The members of BTS will probably never want to have a take two of their Hot Ones experience, simply because of how painfully hot Sean Evans’ lineup of spicy wings was.
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RM, j-hope, Jin, SUGA, V, Jung Kook and Jimin all appeared on the episode that arrived Thursday (April 9), making show history as the most amount of people to partake in the series at once. That also means they consumed the most wings of any episode ever, with host Sean Evans noting in the initial announcement that BTS would be guesting, “We’ve got seven chairs, seven sets of wings. Including me, that is 80 wings on the table, a Hot Ones record.”
And with all seven of them taking part, it was easier than ever to see how everyone reacts to the so-called “wings of death” in different ways. RM, for instance, broke out into a visible full-body sweat less than halfway through, leading his bandmates to tease him. “Your body crying,” Jung Kook said. Later, V and Jimin dabbed the band leader with napkins, even though RM insisted, “What’s up, guys? Nothing’s wrong. I’m fine.”
J-hope, on the other hand, inexplicably started busting a groove when the wings got too hot — “Dance it out,” Evans told him — while Jin simply stuck his tongue out and repeatedly shouted, “Ah!” SUGA was characteristically stoic throughout, though he did confess toward the end, “I’m feeling dizzy.”
Jimin was perhaps the most optimistic of the bunch as the wings became more and more deathly. “Come on, wing!” he would cheer before every new bite, keeping everyone’s spirits high. Jung Kook handled the heat well, but got overstimulated by the end, hilariously telling everyone around him to shut up — even though no one was talking.
“This is illegal,” RM, with perspiration dripping down the sides of his face, told Evans. “It should be prohibited by the law.”
The episode dropped on the same day that BTS kicked off its sprawling world tour with a show-stopping performance at Goyang Stadium in South Korea. After two more shows at the venue, the band will travel through North America, Europe, Latin America and more parts of Asia on the year-long trek.
On Hot Ones, BTS spoke about the tour as well as Jin’s love of fishing, SUGA’s past as an “underground rapper” and the band’s favorite anime songs. They also explained how they went about narrowing down the 100-plus tracks they recorded for Billboard 200-topping new album ARIRANG, with V noting, “We each had a lot of opinions.”
“To put it simply, we all gathered in one place and listened to all the songs, from track No. 1 to track 100,” Jung Kook said. “We’d discuss while we listened. ‘How is this?’ or ’Thoughts on this.’ Almost in a pure fashion.”
“And if I remember correctly, we had a point-scoring system,” V added.
Watch BTS take on the Hot Ones challenge above.
