0x1 = Lovesong - TXT
  • Advice - Taemin
  • Rock with You - Seventeen
  • The Feels - Twice
  • Next Level - Aespa
  • ASAP - StayC
  • Bad Love - Key
  • Love So Sweet - Cherry Bullet
  • Tail - Sunmi (? the only one I’m not certain on)

(you should reply to rip me up or applaud me for my brilliance - either one 😗)

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xxpizzasrlifexx:paramore::swtariana::olivia-rodrigo:•

very brave assumption that popheads will allow multiple men to enter the top 10 🤡

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flawedconstellation:bts-7::taylor-swift-evermore::RinaSawayama::Conan-Gray:•

i am manifesting it 🤡 but that’s why I have my ✨alternates✨ list - swap out all the men except TXT:

  • Unnatural - WJSN
  • We Go - Fromis_9
  • BEcause - Dreamcatcher
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#66: BTS - Permission to Dance

Average: 3.011 // Total Points: 557.1 // Controversy: 2.781 // Listen here

// Rank Graph

(10 x3) cremeebrulee, Roxieloxie, RoyalBloodFool

(9.7 x1) Zypker125

(9.2 x1) ebooks#5454

(9 x1) runaway3212

(8.5 x1) prada

(8.3 x1) Kwcty6888

(8 x6) ElectricBoogaloo41, flavasavavandal, plastichaxan, TiltControls, vuemaurel, YeyeDumpling

(7.5 x4) bigbigbee, La-lamp, MToms, sapphrein

(7 x7) b_o_g_o_, CaptainDaisyG, coolfluffle, hanpop, kpoppyko, pleasegivemeasword, xxipil0ts

(6.8 x1) pheromenos

(6.5 x3) averitablefeast, DraculaWeekend, paigama

(6 x9) AhnSolbin, alwayswords, BleepBloopMusicFan, exciting_patient4872, milkywayinradius, moooo566, mssone1993, poemforsmallthings, Shinkopeshon

(5.8 x1) starla_

(5.5 x1) Tazzachar

(5 x13) avg-vag, Candy-Unlikely, chenle, DefaultPophead, hyalophane, kaiceytron, kyrgyzzephyr, letsallpoo, realitykenz, starfeed, Stryxen, vagueyeti, welcome2thejam

(4.5 x1) seanderlust

(4.3 x1) DirtyRat583 (4.2 x1) RandomHypnotica

(4 x13) 10footnotes, Kayaking11116, LesApfels, majid, MassiveThief, metanoira, OliviaGodrigo, oomjj, Present_Bonus4316, Reveluv_bit, skargardin, TakeOnMeByA-ha, Unique_Time_6226

(3.5 x2) pig-serpent, wy

(3.2 x1) bulforster

(3 x18) BasedButta, BebeLuigi, chancehugs, cosmicneve, DaBigBoi, darjeelingdarkroast, Hulnia, ignitethephoenix, IsaiahTB0, maybecrf, No_Potato_Chicken, rotating3Dtext, sliced-peaches, static_int_husp, TragicKingdom1, treecoh, xearomis, yatcho

(2.6 x1) thedoctordances1940

(2.5 x1) BoldnessofTrolls

(2 x15) anothertown, BaconShoes, Bajuko, cloudbustingmp3, fadedblue09, Gonza_90, imasalesman, jasannn, myohmaiomye, SFbby, SkylarV, StrangeOperation0, twiceoftheheart, vayyiqra, vhqv1997

(1.5 x1) nootnoot781

(1 x33) 1998tweety, 2dina3dworld, aestheticen, agentofscranton, akanewasright, amr, apatel27, astrologicalangel, bespectacIed, bluetriangles04, bookthieving, DaHumanTorch, FreeCuddlesAnyone, hikkaru, Islands, jay duh, keine_panik, mayolizard, Mean_Box_3808, moonagenightmares, namename145, nicolas, oddeyeopener, orbiteezus, Qwilphish, ricki, sage, sarcasticsobs, taemintinople, thea, TheFail05, throwaway-7650, wavingwolves

(0 x44) 2l82bstr8, celladonn, cherryices, cofie, Cooler_lin, CrimsonROSET, dohyon, ernie, Esh_Kebab, frogaranaman, gates0fdawn, HoshiLock, hunnybee12, ilyyyyy, ImADudeDuh, impeccabletim, jacobsjush, Jhe116, Kadenfrost, Kiyakit4, LilacDaffodils, melody, mimins, MoonlightByWindow, moonshxne, mrach, NotWith10000Men, Noukzo, omgthenerve, PragmaticCoconut, PROJECTErza, PSSST12, rae-of-moonlight, raggedy-princess, rslashpoopheads, sabooyah, Saison_Marguerite, slightdent, thisusernameisntlong, tiltheendoftheline, Verboten_Prince, Victerade, whoisValensi, WinnieTheTool

OliviaGodrigo (4): It’s fine, I guess. Not obnoxious by any means, but I can live without hearing it again.

1998tweety (1): Idk what else to say that hasn't been said already. EASILY one of their worst songs and it's a shame this hit #1 over their numerous other smashes. I feel bad saying it but PLEASE work on your pronunciation and enunciation if you're gonna sing in English. I know it's harder to sing in your second or third language but do they not have vocal coaches to help with this??? To be fair though, I don't think that would've saved this song.

throwaway-7650 (1): BTS! Congrats on breaking the YG first out streak! Honestly, the fact that I didn’t give this a 0 is astounding given that I hate everything about it. The lyrics (we really didn’t need that Dynamite callback), the vocals (+ processing - certain lines sung by the vocal line are jumpscares), the choreo (🌽), and WORST OF ALL, THE MV. I would 0 the MV over my actual 0 if I could. Everything from the styling (yes I’m being petty about that too, nothing is safe), the extended outro, THE UNMASKING AS IF THE PANDEMIC WAS OVER… going to blame everything on Ed Sheeran.

PTD just barely manages to eclipse the 3 average. I was really hoping for it to end up with a sub-3 average but I think the 77 (!) combined 1s and 0s get the point across. The fact that it got more 0s (44) than Ice Cream (41) when Smackdown had almost 100 more participants is hilarious. PTD danced around the bottom 5 for the first 15 ballots or so (and then the bottom 2 for the next 15 ballots), but it remained dead last for the rest of the ballots… and I can’t be mad at all, even if it’s technically not my lowest score..

cremeebrulee (10): i’ve somehow avoided this song up until now and it’s rly not that bad? why is this leaving first hello

Roxieloxie (10): inflation era

Zypker125 (9.7): Yes this is a Kidz Bop song, that’s why it’s fucking amazing (Kidz Bop mini rate was robbed). Fite me idc. Would have gotten a 10 if it had less autotune.

ebooks#5454 (9.2): this song is cheesy but very cute and it takes me back to everyone being super hopeful about COVID's end and the re-opening of the world but now im kinda like damn re-opening the world was kinda a mistake i blame BTS for all my hope dying

runaway3212 (9): worst mv in the rate by far

flavasavavandal (8): you can’t convince me there aren’t people in the k-pop industry solely dedicated to reviving the sound of S-Club 7

plastichaxan (8): this isn’t bad it’s definitely something for the summertime just maybe not for the girlies to have fun

TiltControls (8): coming to terms with the fact I might have an Ed bias

bigbigbee (7.5): I understand why people don’t like this - it’s very “western radio pop”, and it can be disappointing to see k-pop groups abandon their “k-pop” brand identity when they start promoting globally. (I don’t love Rosé’s On The Ground for this exact reason) The song is also cheesy. But I still can’t help but find this song catchy and fun! I also truly, truly believe that it wouldn’t have been as poorly received if people didn’t know that Ed Sheeran wrote it. I don’t this this all that different from After Midnight, for example

b_o_g_o_ (7): controversial opinion maybe? i hated this when it came out but i've warmed up to it. i still think ed sh**r*n should be charged for his crimes against humanity but BTS has enough charm here to more than make up for those crimes

hanpop (7): rnb remix >>>>

pleasegivemeasword (7): cute nothing more nothing less

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moonshxne:charli-pop2:•

i don't hate it bc ed sheeran wrote it, i hate it bc i have ears

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DESERVEEED

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DraculaWeekend (6.5): Who decided to give JK that emo hairstyle

paigama (6.5): I liked it a lot when I first heard it on the tv, but when I put it on my earphones I got to hear the vocals and they sound weird and robotic almost all throughout the song. Also it aged a lot so 6.5 it is.

BleepBloopMusicFan (6): This isn’t great but nowhere near as bad as some of y’all were making it out to be. I like cheesy and cute things.

milkywayinradius (6): it's a cute song but Butter just seems more alive. oh the choreo is really weak.. the ending shot dancing was cute!

poemforsmallthings (6): I have information that could lead to Ed Sheeran's arrest

starla_ (5.8): this is boring but not terrible

chenle (5): tbh i don't hate this as much as i did when it first came out but it's still by far their worst title

DefaultPophead (5): Would be so good if I couldn't understand English.

