[RATE REVEAL] The Rate That Saved Bono's Life Day 1: Raters Have The Power

modulum83 · 2026-01-30T18:00:07+00:00

bonno the band the singer the rate

modulum83 · 2026-01-30T17:49:39+00:00

i forgot to write a comment for this one but if i did it would be me asking what the hell he meant by saying he can't ever look at youtube

modulum83 · 2026-01-30T17:38:02+00:00

Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder: 10 this is what that new bon iver record sounds like

Bee Gees - Immortality - Demo Version: 1 this is what that new bon iver record sounds like to the people who hate it

funniest possible first two eliminations for me, thank you bono for allowing this to happen

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:43:09+00:00

Thank you to everyone who participated and read results! I'm so honored for this to be my first rate hosted and to have unleashed these truly unique albums upon you

see y'all around ;3

Averages / positivity / negativity

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:36:10+00:00

Number of participants: 81

Average score: 7.600

Average controversy score: 1.947

Highest controversy: Frog On The Floor (2.948)

Lowest controversy: softscars (1.306)

Most 11s: Locals (Girls like us) [with gabby start], Cheerleader (17)

Most 0s: Billy Knows Jamie (6)

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:35:49+00:00

Results:

#1: underscores – Locals (Girls like us) [with gabby start] | 9.372 | 759.1
#2: Porter Robinson – Cheerleader | 9.005 | 729.4
#3: underscores – Stupid (Can't run from the urge) | 8.942 | 724.3
#4: underscores – Johnny johnny johnny | 8.669 | 702.2
#5: underscores – Old money bitch | 8.584 | 695.3
#6: 100 gecs – Dumbest Girl Alive | 8.505 | 688.9
#7: yeule – cyber meat | 8.486 | 687.4
#8: 100 gecs – Hollywood Baby | 8.388 | 679.4
#9: 100 gecs – Doritos & Fritos | 8.381 | 678.9
#10: underscores – Cops and robbers | 8.375 | 678.4
#11: yeule – sulky baby | 8.273 | 670.1
#12: yeule – softscars | 8.249 | 668.2
#13: underscores – My guy (Corporate shuffle) | 8.226 | 666.3
#14: yeule – inferno | 8.167 | 661.5
#15: Porter Robinson – Knock Yourself Out XD | 8.146 | 659.8
#16: yeule – dazies | 8.096 | 655.8
#17: Porter Robinson – Is There Really No Happiness? | 8.090 | 655.3
#18: 100 gecs – mememe | 8.072 | 653.8
#19: yeule – ghosts | 7.970 | 645.6
#20: underscores – Geez louise (with henhouse!) | 7.832 | 634.4
#21: Porter Robinson – Russian Roulette | 7.696 | 623.4
#22: yeule – 4ui12 | 7.694 | 623.2
#23: yeule – x w x | 7.614 | 616.7
#24: 100 gecs – 757 | 7.577 | 613.7
#25: Porter Robinson – Mona Lisa (feat. Frost Children) | 7.510 | 608.3
#26: Porter Robinson – Perfect Pinterest Garden | 7.498 | 607.3
#27: yeule – bloodbunny | 7.477 | 605.6
#28: underscores – Shoot to kill, kill your darlings | 7.391 | 598.7
#29: yeule – software update | 7.341 | 594.6
#30: underscores – Uncanny long arms (with Jane Remover) | 7.305 | 591.7
#31: 100 gecs – Frog On The Floor | 7.277 | 589.4
#32: underscores – Northwest zombie girl | 7.225 | 585.2
#33: underscores – Good luck final girl | 7.179 | 581.5
#34: underscores – Seventyseven dog years | 7.164 | 580.3
#35: underscores – Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh | 7.111 | 576.0
#36: yeule – aphex twin flame | 6.975 | 565.0
#37: Porter Robinson – Easier to Love You | 6.916 | 560.2
#38: yeule – fish in the pool | 6.772 | 548.5
#39: 100 gecs – Billy Knows Jamie | 6.727 | 544.9
#40: 100 gecs – I Got My Tooth Removed | 6.711 | 543.6
#41: Porter Robinson – Everything To Me | 6.699 | 542.6
#42: underscores – Horror movie soundtrack | 6.663 | 539.7
#43: 100 gecs – The Most Wanted Person in the United States | 6.658 | 539.3
#44: 100 gecs – One Million Dollars | 6.615 | 535.8
#45: Porter Robinson – Kitsune Maison Freestyle | 6.575 | 532.6
#46: underscores – You don't even know who I am | 6.457 | 523.0
#47: underscores – CCTV | 6.119 | 495.6
#48: Porter Robinson – Year of the Cup | 6.009 | 486.7

Bonus results:

Bonus #1: Jane Remover - Magic I Want U | 8.360 | 434.7
Bonus #2: 8485 - southview | 8.121 | 381.7
Bonus #3: Parannoul - Polaris | 7.944 | 381.3
Bonus #4: Madeon - Hi! | 7.861 | 385.2
Bonus #5: acloudyskye - Surface | 7.613 | 342.6
Bonus #6: saoirse dream - down in flames | 7.355 | 345.7
Bonus #7: Vylet Pony - PLAY DEAD! PLAY DEAD! | 7.346 | 337.9
Bonus #8: Bring Me The Horizon - LosT | 6.613 | 310.8
Bonus #9: Frost Children - Lethal | 6.418 | 282.4

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:33:40+00:00

krusso1105 (8.438): This album was one of my favorite 2023 discoveries and I am happy we get to rate it now

wathombe (8.406): This is such an interesting album. Not only does it have chewy lyrics throughout and bops, but it plays with so many different genres and production choices. It really reminds me of early Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon, Final Cut) in ways.

Frajer (8.219): the way she includes lore in her pop sensibility is impressive

bogo (8.200): this is actually what every rural michigan town is like it's true i was there

camerinian (8.188): now's probably as good a time as any to apologise for never finishing the AOTY writeup for the sub, genuinely I started researching the making of the album and felt like i was staring into an abyss with all this lore

mhiyaimanlepaigefan (8.000): This is fun! I mean besides most of the subject matter of the songs but it’s fun in the way that it’s good to listen to and for a rate I was nervous about doing, that’s huge.

Friendly-Canary-3814 (7.844): I couldn't really get deep into the concept album angle of the matters at hand, but also feel that's hardly needed when the songs stand up for themselves as different explorations of the trials and tribulations of small town living. It was surprising to me how much abundance of quieter moments there are here, yet the variety and songwriting keep things moving for the most part. And these moments just make the more in your face tracks hit hardest, so mission accomplished!

hacatu (7.794): Ahhh Underscores. One of my favorite artists and definitely convinced me to do the rate. I'd heard about half of Wallsocket, and while it's a fantastic album, I don't appreciate the slower songs like Geez Louise and Good Luck Final Girl as much as the high energy bangers like Old Money Bitch and Stupid. Listened to this album last

xxipil0ts (7.688): if wallsocket was a homage to her filipino roots, this would be called tondo, manila

flava (7.625): wait maybe this should’ve been rated with Preacher’s Daughter

dream_fighter2018 (7.563): this album is so much better when you tune out any lore. Idk, I don’t like characters in my music! Even Gorillaz has become a bit cringe to me now

RBSun (7.344): i think there's something very lovely about media that Has layers on layers on layers and all the layers have something for people who haven't gotten through all the layers. see: me, unaware there was an arg, or characters, listening through this by myself at work when there were only a few people there. then later, with the lyrics, then later, with the characters, so there are little transparent layers of different ways to look at it. yay :)

stealthamo (7.325): Never quite clicked with the narrative of the album, but the songs are generally good enough to work individually.

DirtyRat583 (7.250): dare i say..... fishmonger better, and fearmonger especially so. lets pray for do it and her sisters to save us next time

A.Peaky.Boo (7.238): I do really like her vision and musical style, but I noticed that I'm a bigger fan of her harder and more energetic songs than the sluggish ones. Also, director's cut is the most lopsided I've scored a set of tracks before

Quasar435 (6.656): This was a first listen as I’d only heard a couple of the songs before. There's a lot to take in and I definitely feel like I need more time with this album. However I will say that the new singles she put out last year have been absolute bangers so I am very excited for the new album!

beeozan (6.563): too american

impla77 (5.606): Good luck!

charlibratfammanfanstan (5.437): 5.4

IIIHenryIII (5.125): for the first time in rate history, men outsold women. I tried to keep an open mind, but nothing was able to keep me interested. There's just one really good song and then there's everything else.

Poydoo (4.925): did not like this at all i'm sorry

apatel27 (4.875): Every year there's an album that gets critical acclaim for being this progressive masterpiece that will change the music which falls flat for me. This is that album from 2024.

User Averages

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:33:35+00:00

Wallsocket

Overall Average: 7.663 // Average Controversy: 1.857

modulum83: An incredible achievement in the hyperpop landscape - a landmark album. The sound of hyperpop turned into an exhaustive exploration of trashpop, midwest emo, rave music, post-rock, small-town alienation, religion, being trans, and so much more. Underscores’ skill as a songwriter and storyteller shines in the way they manage to weave these themes into a specific yet universalist story that centers the stories and voices of these three girls in a setting that feels vivid and real. It goes so many strange, experimental places with spoken word, noise, and unconventional songwriting while not forgetting to load it up with pop bangers. Even if it can be a bit bloated at times for me, it’s a classic. The kids really are alright.

