The members of BTS have served in the military. They’ve served up a new album, ARIRANG. And now, they’re serving up some dinner.
In a wholesome video posted Friday (March 27) by Vogue, the boy band’s Jin, V and Jimin gather in a kitchen to prepare some janchi-guksu — a Korean noodle soup — and misugaru, a beverage made of powdered grains. Right off the bat, Jin was the designated head chef due to his being the most experienced cook of the trio, while V and Jimin served as his sous chefs. The latter two definitely got up to a little bit of mischief, though, from V repeatedly tossing the noodles into the air and woo-ing as he drained them to Jimin neglecting other tasks to continue pouring a lot of sugar into his misugaru.
“You have to be able to chew it,” Jimin said before getting Jin to try some of the drink, with Jin conceding that it tasted good. “I told you it’s good! This is the Busan style. More sugar than you think you need.”
“Who used all the sugar?” V later asked.
By the end of the hilarious cooking session, though, the trio had managed to pull together a successful meal, which they took turns photographing. Their culinary duties commanded most of their focus throughout, but the performers did briefly touch on their new album at some points. According to V, ARIRANG “expresses our intent to mark a change.”
The video comes exactly one week after ARIRANG dropped — though one might think it’s been way longer than that given how much the Bangtan Boys have accomplished in that time frame. The day after the LP was released, BTS held a massive comeback concert in Seoul, after which the band traveled to New York City to sing for fans at a Spotify event and appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, for which they filmed a performance at the Guggenheim art museum.
Watch Jin, V and Jimin cook together above.
