Many times artists go to extreme measures in order to perform various activities that require certain physical and professional qualities.
This seems to be what happened to BTS’s Jimin and Jungkook, according to their own words, they reportedly spent five days drinking only water in order to look slim in the official video of ‘Butter‘.
Jeon Jungkook, the youngest member of BTS, claimed in a live video, according to the translations spread in ARMY online communities, that he didn’t eat anything and only drank water for five days for filming the music video of ‘Butter’. Jimin later added that the two did the same.
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The hottest group released their hit ‘Butter’ in May 2021.
Shortly after that, the septet held a live broadcast with ARMY as usual to share details about the release and interact as they reacted to the music video.
It was during this meeting that a conversation between the idols came up after a scene in which the thinning of Golden Maknae‘s face becomes visible. It was there where the idol himself gave all the details of his extreme and dangerous measure.
J-Hope: You look so thin in the MV.
You don’t have any fat on your cheeks.
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Jungkook: For five days I didn’t eat a single meal.
I only drank water for five days.
Taehyung: Water for five days?
Jimin: We both drank plenty of water.
Many fans expressed their massive concern about Jungkook and Jimin’s health and how normal these practices would be for them, given their way of revealing it so openly on a live broadcast.