TXT Beomgyu’s Viral 2023 VMAs Red Carpet Moment Accidentally Turns Into An Iconic BTS Throwback

On September 12, TXT attended the MTV 2023 Video Music Awards (VMAs).

TXT with Anitta at the VMAs | Billboard

The group set the stage on fire with an impressive live performance at the event, drawing praise from netizens.

The collaboration we all needed!!!!

Trust me, you’ll be back for more after watching @TXT_members and @Anitta’s #VMA performance ???? pic.twitter.com/BQTWkaxXQG

— Video Music Awards (@vmas) September 13, 2023

TXT also won the Push Performance of the Year award for “Sugar Rush Ride.”

MOA! WE GAVE TXT “PUSH Performance of the Year” IM SOBBING CONGRATULATIONS TXT pic.twitter.com/XVHnuo8m2b

— krysten (@TXTUNOFFlClAL) September 12, 2023

While both their performance and the win were historic, another moment from the group’s appearance at the award show went viral on social media.

Before the main event, TXT appeared on the VMAs red carpet, dressed up to the nines in Dior, the brand they represent as global ambassadors.

| @mtv/Instagram

While all five members boasted dashing visuals on the carpet, one of the cameramen seemed especially enamored by Beomgyu‘s visual. When the group arrived on the red carpet, the camera panned to Beomgyu and zoomed into his face for a good few seconds. The clip immediately went viral, with fans going gaga over his lethal “face card.”

The zoom in on beomgyu #TXTatVMAs #VMAs #VMA pic.twitter.com/JEIso0d0S3

— TXT at VMAS (@txtdom) September 12, 2023

But the clip also brought back a core memory for BTS fans when this exact incident happened with Jin. During the 2020 Grammy Awards, the septet appeared on the red carpet sporting Louis Vuitton. Amidst the dashing visuals of all the members, one of the cameras seemed to get stuck on Jin’s face with a fast zoom-in. The clip soon became an iconic part of BTS’s “lore,” earning Jin the nickname of the “zoom-in guy.”

going viral as the zoom in guy at the grammys is one of my favorite SUPERSTAR JIN moments #JinFesta_D14 #JinFesta2022 pic.twitter.com/LAEVp5w7sP

— (@filmsforjin) November 19, 2022

3 years passed since this legendary zoom in guy Kim Seokjin!#TheAstronaut  #Jin #방탄소년단진pic.twitter.com/Bc7RQzoNOt

— Seokjinism – THE ASTRONAUT JIN ‍ (Fan Account) (@seokjinism1) January 27, 2023

The uncanny similarity between Beomgyu’s VMAs moment and Jin’s Grammy clip was noticed immediately by fans, with some even dubbing it as a “like father like son” moment.

I CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT ABOUT 2020 GRAMMYS JIN pic.twitter.com/iv5Or5vbH3 https://t.co/t0H8ImIL4o

— Eva ★.ᐟ || YEONJUN DAY || ⌗moarmyblink (@ksjintan) September 13, 2023

Deserved. He's special.

— Athelas⁷+⁵ (@Athelas8159) September 12, 2023

like father like son https://t.co/A73wEwqSC2

— nat⁷ YEONJUN DAY (@jooniebuffoonie) September 12, 2023

graduated from the kim seokjin school of iconic camera zoom-ins https://t.co/Jw1PLW9MXw

— caty⁷ • ʟᴀʏᴏ(ꪜ)ᴇʀ (@vvamis) September 13, 2023