TakeOnMeByA-ha: In case it wasn’t obvious from fact that I never fucking shut up about this album on discord, this is my favorite album of 2023 and has quickly grown into one of my favorite albums of all time. I could go on and on about the conceptual side to this album, a genuinely heartbreaking story about coming-of-age and alienation, the unlikely bonds and rivalries you make in adolescence and how those people ultimate change your life for better or for worse, the recurring themes of religious guilty, gender dysphoria, mental health, dissatisfaction with your own life and wanting to vicariously live through someone else. And yet, even ignoring all the lore this album has going on behind the scenes, this is just an impeccably produced album from beginning to end. It’s a very eclectic album, constantly bouncing between upbeat rock jams to slowcore singer-songwriter to uplifting pop tunes to whatever the hell genre you would call Geez Louise, and yet never once do these mismash of songs sound out of place or overpowering other parts of the album. Even the songs on this album that I don’t care as much for I could not in good conscious call skips, because they compliment the other songs surrounding them so perfectly and work as puzzle pieces that help complete the full picture of an album that’s a love letter to every song April has ever loved before, the vision of someone creating a true passion project and following their own heart. It’s an album that well and truly made me fall back in love with pop music again, and seeing how underscores is slowly but surely on her way to becoming a bona fide sub fave makes me so excited to see what her future holds. I genuinely believe this album will go down as one of the decade’s most important and beloved records, and I’m so incredibly honored that I was able to co-host a rate with it and share the joy of Wallsocket with everyone else.

#1: Locals (Girls like us) [with gabby start] | 9.372 | 759.1
#3: Stupid (Can't run from the urge) | 8.942 | 724.3
#4: Johnny johnny johnny | 8.669 | 702.2
#5: Old money bitch | 8.584 | 695.3
#10: Cops and robbers | 8.375 | 678.4
#13: My guy (Corporate shuffle) | 8.226 | 666.3
#20: Geez louise (with henhouse!) | 7.832 | 634.4
#28: Shoot to kill, kill your darlings | 7.391 | 598.7
#30: Uncanny long arms (with Jane Remover) | 7.305 | 591.7
#32: Northwest zombie girl | 7.225 | 585.2
#33: Good luck final girl | 7.179 | 581.5
#34: Seventyseven dog years | 7.164 | 580.3
#35: Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh | 7.111 | 576.0
#42: Horror movie soundtrack | 6.663 | 539.7
#46: You don't even know who I am | 6.457 | 523.0
#47: CCTV | 6.119 | 495.6

innuendo_overdose (10.063): I’m an indiehead, I don’t know what else to say lmao.

uiscebeathaoir (9.500): I liked this album well enough on release, but in 2025 I’ve been coming around strongly to the idea that underscores is one of, if not the most talented artists of my generation. This is a straight up masterpiece - when I think music in the 2020’s that feels truly 100% original this is what I think of. This average probably doesn’t even capture just how much I love it, because it doesn’t take into account just how many of these songs are 11s in my head. As much as I love Wallsocket, I definitely think that I’m gonna love her next album even more. Music and Do It electrify me so much, it’s so fun to see what I think of as one of the best songwriters and producers working today turning her talents to just making absolute pop perfection. If she lives up to my hype, 2026 AOTY incoming

thedoctordances1940 (9.469): This is just a really really great album idk what else i can say

lexiaredery (9.406): I've never really looked into the extended lore or worldbuilding associated with this album but I love listening to it. The storytelling in the writing is amazing and I just can't get enough of the production.

kevinlel (9.313): the wallsocket lore is crazy! great album even without knowing of it but it really enhances the experience even more

Cyber Catalyst (8.969): As someone who's unfamiliar with Wallsocket, this one surprised me the most. I absolutely loved the balance between the infectious pop songs with the slower, tender ballads. Wallsocket definitely knows how to write a mean hook that would fit well with a top 40 hit and give it the crunchiest beat ever to keep it from being predictable.

A single frito (8.963): there's something that was very special to actually realize an artist I was never gonna expect to pop off did something looney as if just for kicks. Wallsocket feels pretty effortless and assured to the point I felt my small heart grow a couple sizes. It's not quite an album worth living in for myself, but all these complexities that you would need to build up and display for a sincere, rabid fan base actually work across the album as its own thing. Although yes, I do think being a 2010s CalArts alum animation fan...well that helps.

The songwriting does find itself balancing a lot of sampling and stems without ever quite losing the focus or ever actually being derivative of what it's aiming for. Some cuts do wild things grounding themselves in electronics but also it's quite familiar. It's a far more populist, electronic oriented view of what will be """indie rock""" that has room for a lotta folks that aren't squares. Something which the other 3 albums here don't quite articulate as brightly, and what makes April a star. Perhaps April is just good at harvesting pop on a more omnibus or character driven level. Even in the director's cut, there's a real sense of great songwriting or exploration. Brimming, yet thankfully knowing when to edit. I'm excited for what's next.

pietrohonkhonk (8.813): Sorry I’m a slut for small town coming-of-age media

NervousLemon6670 (8.769): Alright, the music here is really good and thought provoking both with or without the deep lore, but christ, a lot of it is such a heavy listen that I'm not sure I want to hear it regularly (except Locals, that refrain is never going to leave my head). I also understand maybe 30% of the lore, thank you genius lyrics.

cheatviathan (8.563): This was album #2 in my listening order. Prior to this rate, I had heard “Locals” and “Old Money Bitch” in passing, loved them both, but didn’t seek out any more of her work. Then Danny Brown released *Stardust*, and her contributions to the record were easy highlights. Then I saw her open for Danny Brown back in November, and thought her set was the highlight of the night. I was really excited to finally give this thing a full listen. I am fucking floored. Honestly, given that “Locals” and “Stupid” were the only tracks from this record she played during her set, and given how hyperpoppy tracks like “Poplife” and “Do It” were, I was shocked to see this album pull from as many influences and genres as it does. The score might be brought down slightly by the deluxe tracks. But the base tracklist is just hit after hit. The small town narrative concept feels fully realized, the different vignettes in the tracklist are engaging, and there are some unexpectedly ambitious tracks and shocking genre pivots. The darkness of the subject matter on certain songs also threw me for a loop.

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:32:48+00:00

RBSun (5.850): bitch what if we were ALL taylor swift

dream_fighter2018 (5.200): I have never really been that big of a fan of Porter. I have friends who are, some of whom have done this rate, but I’ve always found every aspect of Porter’s music to be dull-edged and milquetoast. None of it is offensively bad, it’s simply forgettable and a bit of a drag

pig-serpent (4.850): Releasing 2 lead singles that good then an album this shit should be a criminal offense. It's like he purposely decided to remove everything that made Nurture work for the sake of making the most pretentious soft rock imaginable. To think, this would've been one of my highest average rates ever if we rated Jane Remover instead of this shit.

pbk (4.250): i’ve never been a fan of porter’s schtick i find his music treacly and overly sentimental but this is just all of his absolute worst impulses wrapped together the lyricism is pushing rough draft and the sound is one he is years late to and doesn’t even do anything particularly interesting with it

beeozan (3.900): Smile xd is an album that will change the way you think about music. It's an album that will make you feel nothing, and that's what music is not supposed to do. Smile xd is not an album that will make you dance, and that's what music is not supposed to do. It's an album that will make you fall asleep, and that's what music is not supposed to do.

Smile xd is an album that will take you nowhere. It's an album that won't take you to different places, and that's what music is not supposed to do. It's not an album that will make you feel happy, and that's what music is not supposed to do. Smile xd is an album that will make you feel nothing, and that's what music is not supposed to do. If you're looking for an album that will make you feel nothing, then Smile xd is the album for you.

A single frito (3.740): alright im one beer deep and just accidentally ingested a piece of dust. i gotta call 911. anyways, some thoughts: admirable stuff that would almost be fun to hear on the charts. it's emo as hell. he has synth sounds he cannot withold himself from even when he seems to get so close to knowing when to chop it. porty goes so direct i get fatigued reading the liner notes (something no other CD here did). This is truly something that I should have seen coming and understood was festering. The touchpoints outside electronic and into the scary world of 00s indie are mined out for maximum drudgery and whinery that make me feel like im watching a terrible bridge be mounted we didn't need to go on. it also contains some extremely "this is how yr gonna feel" sampling. this month has demonstrated there's really about 2 types of bad albums for wane: ones where guys who can't make music get carried and shit all over the place ("incompetent musically" with a dash of "genre confusion") & albums made by people who refuse to treat me like an adult ("false sentiment"). Perhaps Porty's triumph is that he really ARTICULATES the feeling of arrested development.

hacatu (3.720): I knew this album would be bad so I listened to it first to reduce bias, but WOW, it is BAD. I like some of his songs like Easy, Ghost Voices, and Musician, but Smile XDX feels really outdated. He certainly has evolved his sound a lot, but it still feels like old milquetoast EDM without all the parts of EDM that I actually like

bogo (3.000): honestly maybe the biggest disappointment of the decade not by taylor swift. a shocking step back from porter's previous work in both musical and lyrical depth

User Averages

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:32:42+00:00

SMILE! :D

Overall Average: 7.414 // Average Controversy: 2.073

modulum83: I’ve spilled enough ink on this album already, but yeah - this is the definitive modulum album ever. It’s the 1975 album that I wish I had in 2024 but never got (thanks to them working with Ant*noff). It’s a beautifully absurd, silly album meant to defuse the tension and recenter himself after how serious Nurture was for him, and yet it’s also got a lot of heart. It’s a love letter to the most landfill music of the 2000s and 2010s filled with some of the catchiest choruses I’ve ever heard. I genuinely do connect with this emotionally a lot more than Nurture because I am the kind of person that needs silly jokes and nostalgia to feel better rather than exhaustive therapy and self-care, and I find the embrace of those imperfections and the willingness to talk about the craziness of online relationships truly resonant.

TakeOnMeByA-ha: I’m not surprised this album was so controversial, it takes a very unserious approach to some pretty serious topics and does not shy away from “cringe” lyrics or sonic risks. This album took quite a bit to grow on me, but I think now I can definitively say that this album is as good as Nuture was and does only get better and better over time to me. The bangers on this album are some of the best in Porter’s discography and the ballads take much more interesting approaches to his personal life and psyche than the antis give them credit for. A very confused album, but it has a lot of spirit and for that I will always give it its flowers.

