6-7 meme
You might remember it as 67 meme, Doot Doot 6 7 meme
Merriam-Webster defines it as “a nonsensical expression connected to a song and a basketball player”
Latest internet culture26 of 34
2025·The last few years
The playground catchphrase of its year, widely reported as incomprehensible to adults.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- 67 meme
- Spread in
- 2025
- Format
- Phrase
- The song
- Doot Doot (6 7) by Skrilla, first released in December 2024
- What it said
- Merriam-Webster defines it as “a nonsensical expression connected to a song and a basketball player”
- Origin
- No single original
- Available
- Not held by ViralWorld
Why it matteredWhat changed
Two numbers shouted in classrooms meant nothing, by the account of the man whose song they came from, and that was the point. Schools banned it, a prime minister apologised for joining in, and a dictionary made it word of the year.
TimelineIn order
- Made
Skrilla first releases Doot Doot (6 7). Edits of the basketball player LaMelo Ball, who is six feet seven, are set to it.1
- Took off
A video is posted of a boy, Maverick Trevillian, yelling the numbers. He becomes known as the 67 Kid.1 What else happened on 31 March
- Mainstream
South Park builds an episode around it.1
- Record
Dictionary.com names “67” its word of the year.1
- Mainstream
The British prime minister, Keir Starmer, apologises after doing the gesture with pupils at a school that had banned it.1
What people misrememberSet straight
Commonly remembered asIt refers to LaMelo Ball’s height.
ActuallyHis height matches, and that is how the edits began. Skrilla has said he never put a meaning on the number and would not want to.1
Commonly remembered asA 2025 song.
ActuallyIt was first released in December 2024. February 2025 is the official release.1
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Why it is here: copied, redrawn and reused until the original stopped mattering · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast
Where it came fromWhat we know
This spread through many posts rather than one identifiable original. No copy is held here — what it was, when it spread and what people called it is what this page can tell you.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
SourcesWhat was read
Sources last read on . That date is about the history on this page. Whether the media still plays is checked separately and can change any day. How ViralWorld documents things