Backstreet Rookie

Backstreet Rookie[1] (Korean: 편의점 샛별이; Hanja: 便宜店 샛별이; RR: Pyeonuijeom Saetbyeoli; lit. Convenience Store Saet-byul) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Ji Chang-wook and Kim Yoo-jung. It is based on the 2016–2017 webtoon Convenience Store Saet-byul written by Hwalhwasan.[2][3] It is the first Korean drama invested by the global channel Lifetime and produced by Taewon Entertainment.[4] The series aired on SBS TV at 22:00 (KST) time slot from June 19 to August 8, 2020 on Fridays and Saturdays for 16 episodes. It is available on iQIYI with subtitles in multiple languages globally.[5][6]

Backstreet Rookie
Promotional poster
Also known asConvenience Store Saet-byul
Hangul편의점 샛별이
Hanja便宜店 샛별이
Genre
Based onConvenience Store Saet-byul
by Hwalhwasan and Geumsagong
Written bySon Geun-joo
Directed byMyoungwoo Lee
Starring
Ending theme"Crazy" by April
Country of originSouth Korea
Original language(s)Korean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producer(s)Jung Tae-won
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time70 minutes
Production company(s)Taewon Entertainment
Distributor
Release
Original networkSBS TV
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseJune 19 (2020-06-19) –
August 8, 2020 (2020-08-08)
External links
Website
Production website

Synopsis

Choi Dae-hyun (Ji Chang-wook) runs into a group of female high school students, including Jung Saet-byul (Kim Yoo-jung), who look like troublemakers. Saet-byul asks Dae-hyun to buy them cigarettes from a convenience store, but he buys them candy instead and gives Saet-byul his number. She never calls him.

Three years later, Dae-hyun runs a small convenience store after resigning. While looking for a part-time worker to work the night shift at his convenience store, Saet-byul applies for the job and starts working there.[7]

Cast

Main
A 29-year-old convenience store manager with a tall and hunky appearance that makes every woman turn around. He is a little bit clumsy and weird despite his cold appearance. He is kind and sympathizes with others and gets too immersed in someone else's situation.[7]
The owner of four-dimensional character yet refreshing beauty. Even though she has amazing athletic ability and great fighting skills, she is a 22-year-old young woman who loves flowers, loves friends, and enjoys retro-sensational songs and fashion.[7]

Supporting
Dae-hyun's girlfriend and former boss, also a convenience store headquarter's Public Relations team leader. A 31-year-old career woman with intelligence, beauty and abilities. She is the daughter of the second largest shareholder of the convenience store head office, but has been admitted with skill and has been promoted with clear results.[11]
The son of the convenience store's owner and currently a convenience store's head office director. He has been properly educated since childhood. He is the next leader of the company.[7]

People around Dae-hyun
  • Kim Sun-young as Gong Boon-hee
58 years old, Dae-hyun's mother.
58 years old, Dae-hyun's father, and previously 4 Heavenly Kings band's singer.
  • Eum Moon-suk as Han Dal-shik
29 years old, Dae-hyun's close friend, a webtoon writer.
  • Kim Ji-hyun as Choi Dae-soon
38 years old, Dae-hyun's older sister.

People around Saet-byul
19 years old, Saet-byul's little sister. A beautiful high school girl who harbors the dream of becoming an artist.
22-year-old actor and rising star. Saet-byul's elementary school friend. He became an instant celebrity when he single-handedly stopped a robbery in a convenience store while working as a part-timer. Thanks to his handsome appearance, he is a next-generation national star who captures the hearts of many with politeness and sincerity.
  • Seo Ye-hwa as Hwang Geum-bi
22 years old, Saet-byul's close friend.
  • Yoon Soo as Cha Eun-jo
22 years old, Saet-byul's close friend.
  • Neulbo as Neulbo
A stuffed sloth doll that Dae-hyun's ex-girlfriend gave it back to him, and Saet-byul took it after she saw Dae-hyun throwing it.

4 Heavenly Kings band members
58 years old, the former guitarist of the band 4 Heavenly Kings, and owns a restaurant in Busan.
  • Lee Yoon-hee as Cha Ki-bok
58 years old, the former keyboardist of the band 4 Heavenly Kings.
  • Bae Gi-bum as Go Kwang-tae
58 years old, the former drummer of the band 4 Heavenly Kings.