Stryxen (5): the chorus is kinda cute I'm sorry!!!!!

welcome2thejam (5): Glad any future Footloose sequel has their end credits music locked in

seanderlust (4.5): it's not bad, it just feels like nothing - just upbeat dancey music that feel like nobody's really that into it. it's the iceberg lettuce of 2021 K-Pop hits.

DirtyRat583 (4.3): hey google, make me a happy song

RandomHypnotica (4.2): this is just a few small tweaks away from being an owl city song

Kayaking11116 (4): its bad but i feel like its not terrible awful Satan spawn

MassiveThief (4): Actually liked this on first listen, and then never again. It took me til this rate to realize I auto skip it when I hear the first notes.

skargardin (4): I tend to forget that this even exists

TakeOnMeByA-ha (4): you laugh at them now but if carly released this same exact song you’d be going crazy over it

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pig-serpent (3.5): If Harry Styles joined BTS would anyone notice?

bulforster (3.2): why are their vocals so garbled

BasedButta (3): DENIED. This song is really kind of incredible, I have listened to it like once before this rate and the starting keyboard sounds already make me flinch

chancehugs (3): This sounds like a High School Musical reject.

DaBigBoi (3): Never forget Ed Sheeran helped write this

ignitethephoenix (3): ugh this is so corny and awful no wonder they wanted to go off and do solo stuff after that

IsaiahTB0 (3): No because this song feels like an elaborate joke. The horrid english pronunciation, horrid vocal production. Who unironically enjoys this?

maybecrf (3): im bored

rotating3Dtext (3): dreamworks movie core (wtf is UP with their voices)

sliced-peaches (3): been following them since dw era this song is so disappointing and completely devoid of anything that makes bts unique as artists

static_int_husp (3): a BTS song written by Ed Sheeran? It's like they designed this in a lab to make me have an instinctual negative reaction

yatcho (3): I see what they're going for but they were NOT successful

thedoctordances1940 (2.6): i have listened to this song quite a few times and i always forget what it sounds like, but like it just sounds childish? idk it's just so formulaic it feels like it's from a kids show or something

BaconShoes (2): yeah this isn’t it sorry

cloudbustingmp3 (2): um anyway

Gonza_90 (2): Why does this exists?

imasalesman (2): it’s just so horrible and bland

jasannn (2): If you don’t pay attention while listening to the song at all, it’s just a cute filler pop song. However if you do even if a bit, it immediately becomes cringe and corporate from the generic production and chord progression, tone-deaf lyrics, and the stock footage MV.

SFbby (2): Permission to ban Ed Sheeran from Kpop please

vayyiqra (2): Nvm this IS that bad. There's fun cheese, and this is just bad cheese. This is like a low-tier Disney movie song.

vhqv1997 (2): i would call this mom pop but i respect mothers too much

2dina3dworld (1): permission denied, release a song as good as Blood, Sweat and Tears again and then maybe we can talk.

aestheticen (1): You can tell a British person wrote this because nobody cares about Elton John in Asia

agentofscranton (1): sounds like a glee original song that they'd do at regionals

akanewasright (1): what the hell are these vocals…

apatel27 (1): What a lifeless song

bespectacIed (1): now if butter I can somehow excuse, I can't seem to do the same to this. Like I am tired, go give us nothing. proof that armys will eat anything up

bluetriangles04 (1): More uninspired than anything from BTS before, I could not stand this song on release. There's a thick, noticeable, black line for me between inoffensive and completely devoid of anything. What does this song bring to the table that makes it stand out? Not really anything. What we get in return is an abysmal instrumental, followed by some of the worst mixing for them as of recent, the cheesiest lyrics ever AND just a complete lack of the artistry found in their past work. At least Butter was FUN!

FreeCuddlesAnyone (1): ed sheeran has the opposite of a midas touch - everything he touches turns to shit… this feels like those motivational posters that white wine moms share on facebook but in song form.

hikkaru (1): it isn't a real single it's just for the secret life of pets 2

jay duh (1): jimin sounding like naevis but hes still meow meow material

mayolizard (1): i HATE this song i fear and giving this song a 0 (changed it to a 1 after hearing THE BOYZ song) as a former army is hilarious to me i just cant stand this work playlist sounding ass song like what were they thinking (spoiler alert they were thinking about a billboard #1 and money)

moonagenightmares (1): jimins voice in this cracked me up

nicolas (1): turn it off!!!

orbiteezus (1): why did they make the rap line sing. I did not need to hear j-hope or RM sing.

Qwilphish (1): this was a tough moment for us all

ricki (1): never has a song this dull and bland offended me as much as this

sarcasticsobs (1): Soulless

wavingwolves (1): how could this be worse in reality than the memory of it i had in my head...

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2l82bstr8 (0): anti-mask propaganda

celladonn (0): I had a higher tolerance than many for BTS' sellout era but this was my limit. I despise this, I'm absolutely allergic to this corny slop

cherryices (0): i had low expectations, and yet!

cofie (0): a shining symbol of everything that musically went wrong with BTS and their attempts to break into the US industry

Cooler_lin (0): speaking of a generic ass, boring ass, lame ass, pop song with no staying power in my brain aside from me wanting to turn it off

CrimsonROSET (0): this is the worst attempt at born this way we’re rating this month

ernie (0): (i was trying to wait to give another song a 0 but this song just pisses me off and i couldn't wait.... i have to give this one a 0, something about this entire song is just so unoriginal, from the melody to the chorus everything is just awful.... this sounds like something Jonas Brothers would release.)

Esh_Kebab (0): The fact that this trash song might actually be many people's first exposure to K-pop is so fucking sad.

frogaranaman (0): they had to give me permission to dance because I sure as hell wasn't gonna dance to this song without being told

HoshiLock (0): I listened this song 15 times and all of them I hate it

hunnybee12 (0): You’re a PopHead 🤢. Do you get how your opinion literally does not matter. Stanning BTS enriches ARMYs minds because they expose us to many different cultural experiences and concepts. What does Carly Rae Jepsen do? Tell you to touch yourselves? Get a job. 🙄🥱

ilyyyyy (0): my least favorite bts song, whats worse, bc of this one they stopped playing butter as often on the radio and i loved randomly hearing butter at work >:(

ImADudeDuh (0): https://i.imgur.com/30kKcBL.mp4

Jhe116 (0): a song with no soul whatsoever

Kadenfrost (0): I gave this a zero solely because we had to perform this on a zoom meeting </3

LilacDaffodils (0): I listen to kpop to avoid this kind of pop music. It's so undeniably catchy but I just can't tolerate it I promise you I like BTS music it just tends to be the b-sides these days.

melody (0): terrible 2

mimins (0): girl what.

MoonlightByWindow (0): a perfect representation of everything the bts brand stands for nowadays - an entirely soulless, pandering, infantile, cash-grabbing, grammy-hungry, throwing-the-towel-in, knowing-their-mindless-fans-will-eat-up-anything-they-release-and-claim-it’s-the-pinnacle-of-artistry- et cetera et cetera. “but wait,” i hear you ask, “u/MoonlightByWindow, isn’t all kpop soulless and cash-grabbing? isn’t everyone we’re rating here slaves to the corporate machine until they turn 35 and expire?” well, yes - but at least those people have the decency to actually SOUND GOOD (most of the time anyway) and give us some bops to dance to. ironically, dancing is the last thing this song makes me want to do. everything about it is absolutely terrible - the awful styling (namjoon’s yellow highlighter hair combined with jungkook having a literal emo fringe…aurkay), the vocal processing especially on the raps, the awful dynamite throwback (who asked?), the choreo engineered to be simple enough that they can teach it to late-night hosts and zumba moms can safely follow it, the theft of the chant-and-clap final chorus from yg entertainment, the ripping off the masks in the MV (objectively funny lol), and finally the song itself literally giving target commercial. at this point i’m convinced hybe swapped yoongi out for a body double in 2020 because i refuse to believe that the actual min yoongi is satisfied with the quality of work they’ve been putting out recently, no ma’am. every night i get on my knees and pray to god that bts finally win a grammy so they can stop terrorising us with this alleged “music” and get back to releasing pop excellence like run (also i recently learnt that there are people out there who call themselves armys even though they’ve only heard their 3 english songs?? and apparently they’re content with not diving deeper into bts’ pre-2018 discography, which is literally excellent?? very strange people). ALSO JIN GO ENLIST ALREADY YOU’RE A HAG AND LITERALLY ADD NOTHING TO THE GROUP!11111!!!!111!!!

moonshxne (0): Ed Sheeran wrote this and it shows (...though the songwriting is pretty terrible, the true offender is actually just. every. single. aspect. of the production, but it truly can’t be a coincidence that this evokes the very same trite and soulless quality of “bad habits.” this manages to be WORSE, though! Corey Feldman unironically did better on Angelic 2 The Core.)