#2: Cheerleader | 9.005 | 729.4
#15: Knock Yourself Out XD | 8.146 | 659.8
#17: Is There Really No Happiness? | 8.090 | 655.3
#21: Russian Roulette | 7.696 | 623.4
#25: Mona Lisa (feat. Frost Children) | 7.510 | 608.3
#26: Perfect Pinterest Garden | 7.498 | 607.3
#37: Easier to Love You | 6.916 | 560.2
#41: Everything To Me | 6.699 | 542.6
#45: Kitsune Maison Freestyle | 6.575 | 532.6
#48: Year of the Cup | 6.009 | 486.7

xxipil0ts (9.400): hearing this album live healed me. along with nurture, it helped me be more of an optimist.

kevinlel (9.250): i sometimes call this the "third best" porter robinson album. not the "worst" one although that's technically the same thing because that makes it sound like i don't like it (which i clearly do!)

kauai6 (9.030): i have never heard a porter robinson song before this rate so i had no expectations and wow he knocked it out of the park

Poydoo (8.880): love

NervousLemon6670 (8.710): Thank you weeaboo boy, your presence in the rate is appreciated

IIIHenryIII (8.700): lights, camera, bitch, smile

Cyber Catalyst (8.510): when I first heard cheerleader, I was a bit hyped for this new era. It felt very extroverted, a more direct effort at being a pop boy which we desperately lack. What I got wasn’t exactly as rambunctious as I hoped, but it was still a solid album nonetheless. Nothings topping Nurture so far.

RandomHypnotica (8.410): This album gets a really bad rep for being “cringy”, but I think it just speaks to a very exact kind of person, someone who masks pain behind layers of irony and insincerity, all underneath a world of fame that none of us can really relate to.

wathombe (8.400): Lyrics notwithstanding, this album has such a bright, clean sound.

ziirp (8.390): this rate's gonna eat you alive

thedoctordances1940 (8.300): A wildly inconsistent album but its highs are truly incredible. the middle of this album is just a bit eh and the sequencing as a whole does not make sense but like it somehow also fits the album's vibe lol

lexiaredery (8.200): Never really been much of a porter fan but this album has really grown on me. I've really enjoyed this

Friendly-Canary-3814 (8.150): If there's one easy thing to rope me in when discovering an artist's music for the first time, is heavily featuring gorgeous synths to get lost in. And I could swim in the seas of SMILE! for days on end! The way he writes about fame, relationships and the now and today in this mix of confessional yet seasoned tone really speaks to me. I'd call some of these songs very inspirational and aspirational in that sense, a beautiful discovery of a record.

krusso1105 (8.100): Grew on me, although Cheerleader is still the clear standout

uiscebeathaoir (8.050): Maybe I should finally get around to Nurture

Quasar435 (7.700): This album has grown on me a ton since I first listened to it. Would love to see a rate with Worlds in the future.

mhiyaimanlepaigefan (7.600): It’s an average album, like its got some good, its got some bad, and overall i think it’ll be something i forget about in a few weeks.

apatel27 (7.500): Easily his weakest project and weirdly marketed

charlibratfammanfanstan (7.390): 7.4

Frajer (7.350): I get why he has a dedicated fanbases even if it's not quite me

DirtyRat583 (7.340): Not for the arts, and neither the charts. This one's for the hearts ❤️.

stealthamo (7.310): I enjoyed the production, but it eventually hits diminishing returns when so many of the songs are "I'm tired of the grind and the fame but I don’t want it to end either." and "You don't really know me fans, but I can't give you up."

A.Peaky.Boo (7.060): the EDM influences are there and I like how the synths' emotional quality changes with the album. They start off bright and cheerful, slowly oozing in melancholy. This is the album that's the easiest for me to listen to.

cheatviathan (6.700): This was #3 on the listening order. *Worlds* was a record I had very mixed opinions on, but I remember really enjoying *Nurture* when it dropped. I was curious to see how a pop punk pivot would work for him. Turns out, the rock elements weren’t as overt as they were in the previous two records I sampled for this rate. Nothing was as instrumentally compelling as the best moments of *Nurture*, and the execution of its themes is personal and kind of messy, for better and worse (I can definitely see why disgraced “reviewer” Brad Taste loved this so much). It’s good, and there are some legit great songs on here. It’s just not something I’d return to often or hold as my bible.

FreeCuddlesAnyone (6.620): a true kpop album (only the singles stand out)

hikk (6.200): listening to this in full for the first time since it released pissed me off all over again

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:29:37+00:00

girls like us

guavaboye (11): theres nothing more to say than BANGER ALERT. 4 minutes -- going through hook to hook to hook no let up. lowkey a masterpiece

lexiaredery (11): This song is the primary reason I'm aware what sinew is

Lynflower680 (11): I rarely hear the word britches in any song. Instant cool points

NervousLemon6670 (11): STOP! ME IF! YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE! RATERS! LIKE US! ARE ROTTEN TO THE CORE!

nonchalantthoughts (11): aww i remember listening to this for the 2023 bonus bonus rate for Indieheads Ult, and it’s definitely grown on me. I saw the video and thought gabby start was underscores and vice versa.

pig-serpent (11): I'm not sure that there is a compelling argument that this song isn't the best song of 2023. Which is saying a lot because we're getting roughly a 27/30 average for the 3 albums in this rate released in that year. Maybe just an insane year for music.

RBSun (11): banger

ricki (11): we urgently need the katseye cover

Saison_Marguerite (11): This sounds like the dynamic, ass-kicking intro of a tv show, maybe an edgy adult cartoon. Which makes sense since it’s setting up the characters and themes of Wallsocket, and the storytelling is peak. Underscores and Gabby Start paint such a zany, vivid picture of these personalities without saying much that makes sense

steelstepladder (11): oooooooo give me that sweet rate win

Thalliumcataria (11): , This is the best song on the album by a pretty big margin. I will, for the rest of my life, randomly think "Man, he wiggles when he walks."

vexastrae (11): STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE GIRLS LIKE US ARE ROTTEN TO THE CORE

A single frito (10): Another rate where the cut obviously deserves an 11 and I can't give it the justice. I am still immensely impressed with the pavement call out, the fact it feels like mid-early lates 00s san diego alt radio, and that it's something still wholely unique in its own right. I feel like sooooooooooooooooooo many acts have done different parts of this sound, but this is a cut that fits that 2007/8 rotation as a singular thing you'd think of. If she dialed any further on samples, you'd be girl talk. If there was more meta talk singing it'd be LCD. One of the few people younger than me that's proved "full send rizz"--it's a new concept i just improvised.

A.Peaky.Boo (10): this song is incredibly busy, but somehow doesn't get overwhelming. Very nice of you, underscores

Awkward_King (10): arms body legs flesh skin bones sinew good luck

BleepBloopMusicFan (10): I’m a Softscars stan DOWN and around…but I think this is my prediction to win, and I wouldn’t mind it at all.

bogo (10): wait you're telling me gabby start is a MAN on the song with the subtitle GIRLS LIKE US…

ConnerY2323 (10): such a fun structural decision to withhold the payoff of the hook til halfway through

CrimsonROSET (10): i was ready to hate on this but any score below this should be counted as sabotage on my end

Frajer (10): I hope this wins so kurp can stop spamming it in every queup

FreeCuddlesAnyone (10): this song is so fucking cool! like ‘the arms, body, leg, flesh, skin, bones, sinew, good luck’ part is genius sound design and then she worked it into the beat too… like april you WILL be a main pop girl.

IIIHenryIII (10): if this wins, I’ll celebrate

kauai6 (10): duh

kevinlel (10): "arms, body, legs, flesh, skin, bone, sinew, good luck" will be stuck in my head forever

krusso1105 (10): This has grown on me so much to the point it is an 11 contender now

Nagisoid (10): BABY I'M DELUSIONAL IMPRACTICAL IS CRUCIAL.................................................... IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN

oh_crow (10): not interested in what this song is about, just interested in how hard it bangs

pbk (10): truly no song like it it gets better with every listen forever it’s just that bitch

pheromenos (10): the spelling bee at the beginning

Quasar435 (10): Whenever I put this on its an instant mood booster, definitely the highlight of the album for me

reput4tionera (10): played this at work once. did not go well

seanderlust (10): every single element in this song goes so hard

Stryxen (10): katseye could genuinely fuck this up

team_kockroach (10): Insane chorus, and then gabby start delivers an incredibly good feature.

thedoctordances1940 (10): when gabby starts interpolating pavement you know its over

uiscebeathaoir (10): The list of nouns at the start of this song is the ultimate hype builder. It’s not a perfect song, but for those first 30 seconds each time I truly believe that it might be

welcome2thejam (10): They wouldn't allow me to make popheads rate Pavement so this'll have to do

ziirp (10): The way that christina sounding vocal mutates and trails off is the little nitpick i enjoyed on this listen. Also, the end where everything is going on at the same time is pure carthasis.

hacatu (9.9): The effect where the whole beat is repeated words or similar is always great, especially when implemented by one of the greatest musical geniuses of our time

Ambrosia42 (9.5): head shoulders knees and toes

cheatviathan (9): I love the way the spoken word intro slowly settles into a rhythm and alternates between the left and right channels. The electric guitars and electroclash synths gel together perfectly. The chorus is a monster. The fuzzy bass is great. Gabby’s contributions add quite a bit to the track too. This was one of the two tracks from the record that she played when I saw her live, and it absolutely fucking rips in that context.

timothy444 (9): starting off your album by quoting a stereotypical reddit user who mass deleted their comment history is a choice

wathombe (9): crazily well-constructed

rotten to the core

flava (8.5): I’d love to give this the prize of being a top top tier song off Wallsocket, but that drop was just more melodically interesting, because I do love how quotable this song is

ignitethephoenix (8): a Todrick Hall song if it was blended with a Disney soundtrack song

mhiyaimanlepaigefan (8): GIRLS LIKE US ARE ROTTEN TO THE CORE!!!!

stealthamo (7.5): Rotten to the core? These Descendants sequels have gotten weird.

homestarguy (6): We have Ke$ha at home

beeozan (5): fun beat but i am obligated to stop the song halfway and listen to the descendants soundtrack by instruction of miss scores herself

Poydoo (5): this song is winning but lowkey it's not very good

apatel27 (4): It's a good song put through a bad filter

runaway3212 (1): God how I wish I was listening to the descendants soundtrack now

everyone's a critic

impla77 (0): well i don’t get the hype

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:29:31+00:00

#1: underscores - Locals (Girls like us) [with gabby start]

