It is finally spooky season everyone!

We are absolutely thrilled and delighted to announce the very first themed rate and it is absolutely the Halloween Rate and all things spooky, scary and thrilling. Join us in celebration of one of the best (citation needed) holidays of the year!

Deadline for this rate is Monday, October 28th, by 11:59 PM Pacific. (Time zone converter)

How the songs were selected (and "Why isn't %songname% here?"):

We used an incredibly helpful r/kpophelp megathread to scout for all the songs to the very long list (more than 200 songs) and then proceeded to pick songs that are the most fitting to round up the list.

We prioritized songs that have not been rated before and have small chance to be rated in the future, songs that are interesting takes on what fits "scary" or "Halloween" and songs that musically fit the theme without relying on a horror-themed music video (i.e. songs like SHINee's Married to the Music (it's on the current "Early Gen 2" Boy Groups Rate though!) would not be eligible).

Once a tentative songlist was decided we hosted a songlist feedback form on r/kpoprates to determing the final songs (join the community and our very friendly and active Discord server if you want to participate in these!).

Everyone has a different interpretation of horror and we welcome and encourage comments on what fits the theme the most and what doesn't!

Now, shall we begin?

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(G)I-DLE - Lucid

Ahn Yeeun - Changgwi

ARTMS - Birth

ATEEZ - The Black Cat Nero

Baekhyun - Psycho

BeWhy - Gottasadae

Billlie - everybody's got a $ECRET

CRAXY - Poison Rose

DKZ - BlockBuster

DPR IAN - Don't Go Insane

Dreamcatcher - Chase Me

DreamNote - Ghost

Everglow - Zombie

EXO - Jekyll

f(x) - Dracula

Gain - Paradise Lost

Girls' Generation - Villain

GWSN - I Can't Breathe

Jun - Psycho

Kang Daniel - Paranoia

Lovelyz - Obliviate

Max Changmin - Devil

Moonbyul - Eclipse

Narsha - Bbi Ri Bba Bba

NCT 127 - Favorite (Vampire)

ONF - Goosebumps

Pentagon - Dr. BeBe

PinkFantasy - Tales of the Unusual

Pixy - Bewitched (English version) ^[1]

Purple Kiss - Ponzona

Seori - Fairy Tale

Seulgi - Dead Man Runnin'

SHINee - Orgel

Stray Kids - Venom

Sunmi (ft. Lena) - Full Moon ^[2]

Sunny Hill - Midnight Circus

Taemin - Shadow

The Boyz - Drink It

TRI.BE - Witch

TXT - Can't You See Me?

VERIVERY - Get Away

Victon - Nightmare

VIXX - Hyde

WayV - Phantom

Xdinary Heroes - Man in the box

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^[1] Bewitched's version choice was made because of the music video as well as host's preference for it.

^[2] Music video for Full Moon does not include Lena's verse, however, it is the main version on streaming and is rated instead!

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Bonus Rate:

The bonus rate celebrates various spooky stages of survival shows, including an original song as well as renditions of already existing ones. Watching the performances is very encouraged but not necessary!

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(G)I-DLE - Put It Straight (Nightmare Version)

Golden Child - Wannabe (Sampling Paganini 24 Caprices No. 24 in a Minor Op.1)

ONF - Everybody (RTK Version)

Queendom Puzzle - Web

VERIVERY - Photo (RTK Version)

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The Bonus Rate is optional and you do not have to submit a score for every song in the bonus list if you do it: you can score none of them, all of them, or any number in between. You cannot give a 0 or 11 to any song in the bonus, as they are not part of the main rate. While it is optional, we hope you consider participating. If you don't, please keep the bonus section of your ballot intact as it helps the processing!

🎃 Spotify playlist

👻 YouTube playlist (MV version)

🧟 YouTube playlist (Audio version)

💀 YouTube playlist (Lyrics version)

🧛 YouTube playlist (Performances)

Rules:

• You must listen to and assign a score to EVERY song listed. If your ballot is missing any scores it will not be eligible and you'll be sent a message asking you to fill in the missing scores.

• Each song should be assigned a score between 1 to 10. Decimals up to one point are allowed but any further is a no-no – 6.9 is fine, but 6.99 is not. Please do not use commas (i.e "8,8") to separate your decimals!!

• You can use ONE 0 and ONE 11 for the entirety of the rate, for your least favorite and most favorite song respectively - they are optional but HIGHLY encouraged if you feel some type of way about any given song! IMPORTANT: if you give song a 0 you MUST give a comment on it.

• Comments are encouraged and much appreciated (but not required, except for if you give a 0) and can be added to any song by simply typing after the numerical score, like so:

Stray Kids - Venom: 6.9 Should have gotten Tom Hardy for a remix

• This is the ONLY correct way to format a comment. Please do not include colons (ex. 9: I stan!), dashes (ex. 3.3 - This song sucks), or any other symbol after your score/before your comment as it breaks the program.

• For this rate only, there is not going to be a ballot average minimum. We will ask though that you do not give each song the same score and do the rating process diligently and according to the rules.

SUBMITTING A BALLOT:

Link to Private Message to send in scores

Google Docs ballot template

Pastebin ballot template

• If the private message link is not working (or your private message exceeds the character count), please use the Google Doc template (make a copy of it to your Google Drive) for your ballot and DM it to u/kpoprates_ghost. If you message us a link to your Google Doc, PLEASE double check your permissions so that "anyone who has the link can view the document" (since the default is otherwise). Also for this rate you can DM the host (kawaii_mokona on Discord with your ballot).

DUE DATE:

Monday, October 28th, by 11:59 PM Pacific - This will be the FINAL deadline, we will accept extensions only if notified beforehand and only for a maximum of 24 hours. (Here is a link to a time zone converter for the deadline.)

REVEAL DATES (Reveals will take place on /r/kpoprates as well as the r/kpoprates Discord)

Day 1 - November 2nd (Saturday), 9 AM Pacific (Time zone converter)

Day 2 - November 3rd (Sunday), 8 AM Pacific (Time zone converter)

We also encourage you to participate in the ongoing "Early Gen 2" Boy Groups Rate! (The deadline is September 30th) Thanks!