He'll tell me something in Spanish, and while I may not be able to reply perfectly, I understand. We asked Jake for an invitation into his world, for him to show us something he loves about it. But first, he laughs at the photo prompt fromTeen Vogue “If this is an item, what’s the story behind it?” “My members are definitely not items!” he jokes. “This is a picture that we took after our first win on a music program! To be honest, my family is the most important and precious to me… I believe that utopia is wherever you feel the safest and most comfortable. For me, that’s whenever I’m with my family, no matter where it may be.” With Yeji at 19 and the youngest, Yuna, at 16, the members all fall in the age where societal expectations go from being an abstract concept to an omnipresent force. When you’re coming of age, what you should do and what you want to do become two very different things — ITZY’s songs create a world where they can actually be the same.