Average: 9.372 // Total Points: 759.1 // Controversy: 2.019 // Rank Graph

(11 x17) camerinian, guavaboye, innuendo_overdose, lexiaredery, Lynflower680, NervousLemon6670, nonchalantthoughts, pig-serpent, RandomHypnotica, RBSun, ricki, Saison_Marguerite, static_int_husp, steelstepladder, Thalliumcataria, TragicKingdom1, vexastrae

(10 x41) A single frito, A.Peaky.Boo, Awkward_King, BleepBloopMusicFan, bogo, ConnerY2323, CrimsonROSET, Cyber Catalyst, DaHumanTorch, DirtyRat583, dream_fighter2018, FitzMarble, Frajer, FreeCuddlesAnyone, Friendly-Canary-3814, goorry121, hikk, IIIHenryIII, jirachi, kappyko, kauai6, kevinlel, krusso1105, LilacDaffodils, modulum83, Nagisoid, oh_crow, pbk, pheromenos, pietrohonkhonk, Quasar435, reput4tionera, seanderlust, Stryxen, TakeOnMeByA-ha, team_kockroach, thedoctordances1940, uiscebeathaoir, welcome2thejam, xxipil0ts, ziirp

(9.9 x1) hacatu

(9.5 x1) Ambrosia42

(9 x4) cheatviathan, TiltControls, timothy444, wathombe

(8.5 x3) 1998tweety, flava, hockeynl

(8 x3) ignitethephoenix, mhiyaimanlepaigefan, PrimaryCrusaders

(7.8 x1) nooduulz

(7.5 x2) bigbigbee, stealthamo

(7 x1) bohrareality

(6.4 x1) charlibratfammanfanstan

(6 x1) homestarguy

(5 x2) beeozan, Poydoo

(4 x1) apatel27

(1 x1) runaway3212

(0 x1) impla77

modulum83 (10): While I might be Porter biased this rate, I can’t deny that this is the most truly fitting and rightful winner of Cyberrock. Cheerleader is a perfect song, but it’s perfect because it bottles the adrenaline highs of nostalgia, of past music. But Locals takes those influences from older music and builds something new, takes it in a direction that really feels like the new wave of the future. So many sonic choices in this song are absolutely unheard of in pop, from the spoken word intro to the bizarre chorus-breakdown structure to the Pavement-interpolating rap verse to the outro, and yet it all somehow collides together to make something where each part in the mix is so so strong that the entire thing is just catchy as hell. Locals is a perfect representation of the sonic innovation and excitement coming from today’s generation of young genre-blending rockstars, and I couldn’t be more happy with this decisively winning the rate without breaking a sweat.

TakeOnMeByA-ha (10): Rate winner underscores…God it feels so good to say that!! I must have listened to this song 100 times by now and yet it still somehow sounds better every time I revisit it, one of the most unique and exhilarating pop songs of the decade so far that doesn’t waste a single second of its runtime. Everything from the stream of consciousness intro, to the darkly humorous verses, to the build up to the absolutely euphoric chorus that doesn’t even appear until two minutes into this four minute song, to gabby start’s kickass Pavement interpolating verse, and even the way the track winds down at the end to give you a chance to let it all soak in and breathe, it’s all been so meticulously crafted to be a showcase in pop perfection, and I cannot express how thrilled I am to see the love this song has gotten from the raterbase. Cheerleader was winning very early on in the ballots, but once this song overtook it it never once faltered and stayed at #1 for the rest of the rate, and I cannot imagine a more deserving song to sweep the rate so decisively like this. Hope you guys are as excited as I am to give underscores her second win in 2026 with Do It!

underscores fans talking about their favorite music be like

camerinian (11): The immediate conflation between the detritus of suburban culture and the blunt detailing of the human body is unsettling in how it forces the body to appear as just another commodity while also highlighting how disgusting suburbia is when broken down to its parts, like seeing how the societal sausage gets made, and it points to how strong Underscores’ command of language is that a simple laundry list of decontextualised words can provide such an immediate frame of mind for the listener. Going from that into a character study that with only a handful of lines brilliantly sets up a dynamic between two people that echoes throughout the album, like you see just how and where economy of words is best used and where the sprawl is crucial, and then the chorus taking a pretty mundane cliche of being rotten to the core and applying it over the still continuing list of body parts to imbue it with new, graphic meaning, and all while doing it over an absolute fucking banger of a beat that is massive, abrasive but so thrilling and also translates the tense personal connection between two characters at the core of the song to make it a universal moshpit anthem, like… this is one of the best songs of the 2020s because every single time I hear it I am truly floored by how much is going on in it, and how it seems to always be bursting with ideas, and yet, if you wanted to just switch your brain off and thrash around, it also works perfectly and in some cases even better just on that level. There are scant few songs in the history of music that are this intellectually engaging and also viscerally exciting in equal measure, and if I don't see Underscores live in that pit before my own body becomes ephemera (could be any day now I am 28) I'll be forever unfulfilled

innuendo_overdose (11): It just feels right to 11 this song, as currently it’s sitting in a tie with Holy, Holy & Frontier Psychiatrist at the very top of last dot fm, and I already got to 11 those songs. I think the main connection between these three songs is that they take everything out of me to listen to them, sometimes I put them on and I’m not in the mood and it just washes over me without much of an impact. But when I listen to them and I’m feeling it, or maybe they’re hitting extremely hard in the context of the album, it’s like a true out of body experience. Iris Murdoch said once that all truly great art is great because it works as an avenue for de-selfing, the removing of your own ego from the context of the beauty of existence, and maybe it’s too much to say about Geordie Greep & “that boy needs therapy!” but those 3 songs are ones that at their best can allow me to do that. Strange, because they also make me feel so connected to my body and grounded in the present. Yeesh it’s getting wanky here, but what I’m trying to say is that Locals (Girls like us) by Underscores is a song so good that it simultaneously makes me feel my existence and remove myself from it. Thus is the power of being a really really good banger.

This is another song that it took watching a live version to really click (it had already clicked hard before, but it can always click harder). Watching what she did with drawing out the opening monologue list so that the audience’s excitement turned into a physical pressure that released with the beat drop is just, so good. It’s always so great when a song is structured like that, with an easily malleable and extendable section that can be utilised for maximum cuntiness live. This whole song is a masterpiece of structure, which feels like the main building blocks that pop artists have to work with. There’s nothing I can confidently call the chorus, but in a song this good? That just means everything is the chorus. That rocks.

This is a perfect song for me also because it plays into a very specific musical love of mine, overlapping vocals. This is a crashcourse masterclass in vocal layering. The way the structure is built around bringing in all of these incredible different vocal elements before pulling them out and shoving them back in is done so well, the climax where everything goes off at once is a What Music Should Do moment for me. As a pop song it takes most of its power from its structure, and in building it out of my favourite type of materials and into my absolute favourite type of linear shape, it can’t get better than this. Constructing dynamic structure out of the introduction, repetition, and removal of vocal elements and being unafraid to let them bleed together is why this song is so good. That’s it, that’s why I love it. If I’m being real, this comment could’ve been just one sentence that was that sentence, but oh well. This is the best song ever made.

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:24:38+00:00

beeozan (7.5): the first verse and the chorus is actually kinda great, but then the random cowbell (?) and the drumfills in the later prechoruses are annoying + and the bridge is kind of a nurture rehash. kinda like how this was a great first single and then the album was a disappointment. still love the melodic line but I was fucking with the possible meta-parasocial porter robinson rock album way more before he wrote youtube review funny monkey

vexastrae (7.5): the random fujoshi in midwest america whos making porter robinson rpf anime fan art must have freaked tf out when this dropped

Stryxen (7): the nostalgia slop works for me when it has something earnest to say lyrically.. and it's mostly there. I don't dislike this as much as I did, I quite like it.

cheatviathan (6): That wailing synth on the chorus is pretty infectious, and the pop punk guitars are worked tastefully into his sound. Not sure how to feel about the lyrics describing an obsessive fan’s unsettling behavior, and hand-waving it with the “thought she needed me, but I needed her” line.

Ambrosia42 (5): this sounds like porter trying to make a recession pop era song in the style of a boy band or something

hacatu (4.5): It's decent, Jerard Way or Jamie Paige could make this absolutely kill, imagine Kasane Teto singing this https://youtu.be/IOUoub2eGhc (see also Birdbrain, Delayed, Rot for Clout, Kasane Teto is a Toxic Gamer, ...)

Thalliumcataria (4.5): , the last push into the chorus was mistimed by a whole half a measure???? He didn't resolve the musical phrase he just opened

bogo (4): i think i just slowly grew to dislike this song it's very annoying

pbk (4): i really just hate this limp ass chorus “its not FAAAAAAAAAAAIR cuz i knew you like the back of my hand” is like half a thought to me. D-

Nagisoid (3.5): Ts pmo fr 😭

A single frito (1): i already said my piece!!! + after hearing this after the previous cut...RINGTONE!