NotWith10000Men (0): the autotune is atrocious

omgthenerve (0): this is the first "0" I've ever given in a rate, I cannot adequately explain how much I dislike this song on a visceral level

PSSST12 (0): Tbh Its just sad watching BTS become the shadow of what they used to be. For such an inoffensive song, this is so offensive to me 😭 like this is bottom of the barrel shit for them. So dissapointing (watch this break the record for most number of zeros 😶)

raggedy-princess (0): not granted <3

rslashpoopheads (0): cringeus maximus

sabooyah (0): this is so generic and the autotune and crazy high pitch (poor mixing ?) throughout ruins any personality it might have had otherwise

Saison_Marguerite (0): the Maroon5ification of BTS :noitssad:

thisusernameisntlong (0): the top comment on YouTube is like “just realized this is 5 minutes!! it feels way shorter!!” like im sorry what this feels longer than a 10 hour video essay on Harry Potter (and it’s 3 minutes!)

tiltheendoftheline (0): I won't even say anything, it's just beating a dead horse at this point.

Verboten_Prince (0): Zero-ing this out of principle. Also cause it's bad. I appreciate ARMYs for doing a lot of good in the world, but I will NEVER forgive them for sending this Disney Channel-tier (actually more like Disney Junior-tier) vapid, saccharine cheesefest to the top of the Billboard 100. In fact, I think "cheesy" is the best word to describe this, especially appropriate since BTS seems to be under the impression that singing about dairy products is the epitome of swag.

Victerade (0): permission to stfu and not release any more music

whoisValensi (0): Lol no. Stop. Stop right now. First off the video for this song fucking ridiculous (THE MASK REMOVAL MONTAGE MAN... I still mask up at work, yeah...). Secondly, I don't have to say the words, I'm sure I'm gonna be surrounded by a bunch of comments w/ the same opinion but holy shit this song just blows on multiple levels. Lyrics bad, the music itself is not good... Let's not even getting the almost monotone-roboticness of the autotune and all that shit applied here. I've ranted on that many times in private (and will continue to do that). But like... This is a fucking sell-out death knell if I've ever seen one. If "Dynamite" and "Butter" were warning signs, this is like a field of red flags that are already on fire. Truth be told I'm glad to see the guys have now spoken out on how soulless this all has been because... Jesus... I feel like if you took lil 2015 me (that's when I first found out about BTS) and showed him this he would have so many questions you just couldn't give him answers for. I'll cut myself off right here but like... Hopefully whatever they release after this break will be nothing like this in any way.

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whoisValensi (0): Lol no. Stop. Stop right now. First off the video for this song fucking ridiculous (THE MASK REMOVAL MONTAGE MAN... I still mask up at work, yeah...). Secondly, I don't have to say the words, I'm sure I'm gonna be surrounded by a bunch of comments w/ the same opinion but holy shit this song just blows on multiple levels. Lyrics bad, the music itself is not good... Let's not even getting the almost monotone-roboticness of the autotune and all that shit applied here. I've ranted on that many times in private (and will continue to do that). But like... This is a fucking sell-out death knell if I've ever seen one. If "Dynamite" and "Butter" were warning signs, this is like a field of red flags that are already on fire. Truth be told I'm glad to see the guys have now spoken out on how soulless this all has been because... Jesus... I feel like if you took lil 2015 me (that's when I first found out about BTS) and showed him this he would have so many questions you just couldn't give him answers for. I'll cut myself off right here but like... Hopefully whatever they release after this break will be nothing like this in any way.

DRAG THEM, SLAY THEM

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y'all have NO TASTE (i am SO PROUD of the controversy score though 💅)

ROLL UP TO THE PARTY ROLL UP

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I have always said that Scientist (Twice) is nowhere as bad as all kpoppers were saying, it's very chill and groovy. I expect it to be out soon in Day2 but at least it got a bit of justice compared to other overhyped and overexcused abominations lol.

I expected PTT (Loona) to be out so no surprise, I still like it though... even if I like more a lot of the remaining songs so it's ok.

I am lowkey surprised that Everglow are represented by Pirate instead of First and that Dreamcatcher are represented by BEcause instead of Odd Eye but... I like all four of these songs so I only hope you all will have taste.

We Go by Fromis_9 deserves top10 at least. After We Ride by Brave Girls also deserves a lot.

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Permission to tank gonna snatch the record for most zeros i know thats right 😤

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money though 👀

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Is a banger lets stop lying to ourselves. We support womens wrongs here. 😬

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we don't support non black people using aave though

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Ok point taken lmao

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as it should 😤😤😤

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#64: LISA - MONEY

Average: 4.338 // Total Points: 802.6 // Controversy: 3.258 // Listen here

// Rank Graph

(10 x13) flavasavavandal, HoshiLock, hunnybee12, ilyyyyy, jay duh, Kadenfrost, maybecrf, mayolizard, MoonlightByWindow, PSSST12, RandomHypnotica, runaway3212, Stryxen

(9.1 x1) WinnieTheTool

(9 x8) CaptainDaisyG, ebooks#5454, ernie, myohmaiomye, realitykenz, Shinkopeshon, skargardin, taemintinople

(8.7 x1) cloudbustingmp3

(8.5 x5) exciting_patient4872, Kwcty6888, La-lamp, TragicKingdom1, wavingwolves

(8 x10) bespectacIed, impeccabletim, milkywayinradius, omgthenerve, pheromenos, pleasegivemeasword, rae-of-moonlight, twiceoftheheart, Verboten_Prince, vuemaurel

(7.5 x4) bluetriangles04, prada, sapphrein, xxipil0ts

(7.2 x2) Cooler_lin, kaiceytron

(7 x10) BleepBloopMusicFan, DraculaWeekend, ElectricBoogaloo41, FreeCuddlesAnyone, imasalesman, mrach, namename145, PragmaticCoconut, static_int_husp, Tazzachar

(6.9 x1) cremeebrulee (6.7 x1) slightdent

(6.5 x3) Candy-Unlikely, gates0fdawn, Saison_Marguerite

(6 x12) chenle, hanpop, jasannn, Kayaking11116, mimins, moooo566, MToms, NotWith10000Men, Noukzo, Qwilphish, StrangeOperation0, yatcho

(5.7 x1) LilacDaffodils

(5.5 x3) BaconShoes, LesApfels, moonagenightmares

(5 x13) 1998tweety, Bajuko, dohyon, fadedblue09, hyalophane, ImADudeDuh, jacobsjush, mssone1993, PROJECTErza, RoyalBloodFool, tiltheendoftheline, Victerade, whoisValensi

(4.5 x2) IsaiahTB0, rotating3Dtext

(4.1 x1) paigama

(4 x11) 2l82bstr8, cofie, DefaultPophead, Gonza_90, MassiveThief, poemforsmallthings, raggedy-princess, sabooyah, sliced-peaches, starfeed, YeyeDumpling

(3.5 x1) Esh_Kebab

(3 x6) BebeLuigi, bigbigbee, cosmicneve, kyrgyzzephyr, No_Potato_Chicken, treecoh

(2.5 x4) DaBigBoi, ignitethephoenix, Islands, oomjj

(2 x15) astrologicalangel, celladonn, chancehugs, cherryices, CrimsonROSET, Hulnia, kpoppyko, melody, pig-serpent, Present_Bonus4316, Reveluv_bit, SFbby, throwaway-7650, vhqv1997, welcome2thejam

(1 x35) 10footnotes, 2dina3dworld, agentofscranton, akanewasright, alwayswords, apatel27, BoldnessofTrolls, bookthieving, bulforster, DaHumanTorch, frogaranaman, hikkaru, Jhe116, keine_panik, Kiyakit4, letsallpoo, metanoira, moonshxne, nicolas, nootnoot781, oddeyeopener, plastichaxan, ricki, Roxieloxie, rslashpoopheads, sage, seanderlust, SkylarV, thea, TheFail05, thisusernameisntlong, TiltControls, vagueyeti, xearomis, Zypker125

(0 x22) aestheticen, AhnSolbin, amr, anothertown, averitablefeast, avg-vag, b_o_g_o_, BasedButta, coolfluffle, darjeelingdarkroast, DirtyRat583, majid, Mean_Box_3808, OliviaGodrigo, orbiteezus, sarcasticsobs, starla_, TakeOnMeByA-ha, thedoctordances1940, Unique_Time_6226, vayyiqra, wy

1998tweety (5): This feels objectively bad but I must admit I find the chorus a bit too catchy.

throwaway-7650 (2): Although BTS ensured that BP wouldn’t occupy the entirety of the bottom 3, that couldn’t stop both of Lisa’s songs going out right after. This had a 3.4+ controversy score at several points and I guess because of that, I shouldn’t be surprised that it placed higher than LALISA… but I still kind of am, because (probably to the surprise of nobody) the song they were the ones fighting for 64th place after ballot 110. Before that, MONEY was almost always at #65, and that’s what I thought the final results would be. Although PTD never left the bottom, the real race to the bottom was run to observe and this came out on top.