Others
60 years old, Yeon-joo's mother.
  • Gil Yong-woo as Yoo Myung-gi
60 years old, Yeon-joo's father, a university professor.
  • Heo Jae-ho as Department Head Bae
  • Ji Chan as Kang Sung-tae
  • Shin Yoon-jung as Kim Jung-ha
  • Lee Ju-ha as Oh Hyun-ji

Special appearances
A gang leader who unsuccessfully tries to recruit Saet-byul into her group.
Dae-hyun's ex-girlfriend.
A YouTuber, and he broadcasts from the convenience store he works at.
A minor who tries to buy cigarettes.
A customer.
Saet-byul and Eun-byul's father.
  • Kim Se-yong as a chicken shop employee
  • Ahn Chang-hwan as a convenience store part-time work interviewee
  • Tak Jae-hoon as adult webtoon PD
  • Kim Hyung-mook as Dae-soon's husband
  • Park Chul-min as a tarot reader
  • Yeom Hae-in as a Mega Hit trainee
Trainee of the same debut group as Eun-byul.
  • Jung Ae-yeon as Hwang Eun-ha
Entertainment reporter.
  • Lee Yeon-kyung as Hong Jang-mi
Yong-pil's first love and Boon-hee's friend.
Dal-shik's father.

Production

The first script-reading was held in February 2020.[14] The series is directed by Myoungwoo Lee of hit series The Fiery Priest (2019).[15]

The main cast (Ji Chang-wook, Kim Yoo-jung, Han Sun-hwa and Do Sang-woo) appeared on the 507th episode of the variety show Running Man to promote the series.[16]

Original soundtrack
Backstreet Rookie OST
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
Released2020
GenreSoundtrack
Language
Label
  • Dreamus
  • MOSTCONTENTS

Part 1
Released on June 19, 2020 (2020-06-19)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Something"
  • Hana
  • Yejun
  • Han Soo-seok
  • Yejun
  • Lee Ha-eun
  • Jung Sung-min (POPKID)
  • Shin Yong-soo
Kang Daniel3:21
2."Something" (Inst.) 
  • Han Soo-seok
  • Yejun
  • Lee Ha-eun
  • Jung Sung-min (POPKID)
  • Shin Yong-soo
 3:21
Total length:6:42

Part 2
Released on June 26, 2020 (2020-06-26)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Crazy"
  • Lee Myung-soo
  • Major Leaguer
Major LeaguerApril3:48
2."Crazy" (Inst.) Major Leaguer 3:48
Total length:7:36

Part 3
Released on June 27, 2020 (2020-06-27)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Love Ya"Kim Tae-woo
  • Lee Hyun-seung
  • TM
Kim Tae-woo (g.o.d)3:04
2."Love Ya" (Inst.) 
  • Lee Hyun-seung
  • TM
 3:04
Total length:6:08

Part 4
Released on July 4, 2020 (2020-07-04)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Sleepless Night" (잠이 오지 않는 밤에)
  • Gaemi
  • Lmokulsra
  • CLEF CREW
  • Lmokulsra
  • CLEF CREW
Rothy4:21
2."Sleepless Night" (Inst.) 
  • Lmokulsra
  • CLEF CREW
 4:21
Total length:8:42

Part 5
Released on July 11, 2020 (2020-07-11)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Treasure" (보물)Colde
  • Colde
  • Johnny
  • Chiic
Colde3:43
2."Treasure" (Inst.) 
  • Colde
  • Johnny
  • Chiic
 3:43
Total length:7:26

Part 6
Released on July 17, 2020 (2020-07-17)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."See Saw" (시소)Park Kyung
  • Park Kyung
  • LEEZ
  • Aroze
Park Kyung (Block B), SeolA (Cosmic Girls)3:25
2."See Saw" (Inst.) 
  • Park Kyung
  • LEEZ
  • Aroze
 3:25
Total length:6:50

Part 7
Released on July 25, 2020 (2020-07-25)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."I'll Miss You"Lee Myung-wooGaemiLim Ji-woo3:39
2."I'll Miss You" (Inst.) Gaemi 3:39
Total length:7:18

