Did Timothée Chalamet pull Oscars inspo from BTS?

Smooth like butter.
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Chase DiBenedetto
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Timothee Chalamet looks into the camera on the red carpet, wearing a light yellow suit.
Chalamet could become the youngest Best Actor winner tonight. Credit: Arturo Holmes/WireImage via Getty Images

Rounding out months of daring red carpet looks evoking Bob Dylan's eclectic wardrobe, Best Actor nominee Timothée Chalamet took to the 2025 Oscars red carpet in a more demure, pastel ensemble. The night's theme is "butter."

The A Complete Unknown star could snag a historic win this evening, becoming the youngest Best Actor winner since Adrien Brody won for The Pianist in 2003 — Brody is also up for his role in The Brutalist.

Audiences clocked the actor's Easter-yellow outfit mere seconds after the star flashed across screens, posts flooding users' social media feeds as the popular and newly mustachioed actor stepped out in the custom leather Givenchy look. Reactions were mixed, but BTS fans joked he could be channeling the global superstars' 2022 radio hit, "Butter," and you know what? Sure, why not? It wouldn't be the strangest thing the actor pulled out for his Dylan-inspired campaign.

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According to the actor himself, he wanted to go for a "subtle look" on this year's red carpet.

So, what do you think? Is Timmy smooth like butter, or is he pulling inspiration from the sands of Dune?

Topics Oscars

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Chase DiBenedetto
Social Good Reporter

Chase joined Mashable's Social Good team in 2020, covering online stories about digital activism, climate justice, accessibility, and media representation. Her work also touches on how these conversations manifest in politics, popular culture, and fandom. Sometimes she's very funny.


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