…I say on top as if it’s not a bottom 3 song in the rate LOL anyway, the saving grace of this song is the outro. The lyrics are even worse than the title track’s, her singing in the prechorus is atrocious, and this song in general is more annoying than entertaining to me.

Although they couldn’t lock down the entire bottom 3, could the BP solos take up 3 of the bottom 4? Let’s see…

OliviaGodrigo (0): She’s just a walking caricature at this point. Can’t sing, can’t rap, bad wigs, beyond laughable blaccent, always has the worst part in every single Blackpink song. Truly amazing. Everything about her musical persona genuinely pisses me off LMAO how this absolute horse shit got a modicum of success in 2022, 7 years after the death of Iggy Azalea’s career, is truly beyond me.

flavasavavandal (10): there is so much wrong with this song, just an endless list of things I could list but idc, this song is just so fun to listen to, i don’t think I will ever get sick of it

hunnybee12 (10): she slayed and the world knows it

ilyyyyy (10): CHECK CHECK CHECK ok i would play this song in the car when leaving for work early in the morning in the middle of winter and it would get me in the right mindset everytime thank you queen

jay duh (10): CELINE MY SHOES.

Kadenfrost (10): unapologetic booty pop

maybecrf (10): tik tok knew

mayolizard (10): im an apologist idc

MoonlightByWindow (10): TWERKING TWERKING WHEN I BUY THE THINGS I LIKE DOLLAS DOLLAS DROPPING ON MY ASS TONIGHT

PSSST12 (10): not me switching up on Ms lalice 😭😭 this is a banger idc. When she said DROP SOME MONEY i felt that

RandomHypnotica (10): im blaming jules for making me like this

runaway3212 (10): worst song ever until the final 30 seconds... but my god the final 30 seconds are good

Stryxen (10): the worst thing a song can do is bore me. and I am entertained

ebooks#5454 (9): if you played this for karl marx he would unwrite the communist manifesto

skargardin (9): I can't help that this is insanely catchy

cloudbustingmp3 (8.7): this is just stupid fun

wavingwolves (8.5): this has its merits and the merit in question is that this is a seriously hilarious song

bespectacIed (8): this being a smash hit when it's objectively, undeniably a bad song is so funny. Lisa's voice is grating, the lyrics laughably bad. But it kinda slays loooool stockholm syndrome strikes again

pleasegivemeasword (8): i have a severe case of stockholm syndrome with this song

Verboten_Prince (8): I need to be 100% honest here, and some of you are probably not gonna like this. But the first time I heard that "Drop some money, droppin' all my money" in the wild, I actually kinda liked it. And when I found out that the song in question was actually from Lisa's very derided solo debut, not gonna lie I actually started to like MONEY a lot! Now are the lyrics cringe af? Absolutely! But unlike all the other lyrically cringe songs on this list, Lisa knows how to serve the attitude this kind of song calls for.

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bluetriangles04 (7.5): Hearing this EVERYWHERE on TikTok during the pop culture phenomenon of Squid Games was actually the work of a CIA intelligence unit testing new live torture methods out on our generation. While the "dolla dolla bills dropping on my ass tonight" is still a hard pill to swallow in its entirety, the bridge is super well done and has raised my appreciation of this song ever since.

Cooler_lin (7.2): something about her outros make me want to bust a mf move!

BleepBloopMusicFan (7): I know this is coming for bottom 3 but I’ll take fun, stupid, and catchy over boring and generic any day.

DraculaWeekend (7): Alright I can't deny it, this is kind of a banger

FreeCuddlesAnyone (7): i went from hating this to ironically stanning to actually liking this… her camp slay..

Tazzachar (7): better than the title, but not by much

cremeebrulee (6.9): rip karl marx you would’ve hated money by lisa

Saison_Marguerite (6.5): there’s a bop factor here but it just makes me want to listen to Cardi’s Money instead

chenle (6): i thought this was straight garbage when it came out but hearing it in tons of tiktoks at the time made me warm up to it... my conscience won't let me give it a good score though 😔

jasannn (6): It’s actually pretty good if you don’t take it so seriously.

Kayaking11116 (6): better than Lalisa because it flows well, but its just not my favorite

mimins (6): I've listened to this a few times and I still don't know if I like the outro or not

NotWith10000Men (6): another song that reminds me of cardi. hm

Qwilphish (6): Its definitely better than LALISA, but... just barely the part that went viral is cute

BaconShoes (5.5): dollar bills…dollar bills…

ImADudeDuh (5): this is so much worse than Lalisa that it honestly becomes good again

whoisValensi (5): I'm giving this a 5 not because I'm neutral on it, but because I genuinely still don't know how I feel about this song. Some days this is the most annoying shit I've ever heard with the funniest beat ever (Or at least until "Sticker" came along a week later...) Other days I uhhhh like this? I'm not gonna say I "love" it cause the only part I truly love is the outro. But it's the journey to get there that makes it uhhhhh a make or break deal for me depending on the day. Anyways uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh MY MONEY MOVES! But I fear I will be moving my own money to another musician that's uhhh endorsed by? models for? how this shit works... but whatever for the brand Celine.

IsaiahTB0 (4.5): Washed Lalisa (bar underground)

rotating3Dtext (4.5): 7 rings

paigama (4.1): catchier than lalisa but still

2l82bstr8 (4): crazy how the part where she's dropping dollars on her ass tonight is the only bearable part in the song

DefaultPophead (4): Excuse me?

Gonza_90 (4): Kind of a song

MassiveThief (4): she just be walking around shops twerking? like buying a purse and giving a few booty shakes?

poemforsmallthings (4): it's fun to sing along

sabooyah (4): still boring

sliced-peaches (4): less meh

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bigbigbee (3): I was really relieved to find out that Bekuh Boom is white, because the possibility that is Asian American was very real, and I would have even worse secondhand embarrassment

DaBigBoi (2.5): Can I say I was totally unfazed finding out that YG bathrooms have the word “SWAG” embellished on their walls? And that Lisa said “hip hop is in my blood”

ignitethephoenix (2.5): Ariana school of writing <3

celladonn (2): It's a little better than Lalisa I guess but um. lol.

chancehugs (2): Shallow af. Sounds like something some noname tryhard rapper would release.

cherryices (2): Im a starving child starving to death and this is the very last thing i have ever heard. Gootbye.

CrimsonROSET (2): ‘everyone’s silent’ so true

kpoppyko (2): grotesque

melody (2): I will post a comment from R/UKO to sum this up: anyways i wanted to make my own bp rap, i’m qualified to be considered a rapper, i’m coming for the billboard charts now you better watch out: yuh, i have all dis dough, watchu mean doe? Ima twerk the night away, issa job to werk all day, watchin you watchin me pay (cha ching like mr krabs), like santa i hella sleigh (cut u like stab, jabs & scabs),hoe, hoe, hoe, don’t you know i’m lo-co, love me cuz i’m so rich, i’m the revolution i ain’t get ditched, so savage when i bring out the boss bitch, i am lalisa i put the black in black pink,,don’t play with me bitch i’m the shit so i stink ,yuh, pass me my du-rags ,watch me finna pop all these price-tags (ow!), say sum bad bout me if you hella dare , my lilies worship me so beware (yikes!), haters mad so imma gon put dem thai braids my hair ,issa whole vibe, like eyeball i make you stare (bada bing)

pig-serpent (2): I want to defend this one but…I can’t.

vhqv1997 (2): "Twerking, twerking when I buy the things I like, Dollar, dollars dropping on my ass tonight" so true bestie

welcome2thejam (2): There's a six second section starting at the chorus drop and ending before she starts talking about bread that's good, and the beat itself can be solid. Otherwise, hoo boy

akanewasright (1): okay I at least can understand why people would like this song… but my god Bekuh Boom should never work again

apatel27 (1): Written using Urban Dictionary

bulforster (1): the outro the defenders rave over isn't any better than the rest of the song, they just made the fart sounds lower and louder

frogaranaman (1): how many layers of irony deep do I need to be to enjoy this

hikkaru (1): i could appreciate how absolutely fucking ridiculous these bars are if the song wasn't sonically horrible

moonshxne (1): it’s giving “cash grab from a teenage influencer desperate for money”

nootnoot781 (1): late stage capitalism is a disease

ricki (1): i never watched squid game in protest of it making this go viral

Roxieloxie (1): nvm this has gotta be my 0

rslashpoopheads (1): lol

SkylarV (1): I don't know if I'm allowed to rate between 0 and 1 but I don't care, LALISA and MONEY both deserve my zero, truly the bottom of the barrel, just atrocious songwriting

thisusernameisntlong (1): add this comment to the “yikes” section too

Zypker125 (1): Drop 🖐👇 some 💭👨 money, 💰 all 💯 this 😡😞 bread so 🏻👟 yummy, yeah 🙌 Twerking, twerking when 💕 I 👈 buy the 👏👨 things I like 💟 Dollar, 💵 dollars, dropping on 🔛😢 my ass 💋🕍 tonight 😩😜

aestheticen (0): I love how music can take you to different places. For instance, when I hear "Money" by LISA playing in public, I will move to another place so that I don't have to listen to it!

