Recently, ZEROBASEONE (also known as ZB1) held an in-person fan sign on October 20. One moment captured between Sung Hanbin and Zhang Hao sent ZEROSEs into meltdown.
Hanbin received a fan’s gift of a plush heart and began playing with it with Hao as they posed for pictures. One pose they did was each holding one of the plush heart’s hands.
241020 #늘빈 pic.twitter.com/qDjKWaPefs
— 80 (@eighty725613) October 20, 2024
둘이머해 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ pic.twitter.com/LHEjnN51cq
— 하트❤︎ (@luvforzh) October 20, 2024
watching this with the most shit eating grin on my face but it dropped SO quick when i realized they're recreating that one gay short film scene…..im flabbergasted pic.twitter.com/WCIGBTji8w
— acetone (@bnbtape) October 20, 2024
This pose reminded ZEROSEs of something. Many had flashbacks to the viral 2017 American animated short film In a Heartbeat, produced by Ringling College of Art and Design and written and directed by Esteban Bravo and Beth David. The BL (Boy Love) short film, which garnered 50M views at the time of writing, follows, “A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.”
ZEROSEs were shocked that the ZEROBASEONE members not only knew this short film but also recreated such an iconic scene. It’s so cute!
HOW. HOW DO THEY KNOW IN A HEARTBEAT??? HOWD THEY KNOW HOW TO RECREATE THAT EXACT SCENE FROM IN A HEARTBEAT THIS IS SO CRAZY I WAS THERE FOR THE PREMIER OF IN A HEARTBEAT I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY KNOW WHAT IN A HEARTBEAT IS https://t.co/M0R8x5T8FT
— chea (@Chealinks) October 20, 2024
not them recreating this scene 🥹🤍 pic.twitter.com/FO8cnQkPN1
— ⛅️ (@oohaobina) October 20, 2024
NO WAY THEY RECREATED THIS pic.twitter.com/BSnVNaBIqA
— ema (@binwithao) October 20, 2024
Queer fans were sent into meltdown. ZEROBASEONE truly is a comfort group for LGBTQIA+ fans.
Cmon you guys…..haobin recreating in a heartbeat in 2024….the lgbtq short film that went viral years ago…..genuinely this is so iconic of them pic.twitter.com/KHRkQE8hOG
— eb ☁️ SAW ZB1 x2 (@doyiesi) October 20, 2024
they don't know they just made all the queer zeroses jump 10 ft into the air pic.twitter.com/BWrh6givBU
— elo ʕ”̮ॽु♡ 🏳️🌈 (@withallmoons) October 20, 2024
me in 2017 vs me in 2024 https://t.co/bpRhQcUF9R pic.twitter.com/aRIGEjcV7k
— jezz (@zhangtzuyu) October 20, 2024
Read more about the group’s allyship below.
ZEROBASEONE Kim Jiwoong’s Concert Speech Touches LGBTQIA+ Fans
