Angelina Jolie and her son Maddox Jolie-Pitt made an appearance at the White House Wednesday night for a state dinner in honor of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and with Kim Keon Hee’s visit to the U.S. The dinner was a celebration of 70 years of the alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea, but also served to the general public as a real wake-up call: Remember baby Maddox? Jolie’s eldest child, whom she adopted in 2002, is somehow 21 years old now. And what’s more, he’ll turn 22 in August. 

Maddox, who was born in Cambodia, is one of six children Jolie shares with ex-husband Brad Pitt. Somehow, seeing him as a full-grown adult is just one of those things that makes a pop culture aficionado pause and go, “wow, has it really been that long?” We can confirm: It has. 

Mother and son both have longstanding connections with the region, which explains their attendance at the event. Maddox even attended Yonsei University in Seoul to study biochemistry (and is definitely not making art under the pseudonym Embtto, to be clear). Jolie, for her part, has participated in humanitarian efforts in South Korea, most recently visiting with Maddox in 2019 to drop him off at school, and previously in 2018 with the UN Refugee Agency. 

She also co-authored a book with Amnesty International, Know Your Rights and Claim Them, which is about youth rights and was made available in South Korea last year. 

Jolie wore a flowing off-white dress paired with a vintage Chanel blazer and her own jewelry, according to her representatives. 

Guests at the state dinner were treated to a verse of Don McLean’s “American Pie,” performed a cappella in English by the South Korean president. President Joe Biden, for one, was delighted, judging by his fist pumps in the background of the video.

“I had no damn idea you could sing,” Biden told Yoon. 

Shiplap enthusiasts and home decor moguls Chip and Joanna Gaines were also on hand at the dinner, as well as snowboarder Chloe Kim. The gathered guests dined on Maryland crab cakes with gochujang vinaigrette, and after hearing Yoon detail his trips to the levy in his Chevy, watched Biden present him with a guitar signed by McLean himself.