anothertown (0): did they ever explain why molly mcintire's dad went to war? from the american girl dolls/books? i dont think they were drafting parents at that point in ww2. so did he just enlist and leave a wife and 3 kids at home, to go to london after the blitz? typical

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b_o_g_o_ (0): songs like this should be illegal

BasedButta (0): ah… awful song. and the lyrics are abhorrent. Considering we’re in the kpopsphere, where not being able to understand the lyrics is a boon most of the time, this hurts thrice as much for being in english. congratulations, you get my zero! god I hate this

coolfluffle (0): i love lisa but this was awful imo, very strained vocals and would have preferred more rap and about a less cringe topic. given how much money bp bring in i had a lot higher expectations and the mixture of aave, strained vocals and poor topic choice cement this as a 0 for me.

darjeelingdarkroast (0): this is so bad and awkward

DirtyRat583 (0): terrible beat, terrible lyrics - i hate it all

majid (0): what the FUCK

orbiteezus (0): i was debating between this and PTD to get my zero and like while both are really just bottom of the barrel songs for me both vocally and instrumentally i would (by a very slight margin) rather suffer through PTD

sarcasticsobs (0): I listened to this incognito on youtube so it wouldn’t show up as a lastfm scrobble

starla_ (0): everything about this song irritates me - the screechy singing, the lyrics, the rhyming of 'money' and 'yummy' and the sad beat.

TakeOnMeByA-ha (0): i can’t even think about this song without getting deeply uncomfortable

thedoctordances1940 (0): everything about this is awful, like it just gets rid of the few fun bits that still make blackpink still kinda enjoyable some times and what you're left with is just completely unlistenable

vayyiqra (0): Yeah no. "Lalisa" is not good, but it at least tried something. This is just depressing. I mean that it makes feel like dying inside. There's a whole discourse to be had about appropriation of black culture in K-pop, which is rampant and often a bit uncomfortable but I don't want to touch that right now. All I will say is that these lyrics are very embarrassing and this song is seriously lacking in energy and fun and there's nothing enjoyable about it. A low point in Bekuh Boom's wildly inconsistent writing career.

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#63: HyunA - I'm Not Cool

Average: 5.404 // Total Points: 999.7 // Controversy: 2.794 // Listen here

// Rank Graph

(10 x11) BaconShoes, jay duh, Kadenfrost, moooo566, realitykenz, runaway3212, thea, throwaway-7650, twiceoftheheart, vayyiqra, whoisValensi

(9.4 x1) sage (9.3 x1) starla_ (9.2 x1) exciting_patient4872

(9 x6) CaptainDaisyG, ernie, ilyyyyy, maybecrf, myohmaiomye, thisusernameisntlong

(8.9 x1) xxipil0ts (8.6 x1) pheromenos

(8.5 x4) DefaultPophead, omgthenerve, Saison_Marguerite, Shinkopeshon

(8 x17) avg-vag, bigbigbee, bluetriangles04, darjeelingdarkroast, ElectricBoogaloo41, gates0fdawn, hanpop, HoshiLock, hunnybee12, IsaiahTB0, Jhe116, majid, paigama, prada, PROJECTErza, starfeed, Stryxen

(7.8 x1) wavingwolves (7.7 x1) slightdent

(7.5 x6) aestheticen, amr, flavasavavandal, Noukzo, static_int_husp, WinnieTheTool

(7.3 x3) alwayswords, DaHumanTorch, kaiceytron (7.2 x1) seanderlust

(7 x18) AhnSolbin, astrologicalangel, coolfluffle, DaBigBoi, dohyon, Esh_Kebab, hyalophane, ignitethephoenix, Islands, milkywayinradius, raggedy-princess, ricki, rotating3Dtext, sapphrein, SFbby, treecoh, Victerade, YeyeDumpling

(6.5 x8) 1998tweety, 2l82bstr8, DraculaWeekend, hikkaru, plastichaxan, Tazzachar, vuemaurel, yatcho

(6.3 x1) DirtyRat583 (6.1 x1) Cooler_lin

(6 x13) Candy-Unlikely, chancehugs, chenle, fadedblue09, impeccabletim, mimins, MToms, NotWith10000Men, pleasegivemeasword, PragmaticCoconut, Reveluv_bit, sliced-peaches, TheFail05

(5.6 x1) bulforster

(5.5 x6) averitablefeast, cofie, mrach, oomjj, Qwilphish, wy

(5.2 x1) Unique_Time_6226

(5 x14) BebeLuigi, celladonn, cloudbustingmp3, Gonza_90, jacobsjush, jasannn, Mean_Box_3808, mssone1993, No_Potato_Chicken, sabooyah, tiltheendoftheline, vagueyeti, Verboten_Prince, vhqv1997

(4.9 x1) cherryices

(4.5 x1) MoonlightByWindow

(4.3 x1) poemforsmallthings

(4 x11) BleepBloopMusicFan, bookthieving, LilacDaffodils, mayolizard, melody, orbiteezus, Roxieloxie, skargardin, StrangeOperation0, taemintinople, TiltControls

(3.5 x1) thedoctordances1940

(3 x12) b_o_g_o_, cosmicneve, FreeCuddlesAnyone, frogaranaman, Kayaking11116, Kiyakit4, letsallpoo, namename145, pig-serpent, Present_Bonus4316, RoyalBloodFool, rslashpoopheads

(2.5 x2) moonshxne, nicolas

(2 x14) apatel27, Bajuko, bespectacIed, CrimsonROSET, Hulnia, imasalesman, kpoppyko, nootnoot781, OliviaGodrigo, rae-of-moonlight, sarcasticsobs, TakeOnMeByA-ha, welcome2thejam, xearomis

(1.3 x1) oddeyeopener

(1 x17) 10footnotes, 2dina3dworld, agentofscranton, akanewasright, anothertown, BasedButta, cremeebrulee, ImADudeDuh, keine_panik, La-lamp, MassiveThief, metanoira, moonagenightmares, PSSST12, RandomHypnotica, SkylarV, Zypker125

(0 x6) BoldnessofTrolls, ebooks#5454, Kwcty6888, kyrgyzzephyr, LesApfels, TragicKingdom1

throwaway-7650 (10): ROBBED! Y’all did the queen dirty omfg… I knew this song wasn’t going to do well and was most likely going to be Day 1 but I did not expect it to be nowhere near close to escaping the bottom 5 by the final ballot. I guess the rank graphs set her up a little because for the first 60 ballots or so, I’m Not Cool stabilized around… well, #60. But then, as more ballots (and 0s) came in, it never went back into the 50s nor left the bottom 5 after the 100th ballot.

This is one of the most camp songs in the rate. deadass. Only HyunA could come up with the line “I love early mornings / Dawn, Dawn, Dawn” (her boyfriend is Dawn/ex-Pentagon E’Dawn)… like that line alone deserves a 10. I only gave this a 7.1 in my initial scores, but the more I listened to it during MV watch parties, I began to fully enjoy experiencing the song/MV, even if it’s not the most pleasant thing to listen to. Yes, HyunA does come from the LE school of rapping (and nobody comes out a better rapper than LE herself). Yes, I’m Not Cool is basically a YG song in disguise. But, am I going to let those factors get in the way of me giving this a 10? NO!

This is the first song I consider to be robbed today but it won’t be the last… the best worst is Yet to Come.

1998tweety (6.5): For every good song HyunA puts out, she also releases 5 terrible ones. Oh well. I will say this is surprisingly low though? Like its not great, but there are so many songs here that are so much more offensive and deserved lower placements.

OliviaGodrigo (2): Sounds like Blackpink booked another modeling gig so YG donated this to her

BaconShoes (10): queen

jay duh (10): the sexy queen tugged at everglows wigs with this one..

Kadenfrost (10): Slayed as usual

runaway3212 (10): we were robbed of rating camp slay ping pong

vayyiqra (10): Lol at Hyuna who is literally a model saying "I'm not pretty". Anyway this is infectious and I can't get over the Nadia Oh vibe here with the Middle Eastern influences. Also I get a strong vibe like Hyo's "Dessert", another song I love. This song is weird and her vocals on it are weird so I understand not liking it, but I can't stop listening to it.

whoisValensi (10): STOP SAYING YOU WANT SEXY QUEEN HYUNA BACK SHE'S STILL HERE SHE'S JUST A LIL QUIRKY NOW. *Jughead's "I'm A Weirdo" speech goes here.* Anyways unpopular opinion maybe? but fuck I love this song lolllllll. Like, only in 2021 can HyunA make a song claiming she's not cool, shouting out her (at the time future) fiance, and just putting the camp level over the top.

sage (9.4): im weird. im a wei- gunshots

ilyyyyy (9): was really into it when it first released then kinda forgot about it, this is going to reignite my obsession

maybecrf (9): banger

thisusernameisntlong (9): yass cleopatra

DefaultPophead (8.5): I was pre-programmed to love HyunA. Sorry if this song is actually bad.

bigbigbee (8): has any genius noticed yet that this has the same BPM as the horrible 4Minute cover of Kelis’ Milkshake and combined the videos?

bluetriangles04 (8): I can just see the dance without having to watch it at this point, it's been so engrained into my mind lmfao. A solid comeback for HyunA who excels with songs carrying a heavy presence performance wise.

