Stray Kids‘ Bang Chan is the latest inductee into K-Pop’s most iconic friendship group!

The ’97-liners is a group of male idol friends that had originated with BTS and GOT7‘s maknaes Jungkook and Yugyeom, respectively. The squad has grown to now include BTS’s Jungkook, GOT7’s Yugyeom and fellow maknae BamBam, SEVENTEEN‘s Mingyu, ASTRO‘s Cha Eunwoo, NCT‘s Jaehyun, and now apparently Stray Kids’ leader Bang Chan!

The friend group is known to hang out as often as their schedules permit. Recently, the group, consisting of Jaehyun, Jungkook, Eunwoo, and Bang Chan, went to nice beef restaurant where they left their autographs behind..

On August 25, a restaurant called Young Cheon Young Hwa posted a photo of an autographed paper with four top idols - Jungkook, Cha Eun Woo, Jaehyun, and Bang Chan. The restaurant wrote, "Thank you for visiting and Young Cheon Young Hwa will cheer you guys on!"

The owner uploaded a photo of the idols’ autographs onto Instagram and thanked him with a sweet caption!

It’s no surprise that Bang Chan would also be a member of this friend group considering he has the reputation for being one of the  friendliest idols  in the industry.

But now knowing that he is officially part of the ’97-liners group, K-Pop multi fans are realizing that he has likely been a friend of Jungkook specifically for quite a while…

Netizens can recall that Bang Chan has on numerous occasions played BTS’s music and praised the group during his weekly live broadcast Chan’s Room. 

"You have to admit, he’s good at everything. I’ve been listening to this song, even between schedules these days, because the song is just so good." — Bang Chan talking about Jungkook while listening to “Stay Alive”

Fans were excited to hear that the four top idols were hanging out with one another and spending time. Netizens commented, "Man I go to that restaurant often, how come I never get to see any celebrities?" "I didn't know Bang Chan was 97 too," "I've never seen the four hang out," "It must have been delicious," "What happened in year 1997," "It's been a while hearing about the 97-ers" "I want to go try," "That place is known to be a good restaurant," "I'm born in 1997 too, can I join them?" and "Did you guys enjoy the meal?"