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Which BTS Member Will Suffer the Most on ‘Hot Ones’?

We’re giving our thoughts and prayers to BTS’s V, who notoriously doesn’t have a good relationship with spicy food

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From the left: BTS members Jin, RM, Jung Kook, V, Suga, Jimin, and j-hope might have to take a “SWIM” after their “Hot Ones” stint. Photo from BIGHIT MUSIC/Instagram

After launching their comeback album Arirang, BTS will be joining Sean Evans on the hit YouTube talk show, Hot Ones. The boys are set to take on Evans’ hot questions and even hotter chicken wings in the show’s season finale this Thursday, April 9, as confirmed by Evans on social media. And given his track record with spicy food, we expect BTS vocalist V to suffer the most in this highly anticipated episode.

Fan-made compilations of clips from various episodes of the web series Run BTS show V reaching for milk after a bite of a spicy wing or his face turning sour after getting a mouthful of noodles.  It’s safe to say it looks like he’ll have a hard time dealing with the Hot Ones lineup of signature sauces, including The Last Dab, said to measure over 2.6 million Scoville units.

BTS is set to join the show’s slate of funny, insightful, and downright iconic celebrity interviews, which include Dakota Johnson, Blackpink’s Jennie, and even Bear Grylls. This 29th season, actors Oscar Isaac and Hilary Duff also made appearances on the show.

While most interviews follow a one-on-one format, Hot Ones has also hosted groups like TXT, the Stranger Things cast, and the KPop Demon Hunters cast in Hot Ones Versus, where participants must choose between answering deeply personal questions and eating progressively hotter wings. But there have also been episodes where Evans interviewed multiple people, such as the one with Deadpool stars Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds.

Similarly, BTS is facing off with Evans in the show’s usual format. “[This table] is the largest one this studio has seen,” the host said in the teaser. “We’ve got seven chairs [and] seven sets of wings. Including me, that makes 80 wings on the table, a Hot Ones record.”

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BTS appears on “Hot Ones” this Thursday, April 9, as the season finale of the show’s 29th season, joining host Sean Evans for the show’s signature format of interviews paired with progressively spicier chicken wings.

Vocalist V is expected to struggle most, based on fan-compiled clips from “Run BTS” showing him reaching for milk or reacting strongly to spicy food, ahead of facing “Hot Ones” sauces like The Last Dab, rated over 2.6 million Scoville units.

BTS’s “Hot Ones” appearance follows the launch of their comeback album, “Arirang.” The group joins the show’s slate of celebrity guests, which has previously included Dakota Johnson, Blackpink’s Jennie, Bear Grylls, Oscar Isaac, and Hilary Duff this season.

BTS’s episode follows the standard one-on-one format rather than the “Hot Ones Versus” group format used for acts like TXT and the “KPop Demon Hunters” cast. Host Sean Evans described it as the largest table the studio has seen, with seven chairs and 80 wings total.

Yes. Groups like TXT and casts including “Stranger Things” and “KPop Demon Hunters” have appeared in the show’s “Hot Ones Versus” format, where participants choose between answering personal questions or eating hotter wings, differing from BTS’s standard format appearance.

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Pie Gonzaga

Pie Gonzaga

Culture Writer

Pie Gonzaga is the Culture Writer of Rolling Stone Philippines, primarily covering film, TV, food, and internet culture.

Gonzaga has worked on a range of stories for print and digital formats, from an interview with Cardinal Ambo David to features on queer party organizers such as CHURCH and Club Euphoria. Her work as the magazine’s former State of Affairs Writer includes news updates on pressing issues like the flood control scandal and the missing sabungeros, and covering rallies. Under Culture, she’s written episode recaps for hit shows, film reviews, and features on restaurants and the people who run them.

Before working with Rolling Stone Philippines, she contributed lifestyle and entertainment stories for a digital news platform.

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