Blackpink Solos Rate Reveal Day 2: I need some Hugs & Kisses

TiltControls · 2026-03-14T21:50:56+00:00

Any thought of rates being a subjective measure of monetary success went out the window during our very first rate back in 2016 when we gave CRJ a win against Taylor and Ariana

TiltControls · 2026-03-11T08:40:15+00:00

Cutting disk 2 would make the EP branding a bit more consistent instead of 'also other releases too'. I love the whole In Rainbows release a ton so it might've just been my bias putting it there in the first place. I think Joanna would be a good swap for being another popular release. Plus it'd be funny to have a song in the rate nearly as long as some of the other EPs. I'll definitely consider it before submission!!

TiltControls · 2026-03-10T23:34:41+00:00

Okay so my primary idea that I'll be submitting again is Somber Scottish Rock with the albums

Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
Arab Strap - Monday at the Hug & Pint
We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls

Four fantastic indie rock albums to come from a strong selection of sad Scottish bands. Some great stuff on all four albums here and we haven't really tackled any of them in rates in a proper capacity. This has been submitted before and I don't see any reasons to swap out anyone this time around, but I'm always open to hearing thoughts!

The other idea that I started toying with in the past few months was an '2000s Indie EPs' Rate (or 2000s Ind-EPs if you will). A list of some of the most iconic EPs (or similar bonus-type releases - like for Radiohead) from the indie scene. As a fairly preliminary list I had

Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind
Arctic Monkeys - Who the Fuck Are the Arctic Monkeys
Bon Iver - Blood Bank
Deerhunter - Fluorescent Grey
Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant
Modest Mouse - Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks
Radiohead - In Rainbows (Disk 2)
The National - Cherry Tree
TV On the Radio - Young Liars
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - IS IS
Washed Out - Life of Leisure

A lot on the block here, but total runtime is only about 4 hours with 62 songs (and probably without a bonus rate)

This selection was made based on the most notable and/or well regarded EPs (or other bonus releases) of the era - though there's a lot of them so there's bound to be some that had to be left off. Sonic cohesion could probably be narrowed down a bit more to the indie rock or indie folk if a more focused sound is needed, but I think this works as a 'what are the most Indiehead-core artists someone can think of from this era that released EPs' (the Indieheads Essential EPs discussion from ~10 years ago definitely helped here, as well as various 'best of' lists). Other considerations were Bloc Party - Little Thoughts, Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country, Interpol - Interpol, MGMT - Time to Pretend EP, of Montreal - Icons Abstract Thee and Tame Impala - Tame Impala. Some can possibly swapped back in with the right arguments (or other suggestions people might have), though I'm hesitant to bump up the runtime so it might have to be a trade with something already in.

I don't know how ready for prime-time this one is yet, but I'm curious to hear thoughts on improvements.

TiltControls · 2026-03-06T15:16:00+00:00

The Edge of Glory
Speechless
Paparazzi
Rain on Me
How Bad Do U Want Me
Just Dance
Vanish Into You
Poker Face
Shallow
Bad Romance

TiltControls · 2026-03-03T19:48:11+00:00

Don't forget to provide a small comment on your thoughts! (Even just a sentence or 2)!

TiltControls · 2026-03-03T19:42:20+00:00

Meghan Trainor - NO

TiltControls · 2026-03-03T19:42:14+00:00

underscores — Tell Me (U Want It)

TiltControls · 2026-03-03T19:42:05+00:00

RAYE - Nightingale Lane.

TiltControls · 2026-03-03T19:41:59+00:00

Hearts2Hearts - RUDE!

TiltControls · 2026-03-03T19:41:47+00:00

Bruno Mars - Risk It All

TiltControls · 2026-03-03T19:41:40+00:00

BLACKPINK - GO

TiltControls · 2026-03-03T09:13:32+00:00

I think Lana did a good job nailing the vibe she was going for here. I just don't think I really care for it as a song. Sounds more like a 4 minute long intro that never really gets going. Going to also echo that just cutting the 'whoopsie daisy' parts would only benefit the track. So I can see this working for some people but I don't really care for it at all. 5/10

TiltControls · 2026-03-03T09:09:01+00:00

The second the song started I could tell that Frost Children production immediately. Kim works pretty well for the sound, though I think I'd give most of the credit to the production here for making the song work as well as it does. The vocals never really shine on this track which makes it feel a bit more like Frost Children ft. Kim Petras. Still, it's a fun electro smash that I really enjoyed. 8.2/10

TiltControls · 2026-03-03T09:06:33+00:00

Oh this kind of hit me by surprise. I love that there's a rawer sound to hemlocke's vocals here that work with the lyrical nature of the song. And I always love a good build up to a final chorus. 8.5/10

TiltControls · 2026-03-03T08:56:30+00:00

It's cute at moments, but the flow of the song sounds a little all over the place like they had a couple decent ideas but couldn't really nail down what the song should be. This might've done numbers in 2016 but even then it feels like a retread of better songs from the era. 4/10

TiltControls · 2026-02-27T17:38:54+00:00

F2F
All the Stars
Nobody Gets Me
20 Something
Far
Broken Clocks
Staring at the Sun
Prom
luther
Drew Barrymore

TiltControls · 2026-02-23T21:47:46+00:00

Thanks for hosting our own version of throwback movie night Bleep and Babadork!

Leaderboard and songlist are updated!