IsaiahTB0 (8): She stepped outta hag lake into mother lake for a lil dip

paigama (8): kinda bad actually but it can't stop being a bop

Stryxen (8): IM NOT COOL

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wavingwolves (7.8): hyuna more latina than chungha will ever be (i won't explain this statement in any form)

aestheticen (7.5): Why is she gatekeeping the joke I want to know what is so funny

flavasavavandal (7.5): this doesn’t slay, it doesn’t bop, it isn’t even good, it doesn’t even try to be any of those things and I respect the hell out of that

seanderlust (7.2): rip to you but i'm different

coolfluffle (7): eclipsed by ping pong but a good start to the year with this release

DaBigBoi (7): HYO did it better tho

milkywayinradius (7): she sounds like she has a cold sometimes

ricki (7): im never forgiving myself for not fighting harder to get Ping Pong in this rate

rotating3Dtext (7): this is trash, but it is my trash

SFbby (7): If Hyuna's not cool what does that make the rest of us TT

Victerade (7): aged so bad

2l82bstr8 (6.5): I mean of course you're not cool you're rhyming rabiosa with salmosa what did you expect

DraculaWeekend (6.5): HyunA is an icon but this ain't it

hikkaru (6.5): me neither

plastichaxan (6.5): you were until that drop came in

Tazzachar (6.5): cool, but this is a melody we have heard 1 million times before

yatcho (6.5): this 2015 DJ Snake ass beat

DirtyRat583 (6.3): this sounds like kpop 10 years ago, which tbf hyuna was also doing (bubble pop is 💃💃💃) but still, a little disappointed

Cooler_lin (6.1): catchy but rather disappointing

chancehugs (6): The production overshadowed Hyuna's vocals imo. Red is the quintessential Hyuna song for me and this doesn't really come close.

mimins (6): kind of disappointing for hyuna but not terrible

pleasegivemeasword (6): sorry hyuna

sliced-peaches (6): i think if it was 2016 id like this song more

bulforster (5.6): At least she seems to know what she's doing

Qwilphish (5.5): Incredibly ironic this song is made by arguably the coolest person in kpop but nonetheless, its difficult to get past the wall of noise. HyunA is such a star though

celladonn (5): A little annoying I fear

cloudbustingmp3 (5): i used to love this but it got old faaast. good girl >>>

Gonza_90 (5): idk about this really

sabooyah (5): gets stuck in my head sometimes but i cant really say that i actually like the song lol

Verboten_Prince (5): Remember that post here a few years ago saying HyunA was like the Lady Gaga of K-Pop? Yeah… let’s just say I see it here, but not in a good way

vhqv1997 (5): hyuna and hyoyeon have such hilarious discographies

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MoonlightByWindow (4.5): i…(‘m not cool)

BleepBloopMusicFan (4): It feels like there’s like four different kinds of cultural appropriation going on here.

mayolizard (4): im not cool fart noise

melody (4): HyunA we want more POP or something not Jessi lite!

orbiteezus (4): i liked when she said samosa (she apparently did not say this but thats what i heard originally)

skargardin (4): Honstly this is grating af

thedoctordances1940 (3.5): no you are not

b_o_g_o_ (3): i think the title speaks for itself

FreeCuddlesAnyone (3): her ethnic hip moment

frogaranaman (3): demos for Ariana Grande's new album just leaked

Kayaking11116 (3): Hyuna youre a queen but this song aint it

pig-serpent (3): Of all the vaguely middle eastern inspired reggaeton songs in this rate, this is likely the least interesting.

rslashpoopheads (3): maybe we shouldn't let idols have creative control

moonshxne (2.5): empty noise is also not cool

nicolas (2.5): indeed, you are not

apatel27 (2): This is a Blackpink song

bespectacIed (2): yeah maybe she isn't anymore :( noisy af

CrimsonROSET (2): i’ll let everyone else handle this one

imasalesman (2): oof

nootnoot781 (2): well just turn the air con on

sarcasticsobs (2): Don’t dislike her but never got the much of the appeal

TakeOnMeByA-ha (2): yeah you sure aren’t

welcome2thejam (2): The worst horrors of 2000s pop rap are alive and well

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2dina3dworld (1): would it be bad to compare this to Slut Pop?

akanewasright (1): I don’t know if this is a cultural appropriation thing or if it just has the ugliest “k pop rapper 🤪” energy ever, but this feels uncomfy

anothertown (1): girl at our big age

BasedButta (1): ok everything about this is bad. I was coping fine with the sucky verses and chorus but they had to close it as shittilly as possible with that bridge and last post chorus… concerned

cremeebrulee (1): now why would set yourself up with a hook like this

ImADudeDuh (1): this sounds like 2ne1 and thats not a compliment

La-lamp (1): Hard to finish, she is right, not cool

MassiveThief (1): wow... I was excited to listen to this bc I went HARD for Bubble Pop back in the day, but this was genuinely hard to get through.

metanoira (1): absolutely not

moonagenightmares (1): the best thing about 4minute was that we didnt have to listen to an entire song of just hyunas voice

PSSST12 (1): I need another zero. Like, there is nothing salvageable from this auditory garbage 🙄

RandomHypnotica (1): this is so bratty and annoying but in a bad way

SkylarV (1): This song is not cool...

Zypker125 (1): This song is easily one of the worst I’ve ever heard and would have easily gotten a 0 from me if it was in any of the other rates, but Lalisa is THAT bad, so unfortunately I have to give this an undeservedly high score of a 1.

ebooks#5454 (0): This was the worst thing I've ever seen in a rate.

kyrgyzzephyr (0): it’s one thing to pull from 2014 edm pop but another to just not do anything interesting to spin it. just plain and dated

LesApfels (0): That lazy beat drop is SO grating

TragicKingdom1 (0): Yeah♡

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#60: NCT 127 - Sticker

Average: 5.516 // Total Points: 1020.5 // Controversy: 3.541 // Listen here

// Rank Graph

(11 x3) BleepBloopMusicFan, cofie, Hulnia

(10 x29) akanewasright, amr, anothertown, BaconShoes, celladonn, cosmicneve, cremeebrulee, imasalesman, Islands, Kadenfrost, kpoppyko, mayolizard, melody, milkywayinradius, MoonlightByWindow, NotWith10000Men, omgthenerve, RandomHypnotica, Reveluv_bit, ricki, runaway3212, Saison_Marguerite, Stryxen, TakeOnMeByA-ha, thea, thisusernameisntlong, vayyiqra, vhqv1997, wavingwolves

(9.8 x1) IsaiahTB0 (9.7 x1) sage (9.6 x1) WinnieTheTool

(9.5 x1) moonshxne

(9.1 x1) paigama

(9 x12) CaptainDaisyG, ernie, gates0fdawn, ilyyyyy, moonagenightmares, myohmaiomye, namename145, prada, PSSST12, taemintinople, twiceoftheheart, Verboten_Prince

(8.7 x2) Cooler_lin, Unique_Time_6226 (8.6 x1) Kwcty6888

(8.5 x4) 2l82bstr8, BasedButta, raggedy-princess, Shinkopeshon

(8 x11) hanpop, hunnybee12, jacobsjush, jay duh, Jhe116, mimins, Noukzo, orbiteezus, pleasegivemeasword, Qwilphish, YeyeDumpling

(7.9 x1) kaiceytron

(7.5 x1) vuemaurel

(7 x12) Bajuko, Candy-Unlikely, darjeelingdarkroast, FreeCuddlesAnyone, hikkaru, ignitethephoenix, keine_panik, Mean_Box_3808, mssone1993, MToms, tiltheendoftheline, vagueyeti

(6.8 x2) hyalophane, xxipil0ts (6.6 x1) pheromenos

(6.5 x2) Present_Bonus4316, sapphrein

(6.2 x1) chenle

(6 x10) BebeLuigi, bigbigbee, exciting_patient4872, HoshiLock, impeccabletim, kyrgyzzephyr, La-lamp, poemforsmallthings, starfeed, welcome2thejam

(5.8 x1) starla_

(5.5 x4) 10footnotes, cherryices, mrach, realitykenz

(5 x9) coolfluffle, DefaultPophead, DraculaWeekend, jasannn, majid, sarcasticsobs, TragicKingdom1, treecoh, whoisValensi

(4.5 x2) ElectricBoogaloo41, wy

(4 x6) b_o_g_o_, chancehugs, DaHumanTorch, Esh_Kebab, Kiyakit4, rotating3Dtext

(3.9 x1) slightdent

(3.5 x1) LesApfels

(3.3 x1) DirtyRat583

(3 x9) 1998tweety, avg-vag, moooo566, RoyalBloodFool, sabooyah, SFbby, Tazzachar, Victerade, yatcho