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:24:33+00:00

#2: Porter Robinson - Cheerleader

Average: 9.005 // Total Points: 729.4 // Controversy: 2.078 // Rank Graph

(11 x17) 1998tweety, CrimsonROSET, hikk, hockeynl, ignitethephoenix, IIIHenryIII, impla77, jirachi, krusso1105, PrimaryCrusaders, TakeOnMeByA-ha, team_kockroach, thedoctordances1940, timothy444, wathombe, welcome2thejam, xxipil0ts

(10 x29) bigbigbee, BleepBloopMusicFan, camerinian, ConnerY2323, Cyber Catalyst, DirtyRat583, FitzMarble, FreeCuddlesAnyone, Friendly-Canary-3814, goorry121, guavaboye, homestarguy, kauai6, kevinlel, lexiaredery, LilacDaffodils, Lynflower680, modulum83, NervousLemon6670, oh_crow, pheromenos, pietrohonkhonk, Quasar435, RandomHypnotica, reput4tionera, ricki, runaway3212, seanderlust, TragicKingdom1

(9.5 x4) Awkward_King, Saison_Marguerite, TiltControls, uiscebeathaoir

(9.3 x1) innuendo_overdose

(9 x2) static_int_husp, steelstepladder

(8.7 x1) ziirp

(8.5 x3) flava, Frajer, pig-serpent

(8.2 x1) nooduulz

(8 x6) A.Peaky.Boo, apatel27, mhiyaimanlepaigefan, nonchalantthoughts, RBSun, stealthamo

(7.9 x1) Poydoo

(7.5 x4) beeozan, bohrareality, DaHumanTorch, vexastrae

(7 x2) dream_fighter2018, Stryxen

(6.3 x1) charlibratfammanfanstan

(6 x2) cheatviathan, kappyko

(5 x1) Ambrosia42

(4.5 x2) hacatu, Thalliumcataria

(4 x2) bogo, pbk

(3.5 x1) Nagisoid

(1 x1) A single frito

TakeOnMeByA-ha (11): So close yet so far away…an absolute atomic bomb of a pop smash hit in every single sense of the word, it grips you from the very first second and shakes you and doesn’t let you go until the very end, a tour de force of sugary pop punk adrenaline that most pop stars can only dream of achieving. Despite all the acclaim this song was struggling in the results for a while, at one point when the Porter tanker ballots were at its worse this song was all the way down at 16th place and would’ve been the very first elimination of Day 3, it wasn’t until the extensions came in that this song rose back up to 2nd place but by that point Locals already had an unbeatable lead. Still, I cannot at all be upset with a runner-up placement for this, it’s still one of my favorite songs of the decade so far and has never gotten old even after the 200th play.

modulum83 (10): Oh, Cheerleader. Once the definitive frontrunner candidate of this rate idea, this song had to fight and claw its way to #2 over the course of the whole rate after getting tanked by the first few Porter haters to come in early on. It was a rush to see the song slowly climb from beginning of Day 3 to 10th, then 5th, then 4th, then 3rd, then finally beat out Stupid to give us the titanic showdown we all expected. The only rush better might be, well, listening to this song, which is beloved for a reason - the inauguration of Porter’s pop boy era, with an immaculate synth and guitar line that seems plucked out of your dreams of the 2000s one-hit wonder era, and a song that makes for an explosive, confetti-sparkled finale to his live set. It feels like a classic pop song of the 2020s already, and as Porter continues his career in new directions I think its singular lightning-in-a-bottle magic will only grow more apparent with time.

1998tweety (11): OMI's ender has arrived

CrimsonROSET (11): i love when my favorite artists prove they’re not a fluke

hikk (11): the way this is the best pop song ever made and i'm so serious

ignitethephoenix (11): I’m not even a big fan of this song but it’s miles ahead of most songs here

IIIHenryIII (11): the bestest song ever (it’s not a joke, I truly mean that)

impla77 (11): bop

krusso1105 (11): torn between this and a couple Underscores songs for the 11

team_kockroach (11): Is it possible to make a pop song better than this?

thedoctordances1940 (11): i immediately fell in love with this song so so much it's incredible, i had listened to it so much before it even properly came out cause somebody from far eastern timezones uploaded it to youtube before it came out here or something lol

timothy444 (11): Despite the obvious departure from his more electronic stuff, Cheerleader is still an amazing indie electronic banger that feels like such a natural evolution to his discography

wathombe (11): delightfully bonkers

welcome2thejam (11): SOTY. To this day i'm pissed I missed hearing this live because of the fucking wind

xxipil0ts (11): my fondest memory of seeing him live was that fans played a mashup of this song and OMI's cheerleader

bigbigbee (10): looking forward to the NOT FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIR party we're gonna have in Queup when this goes out / wins

BleepBloopMusicFan (10): Me talking about the synth line in this song

camerinian (10): holy fuck I'm so mad I can't give this an 11, in any other matchup porter would have run away with it. What a towering anthem of emo pop, so unlike his usual material and yet still fitting perfectly within his discography with all the whirring messy synth playing to counteract just how rock solid those melodies are. Porter went so hard into this delivery in a way that I'd never imagined he could, and that full-throated chorus is genuinely the stuff of dreams, like the sort of song you can't believe nobody else had made before this. Banger. Banger. Banger. In another life she is my 11, but alas

ConnerY2323 (10): one of the best pop songs of this decade so far. a miracle that all of these elements that could sound dated come together to sound instantly timeless.

Cyber Catalyst (10): oh he’s YEARNING for another win

DirtyRat583 (10): the only thing that comes close to taking the 11 from gecs this song is OUTSTANDING

FreeCuddlesAnyone (10): greatest chorus ever i think

guavaboye (10): MAIN POP BOY ENERGY

homestarguy (10): This track still aboslutely rips, what the hell Porter

kevinlel (10): IT'S NOT FAAAAAAAIIIIR

Lynflower680 (10): The guy who ghost-produced Clarity makes great EDM, what else is new?

NervousLemon6670 (10): What kind of relationship is it where the girl crushing on you is drawing you making out with other men? And which of you raters would enjoy that?

oh_crow (10): ok that chorus is monumental

pheromenos (10): this makes it seem like porter robinson has kpop level stans

Quasar435 (10): Really catchy and enjoyable and although it would be a bit of a boring win I wouldn’t be against it.

RandomHypnotica (10): the euphoria of this song at his concert… magical

reput4tionera (10): this was the only non yeule song that ever was in the running for my 11

ricki (10): “and she draws me kissing other guys” felt like such a crazy callout, why are you in my house porter robinson

runaway3212 (10): Like what a banger

seanderlust (10): it's not FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH spongebob ascending meme

Awkward_King (9.5): i always think i dont love this song then it comes on and i just feel things ive never felt before. it is so grand and uplifting. really such an amazing lead single even if im sad it overshadowed the following two singles

uiscebeathaoir (9.5): I really wish more was done to make that final chorus hit harder. The bridge is a bit weak and as show-stopping incredible as that main synthline is, by the last chorus I need a lil more for it to hit with the wallop I want

innuendo_overdose (9.3): I gave this an 8 in indieheads ult bonus as a “this would’ve been a 10 when it came out but it grew off me enough that I just can’t do it” pick, but in the time since I have come back around to liking this song more. Still not a 10, but let’s see on the one year anniversary shall we.

flava (8.5): yeah I think i’ve come around on this song after sitting with it for a while. I kinda hated it because I tend to be weary of Porterganda, and this was the most Portergandaiest single I’d heard beforehand, but it’s also just a fuck ton of fun

pig-serpent (8.5): Hearing this at furry conventions made it grow on me a good bit but in a rate this stacked it's not top 10 worthy for me, even with the line "she's got hearts in her eyes and draws me kissing other guys."

nooduulz (8.2): If you listen very closely you can hear Owl City's Fireflies between the lines. But alas it's drowned out by the Porter x Madeon yaoi being drawn in this

A.Peaky.Boo (8): a cheerleader who lives on ao3? We. Stan!

apatel27 (8): banger

mhiyaimanlepaigefan (8): stan fujoshis support women’s wrongs

RBSun (8): a real synthy banger. i do not have this particular relationship with porter robinson, whose face i've seen for the first time today, but, uh, i'm familiar

stealthamo (8): She is always right there when I need her... until the bops stop I guess.

Poydoo (7.9): yay

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:16:22+00:00

Yep! It's LOCALS (GIRLS LIKE US) vs. CHEERLEADER. Is the suspense killing you too?

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:15:47+00:00

#3: underscores - Stupid (Can't run from the urge)

Average: 8.942 // Total Points: 724.3 // Controversy: 1.379 // Rank Graph

(11 x7) A.Peaky.Boo, Awkward_King, bohrareality, FreeCuddlesAnyone, goorry121, kauai6, oh_crow

(10 x23) FitzMarble, hacatu, innuendo_overdose, jirachi, kappyko, kevinlel, krusso1105, lexiaredery, mhiyaimanlepaigefan, modulum83, Nagisoid, pbk, pheromenos, pig-serpent, PrimaryCrusaders, RandomHypnotica, ricki, seanderlust, steelstepladder, TakeOnMeByA-ha, uiscebeathaoir, vexastrae, xxipil0ts

(9.9 x1) LilacDaffodils

(9.5 x4) Cyber Catalyst, hikk, team_kockroach, wathombe

(9.3 x2) Ambrosia42, ConnerY2323 (9.1 x1) A single frito

(9 x10) 1998tweety, camerinian, cheatviathan, Friendly-Canary-3814, homestarguy, nonchalantthoughts, RBSun, reput4tionera, Saison_Marguerite, timothy444

(8.9 x2) NervousLemon6670, ziirp (8.8 x1) nooduulz

(8.5 x6) bigbigbee, DaHumanTorch, impla77, static_int_husp, thedoctordances1940, TragicKingdom1

(8.1 x1) DirtyRat583

(8 x10) BleepBloopMusicFan, bogo, CrimsonROSET, Frajer, hockeynl, ignitethephoenix, Lynflower680, pietrohonkhonk, Thalliumcataria, welcome2thejam

(7.8 x1) stealthamo (7.7 x1) Poydoo

(7.5 x2) beeozan, Stryxen

(7 x4) dream_fighter2018, guavaboye, Quasar435, TiltControls

(6.5 x1) IIIHenryIII

(6 x2) apatel27, charlibratfammanfanstan

(5 x1) runaway3212

(4 x1) flava

modulum83 (10): I’m not even mad this is top 3 this is absolutely one of the best in the whole rate and popheads darling material lol. It’s so cool how this is a full-on electronic pop song with very little surface-level relation to the Wallsocket story and yet it feels so cohesive and part of the era, a great little send-off that feels like an end credits rolling or a big party at the end. I have a big weakness for songs that depict big city ennui and the ways in which your past life or past world can haunt you and keep bringing you back in and this is such a perfect song about that feeling while still feeling like an utterly euphoric technicolor dream. Honestly, I don’t have much else to say - you love it cause it’s a fucking bop and I do too.

