Chinese Wok, India’s largest home-grown Desi Chinese QSR chain, has unveiled Wok FM, a first-of-its-kind, brand-owned music universe that marks a bold new chapter in how QSR brands engage with youth culture. The launch kicks off with two original albums – Get Wok’D Tonight, a high-energy playlist designed to crank up cravings and match the Chinese Wok mood, and Cricket & Cravings, celebrating the joy of India’s favourite sport best enjoyed with Desi Chinese bowls.
Spanning multiple genres, moods, and regional languages, Wok FM transforms the in-store
experience into an immersive, culturally resonant space. With Wok FM now playing across 250+
high-street stores nationwide, Chinese Wok is building one of the largest youth-facing in-store
soundscapes in the Indian QSR sector. From cricket anthems and festive tracks to quirky brand-led
numbers and regional songs in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, and Marathi, the
music reflects Chinese Wok’s youthful, playful personality while creating a distinctive and
recognizable sonic identity, shaped by the brand’s deep cultural insights and creative curation.
Conceived as a long-term brand platform and scalable owned media asset, all Wok FM tracks are
fully original in melody and lyrics. With this, Wok FM becomes a brand-owned media channel that is
independent of campaigns or platform, giving Chinese Wok a direct, always-on cultural voice with
young consumers, while placing the brand among a small set of QSR and retail players globally to
build a proprietary, multi-language music ecosystem at scale.
Taking the experience beyond physical stores, Chinese Wok has officially launched Wok FM playlists
on Spotify, YouTube Music, Amazon Music and more, allowing fans to tune in anytime, anywhere.
This opens a new digital engagement channel, deepening brand recall by integrating music into
consumers’ everyday lives and evolving with fan input and live collaborations. Going forward, new
music will drop every season, campaign and festival, making sound as integral to the brand as menu
innovation.
Speaking on the launch, Aayush Madhusudan Agrawal, Founder & Director, Lenexis Foodworks,
said, “As a brand built for young India, we believe food today is as much about experience as it is
about taste. Wok FM allows us to own a cultural space that goes beyond the plate, creating a strong
emotional connection with our audience. This is not a one-time idea, but a long-term platform that
will evolve with our brand, our campaigns, and our consumers.”
Sharing the marketing vision behind the initiative, Vikas Iyer, Marketing Head, Lenexis Foodworks,
added, “Music is the language of Gen Z, and Wok FM is our way of speaking it authentically. By
creating original, brand-owned music across genres and languages—powered by human insight and
AI efficiency, we are building a powerful sonic identity that lives in our stores and travels into the
digital world. It’s a new form of brand storytelling, where Chinese Wok isn’t just seen or tasted, but
heard and remembered.”
Future phases of Wok FM will invite fans, creators and communities to co-create and collaborate,
turning it into a living cultural platform rather than a static playlist.
Link to Playlist –
Get Wok’D Tonight – Listen
Cricket & Cravings – Listen
Spotify:
Cricket & Cravings –
Get Wok’D Tonight –
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