Lee Chan-won's '편의점' MV Hits 13 Million YouTube Views, Five Years After His First Music Show No. 1
Lee Chan-won's 2021 trot track hit 13 million YouTube views on September 12, 2026—the same song that gave him his first music broadcast No. 1.
13 million views, five years in
Lee Chan-won's music video for 편의점 crossed 13 million views on September 12, 2026. He uploaded it to his official YouTube channel on August 25, 2021. Five years and two weeks to get there.
The track matters for one reason: it's where Lee Chan-won landed his first-ever No. 1 on a music broadcast program. First wins hit different when the song is this straightforwardly trot.
What the song actually sounds like
편의점 is pure trot with no fusion elements. Bright brass. Rhythm driving forward. Lee Chan-won's characteristically deep vocal tone—Korean coverage calls it his 청국장 voice—carries the whole thing. Lyrically, the song frames a meal of triangle kimbap or ramen during an exhausting day as a moment of companionship. The convenience store becomes something that matters. That emotional weight clearly keeps listeners returning.
The longer catalog picture
His song 시절인연, originally introduced as the OST for the drama 꼰대인턴, has become a crowd sing-along staple at events he attends. Roughly five years after release and still pulling people in.
Off the music side, he currently serves as MC across four programs: KBS2's 불후의 명곡 and 셀럽병사의 비밀, JTBC's 톡파원 25시, and MBC's 서프라이즈 미스터리 살롱.
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