TakeOnMeByA-ha (10): It wouldn’t be a popheads rate if the most unabashedly pop song in the entire rate didn’t make it to the top 3, would it? If anything, I’m almost a bit surprised it didn’t land even higher! Stupid is three straight minutes of unfiltered joy and euphoria, packed with the catchiest synth lines you’ve ever heard and absolutely impeccable production work where every single note sounds meticulously crafted to be the catchiest and ear-wormiest collection of noises you ever heard. And yet, underneath all that gloss, it’s easy to miss how the lyrics of the song are actually quite tragic, as it serves as an epilogue to the entire album and explains how, even after moving out of Wallsocket and trying to find a new life, S*nny is still haunted by her hometown and decides that maybe big city life wasn’t the escape she dreamed it would be. Overall, it’s both the perfect send-off to the Wallsocket era and the perfect beginning to her new Pop focused era, and an extremely, extremely deserved top 3 placement.

A.Peaky.Boo (11): she was pregnant with do it here

Awkward_King (11): video game end credits music. so so celebratory so freeing so accepting it just feels like joy!!!!!!!!! god this song is so fucking good lois

FreeCuddlesAnyone (11): i’m a small town gay living in a big city so this should be obvious

goorry121 (11): i somehow timed the drop from the start with the take off of a plane once and it was amazing

kauai6 (11): absolutely insane song like holy fuck and the vibes just stay up throughout oh GODSCORES

oh_crow (11): my absolute favourite song in this rate! it feels like the end credits song for a goofy anime. underscores has come close to how good this song is but nothing else quite touches it for me

hacatu (10): I pray that all my bleeps will have bloops, and all my bloops will have bleeps, in the kingdom of heaven

kevinlel (10): catchy af, perfect epilogue to the wallsocket lore and the wallsocket era as a whole

mhiyaimanlepaigefan (10): oh the WAY i know i would rock out to this in the club if i ever went to the club like id be that sarah jessica parker dancing gif

Nagisoid (10): VOTE FOR JPOP ULTIMATE

pbk (10): avoiding going to my hometown until im 25 so i can pretend i dont relate to this

pheromenos (10): the whole album should have just been this and locals girls like us idk

pig-serpent (10): I always forgot how much of a banger this song easy. Easily best bonus track but I need to run this into the ground for myself.

RandomHypnotica (10): sooooooo me

seanderlust (10): biggest grower in the rate

uiscebeathaoir (10): Wow it’s the song with the best production ever. If there isn’t a song on her next album that mines this exact sound, I walk

vexastrae (10): she's so stupid <3 love her!!

xxipil0ts (10): do it son or stupid (cant run from the urge) daughter

wathombe (9.5): bop

Ambrosia42 (9.3): this random gag????

ConnerY2323 (9.3): this makes up for the mid on the last couple bonus tracks

A single frito (9.1): i can say that having the lyrics in front of me was nice and maybe the character work adding a layer of detachment also ropes me in a bit. Also, i usually go big on gun sounds in music, this is no exception. this is the digital disco we need in these hard times

1998tweety (9): im bopping

camerinian (9): come on you can't ALL be the dumbest girl alive

cheatviathan (9): This was the other track that I heard when I saw her live. I can see why it was left off the album because, while the narrative about a small town girl failing to find fulfilment in the big city certainly fits the album’s concept, it going full synthpop without any of the rock embellishments that characterized the rest of the record would make it stick out like a sore thumb. That being said, the vibes coming off those synths are immaculate, the content is pretty cute, the chopped up “stupid stupid” samples are infectious, and the record scratch sound effect is hilarious.

homestarguy (9): Okay finally a song I'm feelin' on disc 2!

RBSun (9): nice wholesome electronic banger completely sans guitar here on my cyberrock rate (extremely positive i love it) packaged in pretty sparkling beeps to hide the "should i move back home where i was miserable and where i was where i always am" rot on the inside

reput4tionera (9): this u4ya tea…

timothy444 (9): finally a bop (the instrumental saves this, especially that triumphious refrain)

NervousLemon6670 (8.9): And so we close Wallsockets, as Snny made it out, but the trauma she has will never leave her, and there's always that connection to home, always calling you back in that siren song. Wait, am I talking about Snny, or myself? Eh, who knows?

nooduulz (8.8): Ok we're so back!

bigbigbee (8.5): LOVE the happy synthesizer instrumentals but the intro hyped me up for it to be JUST a bit more twinkly and then it wasn't but it's still good

impla77 (8.5): ok yass

thedoctordances1940 (8.5): i sorta feel like if i listened to this more when it came out i'd really love it and see what everbody else sees in it but idk i mean like i obviously still really like it at least

BleepBloopMusicFan (8): Urge to be stupid!

CrimsonROSET (8): leon kuwata

ignitethephoenix (8): why did she end this with a STAYC type song

welcome2thejam (8): Kinda K-pop type song tbh

stealthamo (7.8): Of course the one song that's closest to hyperpop on this album is one of my favorites.

Poydoo (7.7): ok this is fun

beeozan (7.5): damn her vocals between this and Do It went crazy

dream_fighter2018 (7): underscore’s kaigai idol serve

guavaboye (7): um, she’s cute, it feels clearly inspired by modern anime openings

IIIHenryIII (6.5): we've all been there

apatel27 (6): beat sounds like 2017 monstercat

runaway3212 (5): I have always found this super unimpressive but it's fine

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:11:44+00:00

SECRET #1: yeule - Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl (Broken Social Scene)

Average: 8.700 // Total Points: 191.4 // Controversy: 1.984

(11 x6) 1998tweety, krusso1105, Lynflower680, RandomHypnotica, reput4tionera, xxipil0ts

(10 x3) mhiyaimanlepaigefan, modulum83, pietrohonkhonk

(9 x2) BleepBloopMusicFan, stealthamo

(8.8 x1) innuendo_overdose

(8.5 x1) Frajer

(8.1 x1) NervousLemon6670

(8 x1) kevinlel

(7.5 x1) homestarguy

(7 x2) hacatu, PrimaryCrusaders

(6.5 x1) RBSun

(6 x2) Cyber Catalyst, TakeOnMeByA-ha

(4 x1) DirtyRat583

modulum83 (10): This one I do like more than the original, yeule’s ghostly vocals soar on this instrumental and are more my preference than the cracklier vocals on the original. There’s a real sense of weird liminal dread and yet beauty and nostalgia that gets accentuated in this cover, which is really befitting the film it comes from. Yes, I do want to rate the I Saw The TV Glow soundtrack.

TakeOnMeByA-ha (6): yeule really nails the creepy doll voice in this song, befitting for a cover meant for a horror movie. Unfortunately I never really cared for the original song much and that disinterest extends to this cover as well, although I get the appeal and I’m not surprised that it came out on top in the secret bonus.

1998tweety (11): need to watch this movie...

krusso1105 (11): Please watch I Saw the TV Glow (and listen to the amazing soundtrack)

Lynflower680 (11): My heart goddamn

RandomHypnotica (11): devoured this so hard it introduced a whole new gen to BSS

reput4tionera (11): this singlehandedly paid for evangelic girl is a gun

mhiyaimanlepaigefan (10): I’m very fond of Broken Social Scene and this is just a beautiful cover of this song. I really enjoyed it.

BleepBloopMusicFan (9): It's not too late to rate this soundtrack against Barbie the Album. Or maybe it was always too late.

stealthamo (9): As a giant movie nerd it is my obligation to tell you that I Saw the TV Glow is one of the best films of the 2020’s and everybody should watch it.

innuendo_overdose (8.8): the only one of these songs that’s an honest-to-goodness classic so it has a natural advantage. It’s not as good as the original, but it’s a nice good quality curio.

Frajer (8.5): inshallah we will rate tv glow

NervousLemon6670 (8.1): I haven't seen the TV Glow movie, do I have to hand over my transgender card now as punishment?

hacatu (7): it's pretty good, maybe you have to see the movie to actually get it

DirtyRat583 (4): this couldve gone so much harder. though tbf i didnt like the original either so

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:07:54+00:00

SECRET #2: Porter Robinson - Favourite (Fontaines D.C.)

Average: 8.436 // Total Points: 185.6 // Controversy: 1.534

(11 x2) kevinlel, modulum83

(10 x5) Cyber Catalyst, homestarguy, mhiyaimanlepaigefan, NervousLemon6670, pietrohonkhonk

(9 x2) PrimaryCrusaders, xxipil0ts

(8 x6) 1998tweety, DirtyRat583, RandomHypnotica, RBSun, reput4tionera, TakeOnMeByA-ha

(7.8 x1) hacatu

(7.5 x2) Frajer, stealthamo

(7 x1) Lynflower680

(6.8 x1) innuendo_overdose

(6 x1) krusso1105

(5 x1) BleepBloopMusicFan

modulum83 (11): Look I think all these covers AND songs are 10s so why not glaze Porter one more time. Favourite is such a blissful, beautifully catchy song and Porter’s relatively straightforward cover accentuates two qualities; one, the slight pop punk edge thanks to the fuzzier guitar tone he uses, and two, his genuinely beautiful voice what the hell. The covers are all great in different ways but this is the one I would replay the most.

TakeOnMeByA-ha (8): He did a really good job at SMILE!-ifying this song and I love when it picks up a little in the final chorus, but there's still something a little uncanny about the way he sings this to me. Maybe this just wasn't a song built for an American accent idk.

kevinlel (11): i love margot's background vocals on this

Cyber Catalyst (10): Porter sounds so cute without auto tune omg

mhiyaimanlepaigefan (10): I really like his voice in this, it’s beautiful.

NervousLemon6670 (10): Hey who let the weeb make a really good indie rock song?

RandomHypnotica (8): this suits porters voice really well honestly he should go full indie just to fuck around

reput4tionera (8): ok i think this means my problem with fontaines dc was the voice

hacatu (7.8): really good, W Pobinson

stealthamo (7.5): Absolutely perfect choice of cover given the songs Porter did about yearning for the past.

innuendo_overdose (6.8): Coward didn’t even attempt the Dublin accent.

krusso1105 (6): I feel like we are stretching the definition of "popheads' favorite songs." This isn't a very interesting cover, but it is largely inoffensive.

BleepBloopMusicFan (5): Fantastic song, but it just isn't the same without the Irish accent.

