Lee Chan-won's "Convenience Store" turns 5: from first music show win to 10 variety victories
Five years after its August 2021 release, Lee Chan-won's "Convenience Store" remains a live staple — and the singer keeps expanding its reach on and off stage.
Five years in, 편의점 is still showing up.
Lee Chan-won released the digital single on August 25, 2021, and it went on to earn him his first-ever music broadcast No. 1 — on The Show. Along the way it hit stages at Music Core and M Countdown as well, cementing the track as a signature in his live set.
The song's longevity isn't just about the stages. Lee Chan-won parlayed the convenience-store concept into a recurring presence on KBS 편스토랑, where he developed actual convenience-store menu items — triangle kimbap, ramen, ready-meal combinations — directly for the show. He racked up 10 wins on that program, turning a promotional angle into a genuine variety track record.
(For context: his first drama OST credit, 시절인연, came before 편의점, so the single landed as his second major solo release milestone.)
Next up: Lee Chan-won joins chef Yoon Ju-mo and actor Choi Soo-jong on KBS 한국인의 밥상 on September 3, continuing the food-and-healing lane the song helped carve out.
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