Criticism

The show has been heavily criticised for its vulgar depiction of a webtoon artist portraying crude sexual behaviour and moaning as he's drawing. The webtoon artist is portrayed as a black-face rastafarian suggesting that those with dreadlocks and/or black skins are dirty as special effects shows flies flying off the dreadlocks and odours vaporising from the character.[17] As a result, viewers took to the SBS Discussion boards due to the revealing nature of the series, with more than 6,000 signatures calling for the show to be cancelled.[18][19]

Ratings
  • In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
  • NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
Ep. Part Original broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[20] TNmS[21]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide
1 1 June 19, 2020 4.8% (19th) 5.4% (16th) N/A
2 6.3% (11th) 6.6% (9th) 5.2% (18th)
2 1 June 20, 2020 3.7% (NR) 4.1% (NR) N/A
2 6.8% (9th) 7.3% (8th) 6.1% (14th)
3 1 June 26, 2020 4.9% (19th) 5.3% (18th) N/A
2 6.7% (9th) 7.4% (8th) 6.0% (15th)
4 1 June 27, 2020 4.6% (NR) 5.3% (20th) N/A
2 8.3% (6th) 9.4% (4th) 8.0% (9th)
5 1 July 3, 2020 4.6% (20th) 4.7% (20th) N/A
2 5.8% (16th) 6.0% (12th) 6.2% (14th)
6 1 July 4, 2020 4.9% (NR) N/A N/A
2 7.9% (7th) 8.7% (6th) 8.0% (8th)
7 1 July 10, 2020 4.8% (NR) 5.4% (19th) N/A
2 6.6% (12th) 7.5% (8th) 5.0% (18th)
8 1 July 11, 2020 5.5% (NR) 6.2% (13th) N/A
2 8.7% (6th) 9.8% (3rd) 7.6% (10th)
9 1 July 17, 2020 6.1% (13th) 6.6% (10th) 4.9% (20th)
2 7.7% (9th) 8.7% (7th) 6.1% (13th)
10 1 July 18, 2020 5.3% (NR) 5.8% (16th) N/A
2 8.4% (5th) 8.7% (5th) 8.0% (7th)
11 1 July 24, 2020 6.1% (15th) 6.9% (12th) 5.1% (20th)
2 7.7% (10th) 8.6% (8th) 6.1% (15th)
12 1 July 25, 2020 4.8% (NR) N/A N/A
2 7.6% (8th) 7.8% (7th) 7.4% (12th)
13 1 July 31, 2020 5.7% (15th) 5.7% (15th) N/A
2 7.4% (11th) 7.5% (10th) 6.2% (12th)
14 1 August 1 , 2020 5.4% (20th) 5.9% (16th) N/A
2 8.0% (7th) 8.6% (6th) 7.4% (10th)
15 1 August 7, 2020 5.2% (18th) 5.9% (18th) 5.3% (20th)
2 6.9% (12th) 7.6% (9th) 6.6% (12th)
16 1 August 8, 2020 6.3% (15th) 6.9% (12th) N/A
2 9.5% (5th) 10.7% (5th) 8.8% (7th)
Average 6.3% —[lower-alpha 1] —[lower-alpha 1]

Notes
  1. Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

References
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  20. "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  21. TNmS ratings:
    • "Ep. 1". Break News (in Korean). June 20, 2020.
    • "Ep. 2". Break News (in Korean). June 21, 2020.
    • "Ep. 3". Break News (in Korean). June 27, 2020.
    • "Ep. 4". Break News (in Korean). June 28, 2020.
    • "Ep. 5". Break News (in Korean). July 4, 2020.
    • "Ep. 6". Break News (in Korean). July 5, 2020.
    • "Ep. 7". Break News (in Korean). July 11, 2020.
    • "Ep. 8". Break News (in Korean). July 12, 2020.
    • "Ep. 9". Break News (in Korean). July 18, 2020.
    • "Ep. 10". Break News (in Korean). July 19, 2020.
    • "Ep. 11". Break News (in Korean). July 25, 2020.
    • "Ep. 12". Break News (in Korean). July 26, 2020.
    • "Ep. 13". Break News (in Korean). August 1, 2020.
    • "Ep. 14". Break News (in Korean). August 2, 2020.
    • "Ep. 15". Break News (in Korean). August 8, 2020.
    • "Ep. 16". Break News (in Korean). August 9, 2020.
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