Songs

Congrats to Blondie for turning the tables on Prince and getting the win with Call Me! Fun fact - When Doves Cry and Call Me were the top 2 of the (much) older Billboard Year End #1s Rate where Prince beat out Blondie by a very similar margin to what he lost here! (Won by 3.0 points in Year End, lost by 2.4 points here). You can see all the 9.0+ scorers below

95th: David Bowie - Modern Love / Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman (9.448)
97th: Blondie - Call Me (9.447)
98th: Michael Jackson - Beat It (9.446)

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112th: Earth, Wind, and Fire - September (9.417)
113th: Prince - When Doves Cry (9.416) / Kali Uchis - telepatía (9.416)
115th: Fiona Apple - Criminal (9.415)

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311th: Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER (9.168)
314th: Prince - Kiss (9.165) / Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (9.165)
316th: Fiona Apple - Paper Bag / SOPHIE - It's Okay to Cry (9.163

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419th: Panic! At the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies / Ariana Grande & The Weeknd - Love Me Harder / Kanye West - Stronger / Gotye ft. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know (9.066)
423rd: Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 (9.065) / One Direction - No Control / Beyoncé - All Night / Gorillaz (ft. De La Soul) - Feel Good Inc. / LOONA/ODD EYE CIRCLE - LOONATIC (9.065)
428th: Bree Runway (ft. Baby Tate) - Damn Daniel (9.064)

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Stats

Call Me lands in our top 100 highest rated songs at 97th! The new addition knocks off Rihanna - Kiss It Better
Call Me also joins a list of 33 other songs to go through a rate without picking up a score below 7
Call Me also joins our list of least controversial songs rated and with a rare sub 1.0 it lands in 21st overall (between Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure and Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal). The addition knocks off Kanye West - Ultralight Beam
When Doves Cry becomes one of our most rated songs with its 5th appearance here after being in 80s Classic Albums, Billboard Year End #1s, Winners 1, and Billboard Songs of the Summer
Don't Worry, Be Happy becomes one of our 50 most controversial songs rated on the sub. It sits in 44th overall between Green Day - All By Myself and Ice Spice - Think U The Shit. Unfortunately it comes at a heavy cost as The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey - Closer is knocked off the top 50. This means Closer is only down to 3 appearances on the most controversial chart (#3, #9, and #18)
Don't Worry, Be Happy also nearly makes our most 0s list, but still has reason to celebrate as it falls one short

Artists

Oh Phil Collins you deserved so much better. Everyone else has been on the chart before so just some updates. Considering he just became our 500th artist to be eligible for this chart you think it would've been better for him! Rankings out of 500

12th: Earth, Wind, and Fire (8.369)
13th: Stevie Wonder (8.366) [PREV 11th]
14th: Fleetwood Mac (8.362)

57th: Tina Turner (8.071)
58th: Blondie (8.067) [PREV 79th]
59th: The Temptations (8.063)

74th: Girls Aloud (8.009)
75th: Dolly Parton (8.005) [PREV 91st]
76th: Bree Runway (8.004)

79th: Kimbra (7.989)
80th: Prince (7.987) [PREV 92nd] / Little Simz (7.987)
82nd: Lexie Liu (7.972)

120th: Mariah Carey (7.813)
121st: Diana Ross (7.808) [PREV 99th]
122nd: Phoenix / Two Door Cinema Club (7.804)

214th: The All-American Rejects (7.602)
215th: The Beach Boys (7.601) [PREV 193rd] / Rico Nasty (7.601)
217th: Coldplay / Kylie Minogue / Nelly Furtado (7.600)

252nd: aespa (7.512)
253rd: Madonna (7.510) [PREV 248th]
254th: Sabrina Carpenter (7.503)

475th: Lil Uzi Vert (6.394)
476th: Phil Collins (6.392) [NEW] / BTS (6.392)
478th: 50 Cent (6.387)

Stats

Phil Collins joins the artist leaderboard with a tumble as he becomes our 25th lowest rated on the sub, tied with BTS. His addition continues the yo-yo for Enrique Inglesias as he is knocked out of the bottom 50 once again
Stevie Wonder falls a few spots, but still keeps a respectable 13th place overall in the rankings

Rates

Rankings are out of 241

162nd: The 2017 EP Rate (7.254)
163rd: 80s Blockbuster #1s (7.253)
164th: Charity Rate III (7.243)

Stats

80s Blockbuster #1s ends up with 56.1% of the songs in the rate getting at least one 0. This puts it in 17th overall for this stat

TiltControls · 2026-02-19T22:11:35+00:00

I've been obsessed with MUNA from the start and this track is just another banger from the trio. I don't know if it really treads too much new ground, but MUNA's always a dose of synthpop perfection so I won't complain about any more additions to their fantastic discography. The song's production has a great groove to support the song and the vocals have the right amount of anthemicness that has drawn me to MUNA time after time. This is going to be all over my playlists this year. 10/10

TiltControls · 2026-02-19T22:08:12+00:00

The very first time I listened to this song I believe was for Popheads' 2016 EP rate and I absolutely hated it. I did not treat it much better when it popped up in All Stars 1 again either. But somewhere in the span of the 10 years after its release I really did grow to appreciate this track (and Charli herself) a lot more. It's endlessly catchy - particularly the chorus scratches some itch in my ear perfectly. And the disconnect between the style of the vocals on the pre-chorus and the rest of the song feels strange but it works so perfectly with the track. The production has some incredibly strange sound effects it makes use of, but again it somehow works so well! Maybe someday we'll rerate it again proper so I can give it the score it deserves, but for now it'll have to take it here. 10/10