(2.5 x1) averitablefeast

(2 x12) apatel27, bespectacIed, BoldnessofTrolls, cloudbustingmp3, DaBigBoi, dohyon, frogaranaman, oomjj, PragmaticCoconut, rae-of-moonlight, rslashpoopheads, SkylarV

(1 x25) aestheticen, AhnSolbin, alwayswords, bookthieving, CrimsonROSET, ebooks#5454, fadedblue09, flavasavavandal, ImADudeDuh, Kayaking11116, letsallpoo, LilacDaffodils, nicolas, No_Potato_Chicken, OliviaGodrigo, pig-serpent, plastichaxan, PROJECTErza, Roxieloxie, sliced-peaches, thedoctordances1940, TheFail05, TiltControls, xearomis, Zypker125

(0 x16) 2dina3dworld, agentofscranton, astrologicalangel, bluetriangles04, bulforster, Gonza_90, MassiveThief, maybecrf, metanoira, nootnoot781, oddeyeopener, seanderlust, skargardin, static_int_husp, StrangeOperation0, throwaway-7650

1998tweety (3): Pretty much just echoing what I already said about Hot Sauce but to a higher level. There are individual elements that work here but all together??? That pan flute needs to be obliterated. The saddest thing is how some of us really tried to pretend this song was decent on release, we listened to it over and over trying to like it. And then their released Vampire which is pop perfection. It’s our reward for enduring the lashings Sticker gave us.

OliviaGodrigo (1): If Squidward made a K-pop song it’d be this

throwaway-7650 (0): The song that saved PTD from my 0. If you were on stan twitter, you remember the initial teaser with the flute, it was truly an event. I recall seeing others’ reactions to it and I was like “it can’t be that bad” and then I got around to listening to it. My jaw dropped. SM stans hold the company in high regard due to their songs being “experimental” but Sticker just doesn’t work for me. It’s not just the opening flute sequence, the one at the start of the 2nd verse is also ear-splitting, if not even more offensive than the recurring one. Flute aside, the piano, bridge, Taeyong, “like a sticka!”/other not good lines, etc. all contribute to an incoherent mess. Perhaps some elements might work in a different context, but this song is definitely not greater than the sum of its parts.

Anyway, enough about my grievances, let’s give it up to Sticker for entering the controversy leaderboard with a 3.5+ controversy score (it also just misses the Most 0s leaderboard but oh well)), even picking up a few 11s on the way! I can’t deny that Sticker is an entertaining experience, it’s just that instead of watching the train wreck, it feels like I am the train wreck.

2 NCT songs have already been eliminated, does NCT stand a chance at Day 2 with Let’s Play Ball?

BleepBloopMusicFan (11): I just can’t deny it. This is the song that I most enjoy listening to in this rate, so despite it not actually being good I have to give it the 11. That pan flute line….I want to be in the room to witness the moment they came up with that.

akanewasright (10): it’s the best song ever made

anothertown (10): the flute is so iconic that i never even knew how discordant and awful the rest of the instrumental is

BaconShoes (10): i thought this was gonna be horrible at first…but it kept going and the chorus came in and the beats went off and it ended up being a banger and now i’m kinda obsessed

celladonn (10): The girls that get it get it and the girls that don't don't

cremeebrulee (10): https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/872172420910444585/994113338286022666/whenusendstickertothegc.png

Islands (10): The only bad part to me is taeyong's rap in the beginning but it's excusable now cause the flute, chorus, and bridge are too good omg and i'm just surprised this song even exists

Kadenfrost (10): The space cowboys are camping with the kwangya gurlies because this song is unironically catchy with that horrendous flute and the oversinging

mayolizard (10): sorry but i love it i stockholm syndrome myself

melody (10): OVERHATED, CHANGED LIVES, SAVED LIVES - Sticker you will ALWAYS be famous!

milkywayinradius (10): this is a beautiful mess

MoonlightByWindow (10): the definition of if you get it you get it…like something truly shifted when this came out

NotWith10000Men (10): i really like the solo dudes singing the single lines over the sparse beat in the beginning part

omgthenerve (10): I'll always be a signature flute enthusiast

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how did this do better than hot sauce???

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the key thing is that it's a lot funnier; many of us laughed at it so much it became a meme, and that made it enjoyable

hot sauce is weird and obnoxious but lacks that memeification factor

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then i guess the key difference for me is that i thought hot sauce was good 😭

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RandomHypnotica (10): I WILL DEFEND THIS SONG WITH MY LIFE (and I am prepared to die at this reveal yes)

ricki (10): if i had to chose the most important historical event last year, it would have to be when the teaser featuring the flute was released

runaway3212 (10): to all the haters... hope you get better soon

Saison_Marguerite (10): their shittyfluted serve, experimental lightning in a bottle etc

Stryxen (10): I barely even know her

TakeOnMeByA-ha (10): yeah i cant really defend myself for this one can i

thisusernameisntlong (10): me in kindergarten when my music teacher tells me to play the flute

vayyiqra (10): I agree with whoever in the #rates channel said this song is the funniest shit they've ever heard. It's so chaotic and confusing how the piccolo flute and the piano are off beat and the lyrics make no sense, the guys are singing like they're going hard, the heavy bass on the "roll up to the party" interlude, the random "hoo!" and "brr!" adlibs. This is one of the most bizarre songs I've ever heard, and it's utterly hilarious. I can't listen to it without laughing my head off, it's unbelievable this is a real song that exists.

vhqv1997 (10): if anything, this song needed more flute

wavingwolves (10): this just in: THERE'S NO OBJECTIVELY BAD MUSIC! it's okay to enjoy a silly as fawk song girls!

IsaiahTB0 (9.8): This is a good song idgaf. Great vocal layering, love the way the flute sample is incorporated in the vocal arrangement. One of 127's strongest tracks.

sage (9.7): when the snippet for this came out.. you had to be there

moonshxne (9.5): lowkey metal i love this! (unlike “real” heavy metal, this doesn’t blow out my eardrums, but it bangs just as hard!!!)

paigama (9.1): i was a hater for months then the vocals got to me when it played randomly and the flute sound finally made sense. i kinda overplayed it though so i can't really make it a >9.5

ilyyyyy (9): i thought it was going to be a lot wackier based on what i've heard about it, it's pretty cohesive to me, really like it except for the 'roll up to the party' part

moonagenightmares (9): some people just wouldnt get it

PSSST12 (9): pots and pans excellent I fear. The girls who get it, get it. .

Verboten_Prince (9): I don't know at what point my love for this went from ironic to unironic, but I think this song is actually amazing? And I have a hard time explaining why. But I think when it comes to the more annoying songs on this list it’s like… you can hear what trends, what demographics, what overused styles they’re attempting to emulate… but this? This feels like what pop music sounds like on another planet. I have no idea where they’re coming from or what they’re going for, and I can respect that.

Cooler_lin (8.7): the vocal delivery in the chorus> taeil's adlib in the outro>> the only part i really still can't stand is taeyong's intro

2l82bstr8 (8.5): and 8 of those points are just the cool factor alone. it takes balls to mix sounds like this and even more balls to make it look natural

BasedButta (8.5): OKAY LISTEN - this song is AWESOME it just uses crazyass instruments (funniest fucking flute ever) and has the usual “singers don’t ever shut up” kpop style. But inside, trust me… it’s awesome… even the weird bridge has some very nice metal instrumental writing. Honestly just put on youtube “sticker rock version” and see how hard it goes please i’m not insane

hanpop (8): i think there's something wrong with me i love this song

hunnybee12 (8): for pure entertainment value, it makes me giggle

jay duh (8): dem jointz putting his entire bussy into that flute during marks solo

mimins (8): I enjoy this a normal amount but you will never catch me defending it on the internet

orbiteezus (8): alright, so i understand that this will most likely tank, but honestly, this is probably one of the most interesting k-pop songs ever and while i don’t necessarily enjoy it because of that, it definitely helps in understanding why i like it. although even if i thought this was trash i would think the same. on first listen when taeyong started doing whatever he was doing i was honestly perplexed, and the rest of the song felt like a shitpost. like NCT is known for kinda ‘noisy’ music but even then, those sounded much more coherent. like the distorted flute, the sorta off-sounding pianos, the weird LQ vocals, its so bizarre but im in awe at the fact that it exists. it feels like they did so much stuff to subvert usual k-pop song styles which may not have paid off to a lot of listeners but like, i get it

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pleasegivemeasword (8): there's no way this makes it to day two but i still somehow find myself defending it...

Qwilphish (8): society if people didnt hate this song for the whistle:

vuemaurel (7.5): I love the flute!

