Why do students giggle when they hear ‘6-7’?
The trend ‘6-7’ originally came from the song “Doot Doot (6 7)” by Skrilla.
The song was released on December 1st, 2024.
There are a couple lines referencing 6-7:
“Bro put belt right to they behind (come here)
The way that switch brrt, I know he dyin’ (get him)
6-7, I just bipped right on the highway (damn)”
Shortly after, TikTok edits of the basketball player, LaMelo Ball, were made with the song. The song’s connection to this basketball player was that LaMelo Ball was 6 feet 7 inches tall. Which was why it became the go-to song for his edits. It spread quickly throughout TikTok, growing in popularity.
During December, countless edits were made using the song. It was catchy to teenagers with its beat drop and creative edits.
In February of 2025, Paige Bueckers, the famous UConn basketball player. Made a joke about ‘6-7’ during an interview. She said, “I’ve been here for 5 years, but it’s felt more like 6-7”.
The song’s popularity slowly died down after February of 2025.
In the summer of 2025, the meme ‘6-7’ resurfaced online. But this time it turned into a meme. People on TikTok would often use the song and include some sort of text. For example, the video would ask, “How many years have you guys been friends?” The song would answer the question by saying ‘6-7’. Referring to the fact that they’ve been friends for like six-seven years.
On the platform, people started creating 67 handshakes featuring the song, making cookies in the shape of a six and a seven, and even making their hands similar to 67 to pose in pictures.
The 6-7 trend has been strong at WHS this school year.
Junior Amayah Forrest Smalls says, “I say 67 in school all the time. Whenever the teacher accidentally says it together in a sentence, I look around the classroom to see if anyone else heard. We all say it in unison. It’s addicting, but it’s lowkey childish, so I should stop.”
Senior Maria Paloka says, “I feel like it’s based on events that happen every year. There’s something funny and I think it’s because it’s promoted to be funny. The more you see it, the more it’s stuck in your head. It’s something so simple that you can remember and it’s like, you know, 6-7, 6-7.”
When being asked why students move both their hands up and down while saying ‘6-7’, Junior Ryan Johnston says, “The person who initially started it did that, so now people just copy him.”
Junior Ailani Benitez Sanchez says, “The first time I heard about 6-7 was actually in my sophomore year when it became viral on TikTok.”
Some students think 6-7 is funny, others not so much. When being asked if the trend ‘6–7’ would be funnier on TikTok or in school, Junior Jayden Langley says, “It’s gonna have to be neither.”
Junior Camilia Diaz Castillo says, “I feel like it’s overused and was only funny for a bit, but now it’s old.”
Junior Patrick Lombardi was asked to explain the trend to someone who might not understand or know the trend. He says, “I would tell them that it’s a nonsense meme that doesn’t have a meaning. It’s funny because it doesn’t make sense.”
Since the trend is spreading so fast, and so many Waterford High School students say it at school, teachers are impacted by the trend as well.
Mr. Ryan was asked if he has heard his students say ‘6-7’. He says, “Yes, many of my students find the phrase ‘6-7’ to be very funny for some reason unknown to old people, such as myself. Some students can barely control themselves from saying ‘6-7’ no less than 15 or 20 times in a class period. I never knew how hilarious two consecutive numbers could be. It seems to be the current thing. Hopefully it perishes softly and swiftly like all other internet trends.”
Ms. Baumgartner says, “I am over it. Not funny at all. I pretty much tell my students that it is so last week and we need to move on to the next trend.”
In the end, the two numbers have people in a chokehold. It’s created laughter throughout classrooms in Waterford High School and an inside joke between teenagers.
