Lee Seok-hoon's ballad of loss draws warm reactions on MBC's Playlist

A performance clip from MBC's Playlist (플레이리스트), from the July 21 broadcast, featuring Lee Seok-hoon (이석훈) singing "거짓말이라도 해서 널 보고 싶어" — framed in the clip as a song that soothes the grief of loss — drew a stream of appreciative comments on the broadcaster's official YouTube channel. The most-liked comment read, "It's so good I have it on endless repeat" (진짜 너무 좋아서 무한반복 중). Another viewer wrote, "The song comforts me too — please keep this program going for a long time," while a third said they were hearing the song for the first time but found that "it lands right in the ear and hits home... Lee Seok-hoon sings so well."

Much of the reaction centered on the singer's voice itself. "The strength a voice can carry — Lee Seok-hoon really is the best," one commenter wrote, and another said simply, "I feel like I'm about to cry." Shorter replies echoed the same sentiment, including "That's Lee Seok-hoon for you" and "So cool, Lee Seok-hoon." The comments ran uniformly positive, with no notable split in opinion, and several turned their enthusiasm into requests: one viewer said they would "watch the live broadcast every week just to hear Lee Seok-hoon sing," and another asked for the performance to be released as an official track.