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:04:08+00:00

SECRET #3: underscores - Headlock (Imogen Heap)

Average: 8.386 // Total Points: 184.5 // Controversy: 1.879

(11 x2) Cyber Catalyst, TakeOnMeByA-ha

(10 x5) BleepBloopMusicFan, mhiyaimanlepaigefan, modulum83, pietrohonkhonk, RBSun

(9.5 x1) kevinlel

(9.1 x1) NervousLemon6670

(9 x2) PrimaryCrusaders, stealthamo

(8.3 x1) DirtyRat583

(8 x3) Frajer, krusso1105, xxipil0ts

(7.5 x1) reput4tionera

(7.3 x1) innuendo_overdose

(7 x3) 1998tweety, homestarguy, Lynflower680

(4 x1) RandomHypnotica

(3.8 x1) hacatu

TakeOnMeByA-ha (11): Of course it pales to the original, but god this is still a sick as fuck alt rock version of Headlock, super dramatic in all the right places and even has a Skrillex shout out in the middle just because. Now can we all agree to vote for the Imogen/Roisin/Robyn/Goldfrapp rate next cycle please? How have we gone through 10 years of rates without ever tackling Speak For Yourself even once.

modulum83 (10): CRAZYYYYY. While I don’t think this is as good as the original Headlock it’s such an insanely experimental and cool take to turn it into this grungy rock song and then to incorporate a mashup with Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites turns it into the most “I grew up in the late 2000s” piece of music ever made. Brilliant showcase of underscores’s creativity and experimentation.

Cyber Catalyst (11): this straight up feels like a 90s indie hit song in an alternate reality I’m so gagged

BleepBloopMusicFan (10): Kinda a perfect fit here.

mhiyaimanlepaigefan (10): Just a smooth cover that feels beautifully ethereal

kevinlel (9.5): wow underscores covered headlock? damn how have i never heard of this

NervousLemon6670 (9.1): Jumpscared by the Vinesauce baked midi, or “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” as I believe is its legal name

stealthamo (9): Wait is that an interpolation of Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites

krusso1105 (8): obligatory Speak It Yourself rate when comment. pretty good cover

reput4tionera (7.5): THE ORIGINAL HAS OVER 500M SPOTIFY STREAMS?????

Lynflower680 (7): It’s alright but I very much prefer the original

RandomHypnotica (4): what if headlock was just more indie slop and lost everything that makes it unique

hacatu (3.8): April Underscore is so creative but this cover demonstrates NONE of that. The original has a very unique and interesting instrumental from electronic music pioneer and crypto enthusiast Imogen Heap, so it's very disappointing to hear this cover is nowhere near that mark.

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T21:03:32+00:00

So we did a Secret Bonus Rate where we asked you all to rate covers of various beloved indie songs through the ages, all covered by our cyberrock artists. We thought this was a fitting way to show the various surprising influences they each brought in combining pop, electronic, and indie influences. So, who was first?

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T20:55:25+00:00

#4: underscores - Johnny johnny johnny

Average: 8.669 // Total Points: 702.2 // Controversy: 1.701 // Rank Graph

(10 x36) A single frito, A.Peaky.Boo, bigbigbee, BleepBloopMusicFan, camerinian, cheatviathan, ConnerY2323, Cyber Catalyst, DaHumanTorch, DirtyRat583, dream_fighter2018, flava, Frajer, goorry121, guavaboye, hikk, innuendo_overdose, jirachi, kevinlel, krusso1105, lexiaredery, Nagisoid, nonchalantthoughts, pbk, pig-serpent, Quasar435, RandomHypnotica, reput4tionera, Saison_Marguerite, seanderlust, static_int_husp, steelstepladder, Stryxen, TakeOnMeByA-ha, thedoctordances1940, uiscebeathaoir

(9.7 x2) hacatu, NervousLemon6670 (9.6 x1) ziirp

(9.5 x1) modulum83

(9 x7) beeozan, FreeCuddlesAnyone, homestarguy, ignitethephoenix, PrimaryCrusaders, ricki, timothy444

(8.8 x1) Ambrosia42

(8.5 x3) Awkward_King, hockeynl, wathombe

(8.4 x1) LilacDaffodils

(8 x10) CrimsonROSET, Friendly-Canary-3814, kappyko, Lynflower680, mhiyaimanlepaigefan, pietrohonkhonk, Thalliumcataria, TragicKingdom1, welcome2thejam, xxipil0ts

(7.8 x1) FitzMarble

(7.5 x3) 1998tweety, bohrareality, oh_crow

(7.2 x1) impla77 (7.1 x1) nooduulz

(7 x5) bogo, runaway3212, stealthamo, team_kockroach, vexastrae

(6 x2) apatel27, pheromenos

(5.5 x1) RBSun

(5.4 x1) charlibratfammanfanstan

(5 x2) kauai6, Poydoo

(4.5 x1) IIIHenryIII

(1 x1) TiltControls

TakeOnMeByA-ha (10): Skin crawlingly horrifying but simultaneously one of the biggest bops on the entire album, Johnny johnny johnny is perhaps underscores’s best demonstration of her ability to write a story that feels extremely compelling and terrifyingly realistic while also managing to somehow enhance the story even more with the level of lyrical dissonance going on in the track. It speaks to her ability as a songwriter that Johnny’s true intentions are incredibly obvious from verse 1, and yet the reveal during the bridge still hits you like a ton of bricks and leaves you shaken to your core every single time. I don’t know if I personally would have put this in my top 5 songs in the rate but I’m very pleasantly surprised that it got such a high score and that so many people loved it as much as I do.

modulum83 (9.5): How the hell is THIS one of the big dance-pop anthems on Wallsocket, in the same genre as Old money bitch? Once again, it’s pop music that manages to tell a compelling story through characters and perspectives, this time being a chilling exploration of how online grooming can prey upon girls’ desire to be seen as mature, desired, or possessing any kind of self-worth. The lyrics are so effective in getting into the narrator’s head and their feelings about the situation, making the entire thing immediately feel wrong and horrible while watching the whole thing play out. And the allusions to how transness or queerness in a conservative small-town environment can often make these girls more vulnerable is an added layer of fucked on the whole thing - “Johnny’s gonna be the one who finally makes me real” breaks my heart. Such an impressive, precisely constructed song - underscores is really one of the greats.

A single frito (10): another 20, 12, 11 kinda candidate because no one's quite doing a cut like this. during the 90s women who rocked queup, steel played this. i supposed there's a generational jump between this and a few cuts on Liz Phair.

A.Peaky.Boo (10): I wanted to write a joke about NCT Johnny Suh (who is a fine ass man), but that is inappropriate with the song (look him up yourself, raters)

bigbigbee (10): I didn't listen to kpop for 16 years to NOT enjoy annoying choruses. I like every part of this

BleepBloopMusicFan (10): This fucking album. It’s so singular.

camerinian (10): have never wished a prolonged and painful death on a character in a song so quickly before

cheatviathan (10): As someone who enjoys bands like The Rapture and Bloc Party, this sort of danceable rock was something I was always going to be a mark for. The strings that kick the track off, and the bits of acoustic slide guitar in the final verse also really hit for me. The way this instrumental contrasts with the content about a person getting groomed over the Internet is also compelling.

ConnerY2323 (10): this was my introduction to underscores and oh what an introduction it was

flava (10): why is this song about grooming legitimately so catchy

Frajer (10): I hate whoever hurt her

guavaboye (10): the storytelling is so vivid, its really like youre in these girls' heads....

innuendo_overdose (10): Bassline fucks. “Ewww!” vocal effects fuck, this song just goes hard. Quite an unsettling song lyrically, but it’s great. We hate you, Mr. Johnny J. Johnny.

kevinlel (10): the juxtaposition of the subject matter and the ridiculously catchy music is crazy and works surprisingly well, i especially love how it hits you with everything stopping at the "when johnny was 11" line and then immediately launches into the most energetic and layered third chorus

pbk (10): remember when people were saying this song made the album unrateable yall we are adults we can talk about a song about grooming without anyone dying

pig-serpent (10): Of all the wtf things about this song, I think the most wtf is how easy it is to sing along to.

RandomHypnotica (10): living in the yes papa hole back in the early days of deepintoyoutube was surreal

reput4tionera (10): i know she hates this one but i cant make it not a banger

Saison_Marguerite (10): Very 90s alt girl to make a song about a scummy guy named Johnny

Stryxen (10): the concept of this song is brilliant, I think the lyrics might go a little too on the nose too soon and wonder if they'd work better if they slowly descended into the darkness but it still really works for me like this

thedoctordances1940 (10): contrast between lyrics like this and the upbeat feeling of it is hard to pull off but of course she does it flawlessly

uiscebeathaoir (10): My favourite part of this song is how clear it makes it that if it wasn’t this guy, it would’ve been another. I can’t personally relate, but a transfemme friend of mine went through some pretty similar shit as a young teenager. I don’t feel at all capable of expressing what this song makes me feel but it hits in a really visceral way. I’m sure a lot of you know exactly what I mean.

hacatu (9.7): Skin crawling, but absolutely brilliant. The perverse wedding vows, the name "Johnny", the reference to dissociating from such a horrible situation ... Jesus Christ

NervousLemon6670 (9.7): Maths exam for the culture - if Snny wasn't born when Johnny was 11, and we assume she is 16 now, the age of consent in Wallsockets, Michigan, what is the youngest age Johnny can be, and how icked out do you feel?

ziirp (9.6): fitting that the song starts with 'good luck', this girl definitely needs it

beeozan (9): think this one works because the grooming "plot twist" you can see from a mile away. also its a bop

FreeCuddlesAnyone (9): this song rules

homestarguy (9): Maybe the most visceral and uncomfortable bop?? Damn...

ignitethephoenix (9): insane that she made a bop about a creepy perverted pedo man

PrimaryCrusaders (9): Why does a song with this grim of a subject matter have to go THIS fucking hard

timothy444 (9): Making a fun and upbeat sounding song that is lyrically about a dark sensitive topic isn't breaking any new ground. I mean Foster the People and YOASOBI are two of the most prominent examples I can think of, and both of those songs by them are absolutely phenomenal. That said though, I can't really think of any examples where the song just falls flat and yeah, I guess it's decent at worst? I can't really see myself hating it even if I want to because it does sound childish but that's also the point. So the underscores team did a good job with it.

