In recent months, classrooms, homes and virtually anywhere you can think of has been taken over with the words “six-seven”.
This has left parents, teachers, and even kids wondering where this phrase even originated from.
“Six-seven” actually comes from a song released by Skrilla in 2024 called “Doot Doot (67).”
After the song’s release, the clip containing the lyric ‘six-seven’ spread rapidly through sports, pop culture, and social media, being used so frequently it became known as a meme instead of a song.
The meme is also used in relation to basketball players such as Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball, who is, of course, 6’7.” An anonymous boy at a basketball game elevated the trend with his viral video of screaming “six-seven!,” a clip that became synonymous with the meme.
The phrase itself truly has no true meaning and is followed by juggling hand motions to represent six and seven. This follows recent ‘brain-rot’ trends, which are generally ‘cheap quality’ memes or music that spread quickly through social media.
A recent article by CNN speculates on the deeper origins of the trend, theorizing that Skrilla’s song was originally based on the 10-67 police code, used to report deaths. It also provides analysis on the psychology of ‘brain-rot,’ stating that, “six-seven means nothing, but using it can make a student feel like a member of a bigger, cooler group of their peers.”
“People want to be like other people,” said South Windsor High School Psychologist Bonnie Jones. “It’s like… a popular thing. So they pick up on [trends] and you get a reaction from people…It’s like camaraderie.”
It’s yet another Tik Tok trend where people just do it because everyone else is, having no significance or relation to anything besides the lyrics of Skrilla’s song “six seven.”
Common TikTok videos include phrases such as “2-3? No. 4-5? No, No. 6-7! That’s it!”
Closer to home, the meme is frequently used in math and science classes. The numbers 0.67, 67, and 670 are a few examples that all trigger an outburst of ‘six seven!’
“I’m still not entirely sure what it means, but boy, is it annoying!” said Shannon Carlson, a math teacher at Timothy Edwards Middle School. “I can’t seem to get through a class period without someone saying ‘six seven’ under their breath.”
This outbreak has also been seen across sports teams where the coach might give an assignment using the numbers six and seven, and athletes go wild. There have been instances where coaches will ask how many reps an athlete has completed and the response is, “I don’t know like six or seven.”
This trend is consuming all normalcy surrounding these two numbers, and teachers and coaches, as well as plenty of others, are starting to get extremely annoyed by these circumstances.
In fact, they’re getting so annoyed that they’re punishing kids that use the phrase with a taste of their own medicine.
For example, teachers are removing 67 points from kids’ assignments as well as making them write 67 word essays that can quickly turn into 670 words if behavior is continued, according to a recent article from Today.
While some view it as a passing trend, especially since some parents and adults have begun utilizing ‘six seven’, some teachers in South Windsor are seeking solutions.
“One solution to the issue that I’ve implemented is to say, ‘Today, we’re completing page six and the number after it,’” said Carlson. “But even with that expression, there’s a response. So there’s really no escaping the nonsensical fad.”
The trend has even found its way onto people’s lawns for the holiday. This Halloween, South Windsor’s Decor Tour has some spooky mentions of the meme, with pumpkins painted as ‘6’ and ‘7’. It is also predicted that there will be more than a few ‘6-7’ Halloween costumes.
“I think I just need to ride the wave until kids get sick of it!” said Carlson.
South Windsor High School science teacher, Mrs. Eitel, is taking a similar approach by just “ignoring it and rolling my eyes,” Eitel told The Prowl.
South Windsor was slow to the trend and six seven wasn’t really being heard until about three weeks ago. Now, Eitel says she has heard it at least once a day for the last two weeks.
“Kids say it back to me, but it’s not a huge thing; they just say six- seven and then it’s over,” Eitel said.
While this is a very bizarre trend, it’s become prevalent just about everywhere. The question now is when will the 6-7 meme be put to rest and stop being a thing?