FreeCuddlesAnyone (7): like it or not but they had the girls talking… sticker will always be timeless <3

hikkaru (7): 2021 was the first full year that i spent following kpop and i don't think there was a more memorable moment than the sticker chronicles. from the moment the snippet dropped to the full song release it just got worse and worse. thank you nct for being so horrible and releasing this ...... masterpiece. i went back and looked at the reactions on discord when this dropped and it truly was such a moment

ignitethephoenix (7): who allowed this flute onto the song 😭 it’s so bad. If you cut it out it would be infinitely better

tiltheendoftheline (7): I love some parts of it, tolerate others, but it is an unusual song, to say the least. The vocals, choreography and overall performance make up for what I dislike.

xxipil0ts (6.8): - i didn't get the joke abt them sampling the arabic nokia ringtone until now but it was great

chenle (6.2): still can't believe they had taeil belt out the most insane vocals on top of the worst beat of all time.mp3

bigbigbee (6): I truly think that in k-pop, it’s a bigger sin to be boring than to be annoying or weird. IDK. Not to get on a soapbox but there have been SO many k-pop songs that annoyed me at first and that I grew to genuinely love as they replayed in my head. Some people will say that if you “have to Stockholm Syndrome a song, it can’t be THAT good!”, but…I genuinely really came to like these songs. I think that sometimes, first impressions are not reflective of how you’ll feel in a week or two. But some k-pop fans take pride in immediately deciding something is bad, and making it the Twitter punching bag of the week, and then obviously feel like they can’t go back against their own word. IDK why I’m decided to write an essay for a song that I don’t even like THAT much, but I think that O.O, this song, Fantastic Baby, EXO Wolf, SNSD I Got A Boy back in 2013 (!)

HoshiLock (6): It was weird when I listened it the first time but after some reproductions I liked it

kyrgyzzephyr (6): this is so unhinged, i'm not fully on board but i respect it. tho i'll be damned if i don't sing along to 'like a stickaaaah'

poemforsmallthings (6): Taeil Houston and Doyoung Carey kinda slayed here

welcome2thejam (6): I have not been able to stop thinking about Sticker since I first heard it. One of the most bizarre productions my ears have ever heard. Sticker is a monument to man's hubris, it should not exist in a just world, and now we must learn to live alongside our follies as punishment for our crimes

cherryices (5.5): quite angry that this has grown on me. fuming

coolfluffle (5): i hate that recorder so much

DefaultPophead (5): "the signature fan flute sound will awaken your mind" yeah nah, keep melodrama outta your mouth.

DraculaWeekend (5): The video of them hearing this for the first time lives rent free in my head

jasannn (5): there’s a good song here… somewhere

sarcasticsobs (5): Not my kind of weird. Was not into this except for that “roll up” bit from 3:07 to 3:20. I like Taeyong better when he goes real low voice. Some of them can really sing, though

whoisValensi (5): This is the hardest song in this rate to rate for me. Yes, even harder than "MONEY"... Because this is genuinely maybe the worst song I have ever heard. But at the same time it's so... catchy??????????? Like that flute is the dumbest shit I've ever heard but sometimes my brain just goes "LIKE A STICKER! STICKER! STICKER!" Like, yeah this is the worst Dem Jointz production I can think of but at the same time it has ideas and I see what they were trying to go for in the final product... I think. But at the same time it just doesn't fucking work. EXCEPT THAT BRIDGE THAT WORKS. Now on the flip-side this song has become a total fucking meme between me and one of my besties so we fucking laughed our way thru every year-end K-Pop show we watched last year because we could count on this being performed and we would fucking crack up the second the flute fucking hit. So like... IS THIS SONG THE ULTIMATE SONG TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER???????? What I'm saying is I have a lot of complex feelings on this song but that flute alone is a 5, so maybe this is a 5.

b_o_g_o_ (4): what the fuck am i listening to

chancehugs (4): Sometimes NCT's weird sounds work. Here it doesn't.

Esh_Kebab (4): People go on and on about the flute on this track, but the worst part will always be "like a stickaaAAH".

rotating3Dtext (4): they always up the ante in avant-garde meme songs

LesApfels (3.5): Lemonade would have been a better title track in every conceivable way. The shitty recorder sample should be put to death.

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DirtyRat583 (3.3): this song is very much horseshoe theory - it's so bad it goes back to being a little bit good

moooo566 (3): annoying kpop sounds compilation vol. 7

sabooyah (3): i really wouldn't dislike this that much but the flute is so, so shrill

Victerade (3): most stuff grow on me somehow but this managed to not skull thats how bad it is

yatcho (3): i'm sorry I can't stand NCT

apatel27 (2): Someone watched shittyflute before making this beat

bespectacIed (2): i have a soft spot for nshitty but this is undefendable sorry...

cloudbustingmp3 (2): this is camp (derogatory)

DaBigBoi (2): It’s not just a song, it’s an audio experience, etc. etc. etc. With that said, that experience sucks

frogaranaman (2): did the kpop industry get introduced to Bollywood this year or

rslashpoopheads (2): NCT are so consistent in making the worst music you've ever heard

aestheticen (1): The only reason this isn't a 0 is because at least it tries to be different

alwayswords (1): dont piss me off

CrimsonROSET (1): sounds good jim the instruments sound great now we just need to add the beat and the wait no fuck fuck that’s the upload button we still needed to master and put the beat and the autotune what the fuck jim what’s your problem

ebooks#5454 (1): i don't know what a bigger shock, this song or learning that this song samples WINX CLUB music

flavasavavandal (1): ironic title when none of the different elements of Sticker stick together

Kayaking11116 (1): SOBBUNG ITS A NAUR FROM ME HUNNY. this is it your honor, the terrible awful Satan spawn

LilacDaffodils (1): Clearly SM was trying to save money by hiring first graders learning the recorder.

pig-serpent (1): NO! I refuse to believe that this isn’t parody. There’s no way anyone listened to the whistle on this song and went “yeah, this sounds good.”

plastichaxan (1): oh it was bad for them and everyone who heard

Roxieloxie (1): that tweet thats like 'if i was an artist i would release the worst song ever made and watch my fanbase fight over it' except you all are really dying on the field of battle for this 3rd grade hot cross buns ass recorder player. Id pay money for another 0 to see this suffer more but alas,,

sliced-peaches (1): DONT piss me off.

thedoctordances1940 (1): the flute sounds worse than the first thing i ever did on ableton

TiltControls (1): I almost want to give this extra points for so iconicly bad

Zypker125 (1): Someone said the flute reminded them of the infamous My Heart Will Go On recorder cover and I can’t unhear it Even without the flute, this song would have been a 1 from Taeyong’s nasally rap

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2dina3dworld (0): pain. There’s no other way to describe this. Just pain

agentofscranton (0): i actually cannot listen to this

astrologicalangel (0): this sounds like a headache

bluetriangles04 (0): After much debating, I realized that giving any other song in this rate a 0 would purely just be lying to myself. For songs I've rated a 1, I have at least found the smallest of enjoyable aspects within them. For this song, there is nothing enjoyable about it. Even at the inoffensive SM bridge, that horrible fucking flute is still on full blast and that dance break or whatever is... The mixing on this song too??? It is impossible for me to give this song anything other than a 0 and I am shocked to say that this song has that effect on me as someone who enjoyed Hot Sauce :sob:

bulforster (0): The defenders are making me lose a little bit of faith in humanity.

Gonza_90 (0): Whoever produced this song should be arrested

MassiveThief (0): In shock that they sat in the studio, listened to this, and had the audacity to say "yeah, lets drop this"

maybecrf (0): this is a meme, and we are all worse off for it

metanoira (0): even jaehyuns abs couldnt save this

nootnoot781 (0): what the fuck did i just listen to?

seanderlust (0): who let a fourth grader play recorder on this track

skargardin (0): god what a mess

static_int_husp (0): death pentaly for whoever chose to sample that flute, bottom two irritating sound I've heard in a song this month

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(11 x3) BleepBloopMusicFan, cofie, Hulnia

(10 x29) akanewasright, amr, anothertown, BaconShoes, celladonn, cosmicneve, cremeebrulee, imasalesman, Islands, Kadenfrost, kpoppyko, mayolizard, melody, milkywayinradius, MoonlightByWindow, NotWith10000Men, omgthenerve, RandomHypnotica, Reveluv_bit, ricki, runaway3212, Saison_Marguerite, Stryxen, TakeOnMeByA-ha, thea, thisusernameisntlong, vayyiqra, vhqv1997, wavingwolves

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(1 x25) aestheticen, AhnSolbin, alwayswords, bookthieving, CrimsonROSET, ebooks#5454, fadedblue09, flavasavavandal, ImADudeDuh, Kayaking11116, letsallpoo, LilacDaffodils, nicolas, No_Potato_Chicken, OliviaGodrigo, pig-serpent, plastichaxan, PROJECTErza, Roxieloxie, sliced-peaches, thedoctordances1940, TheFail05, TiltControls, xearomis, Zypker125

(0 x16) 2dina3dworld, agentofscranton, astrologicalangel, bluetriangles04, bulforster, Gonza_90, MassiveThief, maybecrf, metanoira, nootnoot781, oddeyeopener, seanderlust, skargardin, static_int_husp, StrangeOperation0, throwaway-7650

you treat me like a BOY

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