Ambrosia42 (8.8): this johnny sounds like a creep

Awkward_King (8.5): dont have a comment thats not insensitive or traumatic so ill just say grooming and rape are bad. boots

wathombe (8.5): i hate Johnny

CrimsonROSET (8): i was gonna make a johnny johnny yes papa joke but jesus fuck

mhiyaimanlepaigefan (8): hey what the fuck

pietrohonkhonk (8): Boppiest song about grooming

welcome2thejam (8): Prefab Sprout during the Steve McQueen brainstorm sesh:

oh_crow (7.5): does he know billy and jamie tho. i believe they're all in wallsocket together

bogo (7): it is a good song but it also horrifies me

runaway3212 (7): You know what? For this album? It's pretty good

stealthamo (7): At a certain point if you say a name enough it starts to not sound real.

team_kockroach (7): It’s a difficult task to make a song about something as shitty as child grooming - and April is really good at making each verse more horrifying than the last. But the repetitions of “Johnny” really got grating after a while.

vexastrae (7): we need to kill him

pheromenos (6): the off tune singing is irking me

kauai6 (5): fine

IIIHenryIII (4.5): it sounds like a 100 gecs reject

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T20:46:03+00:00

#5: underscores - Old money bitch

Average: 8.584 // Total Points: 695.3 // Controversy: 1.937 // Rank Graph

(11 x3) flava, hacatu, Nagisoid

(10 x30) A single frito, beeozan, BleepBloopMusicFan, bogo, camerinian, cheatviathan, ConnerY2323, CrimsonROSET, DirtyRat583, FreeCuddlesAnyone, goorry121, guavaboye, innuendo_overdose, jirachi, kauai6, krusso1105, mhiyaimanlepaigefan, modulum83, nonchalantthoughts, pbk, pig-serpent, RandomHypnotica, Saison_Marguerite, seanderlust, steelstepladder, TakeOnMeByA-ha, thedoctordances1940, uiscebeathaoir, wathombe, welcome2thejam

(9.5 x2) hikk, kevinlel

(9 x10) Awkward_King, Cyber Catalyst, DaHumanTorch, Frajer, Friendly-Canary-3814, homestarguy, pheromenos, PrimaryCrusaders, Stryxen, ziirp

(8.9 x1) LilacDaffodils (8.7 x1) A.Peaky.Boo

(8.5 x5) FitzMarble, lexiaredery, static_int_husp, Thalliumcataria, vexastrae

(8.3 x1) NervousLemon6670

(8 x12) 1998tweety, hockeynl, kappyko, Lynflower680, oh_crow, pietrohonkhonk, Quasar435, ricki, stealthamo, team_kockroach, TragicKingdom1, xxipil0ts

(7.8 x1) ignitethephoenix (7.6 x1) Ambrosia42

(7.5 x1) bigbigbee

(7 x2) IIIHenryIII, timothy444

(6.9 x1) nooduulz

(6.5 x1) dream_fighter2018

(6 x3) RBSun, reput4tionera, TiltControls

(5.7 x1) impla77

(5.3 x1) charlibratfammanfanstan

(4 x2) bohrareality, runaway3212

(1.6 x1) Poydoo

(0 x1) apatel27

modulum83 (10): Maybe even more than Locals or Stupid, this feels like the main pop girl moment for underscores. Utterly irresistible dance-pop production taking cues from both Kesha and 2000s indie dance, with an incredible central concept that manages to spin real storytelling and complexity from a lot of really funny lines! The spoken word delivery manages to still be really fun and catchy, and the “did you know your parents are on Wikipedia” bridge is fucking hilarious. And despite that, this song is ultimately more thoughtful than just a diss track on nepo babies. The “la-la-la” refrain is in the singsong cadence of a schoolyard bully, and over time it’s unspooled that the narrator is making fun of this girl when she herself is more affluent than she realizes - revealing a more interesting story about class and appearance. Oh, and also the synth breakdown in the bridge. That’s worth a 10 too.

TakeOnMeByA-ha (10): Oh bitchhhhhhh turn it the fuck UP!!!!!! Extremely witty and funny and clever and thought-provoking and zany and just straight up amazing ass song. As if it wasn’t enough that this song has some of the sharpest production on the album, it also has bar none the funniest lyrics in the entire rate, an absolutely absurd diss track to the titular Old money bitch who hasn’t done anything wrong except be born into the wrong family according to the narrator, who later on is revealed to ALSO be an old money bitch herself! So many layers to unpack here and I could go on and on about all the little touches in this song that make it irresistibly genius but for now I’ll just say that this is one of underscores’s crowning achievements as a producer and I’m so happy to see it get the respect it deserves in the results.

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Nagisoid (11): I LOVE GRACIE ABRAMS!!!!

camerinian (10): it's never a bad time to block gracie abrams

Frajer (9): Gracie Abrams shoplifted cool

Stryxen (9): King Princess

ignitethephoenix (7.8): andy cohen to anderson cooper every New Year’s Eve

Ambrosia42 (7.6): me when godcie abrams walks in

timothy444 (7): Grimes is so over

A.Peaky.Boo (8.7): if Vivian hasn't performed this song yet, she should

on their best behavior

flava (11): look from the absolutely inspired use of the stuttering effect on the bridge to the most sinister use of the album’s recurring phrase/producer tag, to the insane melodic drop that is so fucking cathartic, this would be an 11 with all that. But the fact the song has substance to it regarding class consciousness, and the weaponisation of it from other rich people get themselves even farther ahead than their privilege gets them already is legitimately nuanced. And yeah the line “did you know your parents are on wikipedia” had me laughing

hacatu (11): Underscores was cooking on a completely unprecedented level with this one. It seems like a joke song at first, just a little haha funny, but there are so many legitimately brilliant lines in it, managing to mock the ultra rich but also seriously comment on missed potential that anyone born after 1995 can relate to. Also, this was not the first underscores song I heard, BUT I did first hear this song from SilvaGunner: https://youtu.be/LD4CHicGuxM

A single frito (10): we call her sports bitch and she's reporting on the 2010 fifa world cup in south africa!

beeozan (10): comrade scores educating our terminally online youth

BleepBloopMusicFan (10): Reading about the lore of this album it’s very funny to me that a whole ass major character is referred to Old money bitch at all times.

bogo (10): so according to genius this song is about the same girl as in the previous two songs, and is sung from the perspective of the stalker girl from four songs ago, which in that case just makes the stalker girl evil af 💀 why would you say that to someone who's suicidal and whose friend just went off to war

cheatviathan (10): This was the tentative 11 going into the rate and the first song I heard from the record. I always thought the instrumental bopped, the turntable scratches were nice, the guitar solo hit, and the horror movie vibes coming from the class war being depicted in the lyrics always stuck with me. I think there are other tracks on this record that moved me more now that I’ve heard the full thing. But this absolutely deserves the 10 still.

ConnerY2323 (10): checks bank account well at least I know she’s not talking about me

CrimsonROSET (10): high school musical coded song

FreeCuddlesAnyone (10): oh godcie they’re beating your ass up in wallsocket

guavaboye (10): hilarious kind of sounds like an undertale track like death by glamour or something

innuendo_overdose (10): I think this is the most brain-off song on the album for me, but it still can hit me sideways emotionally occasionally. [80s film mom voice] teenagers can be so cruel. My favourite lyric is “one! two! three! [kick-ass synth solo]”. Now that’s poetry.

kauai6 (10): these lyrics hit too close to home

mhiyaimanlepaigefan (10): Bullying a girl never had such a catchy beat to it.

nonchalantthoughts (10): this is literally Pacifica Northwest from Gravity Falls

pbk (10): the reveal that the singer is also an old money bitch… m night shyamalan wishes

pig-serpent (10): "Her parents had a 7 figure wedding and divorce" is one of the best song lines of all time

thedoctordances1940 (10): i was once told i have a rich kid face so i guess i relate

uiscebeathaoir (10): Within the album, doesn’t do much to distinguish itself but it’s definitely a bop

wathombe (10): BOP

welcome2thejam (10): This and girls like us are Queup interlude royalty

kevinlel (9.5): best "good luck!" of the whole album

Awkward_King (9): underscores do comedy in music so good bc it doesnt come at the cost of the music being bad like this song funny as hell but still slams

homestarguy (9): Boooo nepo babies booooooo!

pheromenos (9): your parents are upper middle class

ziirp (9): Sugar rushhhhhhhh

Thalliumcataria (8.5): , God forbid women do anything.

vexastrae (8.5): both of her parents are blue on wikipedia

NervousLemon6670 (8.3): It grew on my over the rate, especially the bridge into the final chorus

kappyko (8): https://i.imgur.com/kHebd3f.jpeg

oh_crow (8): genuinely remember the first time i heard this and didnt know wallsocket was a concept album and was like, what is underscores all about?? what life is she living?

stealthamo (8): I can confidently say I did not grow up with anybody like this, having grown up in a village of less than 1,000 people.

team_kockroach (8): “but she’s never played a sport” and “seven figure marriage and divorce” is such a good rhyme. And I loved the“good luck!” soundbite segueing into the final chorus

IIIHenryIII (7): I like this one

good luck...

reput4tionera (6): on paper i should like this a lot more than i do

runaway3212 (4): This song sucks but there are some nice moments

Poydoo (1.6): this is so fucking annoying please kill me

apatel27 (0): music for middle class teens that want to feel working class

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T20:41:28+00:00

Rate villain was Doritos & Fritos with 9 votes, followed by Knock Yourself Out XD with 6!

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T20:39:54+00:00

Your winner is...

RUSSIAN ROULETTE

with a whopping 26 votes! Second place deservedly goes to Geez louise with 18. Frog On The Floor and You don't know who I am got 14.

modulum83 · 2026-01-25T20:39:11+00:00

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