A man has shown the hilarious moment he showed his daughter what the real 6-7 is, and it’s nothing to do with the viral trend that’s taking the UK by storm at the moment…
By now, you’re likely familiar with 6-7. It’s a silly trend that Gen Alpha are loving, and it’s basically two numbers that don’t really mean much, but are puzzling parents (and teachers!) everywhere, to the point where it’s been banned in some classrooms across the country.
Many mums and dads have been left wondering whether it’s actually code for something much ruder, but it turns out kids are on the wind-up, because they’re finding it funny because of the fact it doesn’t mean anything at all, really.
However, one dad decided to take matters into his own hands and teach his daughter the real 6-7. It’s so nostalgic for millennials – as they will have grown up listening to this tune and will also be able to remember the number off by heart.
Shane, who posts on Instagram as @shanedavidcole, wrote over the top of his video: “When your kids’ teaching you 6-7, but you teach them 6789998212”. Of course, this is the number from Soulja Boy’s ‘Kiss Me Thru The Phone,’ which was released in 2008 and became a popular choice for parties throughout the era.
In the comments of the YouTube video, one man wrote: “The first 5 seconds sent me like 15 years into the past. Wow”. Another penned: “Doesn’t matter how old this song is, it’ll always be a timeless banger”.
Unsurprisingly, the current 6-7 trend has absolutely nothing to do with Soulja Boy. In fact, if you mentioned Soulja Boy to anyone under the age of 25, they’d likely look at you with a raised eyebrow, wondering what on earth you were talking about.
No, the 6-7 trend is all to do with a different rap song, a basketball player’s height, and…well, nothing at all.
One mum wrote on Mumsnet, explaining: “I asked my daughter what it actually means. She says no one knows, and that’s what makes it oh so hilarious”.
Another mum wrote: “It’s on my kids’ primary, they’re seven and ten. They both think it’s very funny and say it in a kind of silly way; they all pronounce it the same! It doesn’t mean anything.”
Marie Achkar explained the viral trend, saying that she was going to give a “quick breakdown of what it means and how it started”.
“One, two, three, four, five…six-seven,” Marie started her video by saying, explaining that if you’ve been seeing this viral trend all around social media, or maybe you’ve heard it from your kids, “you’re not alone”.
She said that right now, there are over two million posts on TikTok under the 6-7 hashtag. Marie said: “It all started in December of 2024, when hip hop artist Skrilla released a song called ‘doot doot’. And one of the lyrics includes the phrase 6-7.
“The trend really took off earlier this year when creators started pairing that song with edits of Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball, who is, fittingly, six foot seven.
“Now the phrase is sweeping schools and social media feeds everywhere, and right now, there’s even a viral video of order number 67 being called at an In-N-Out in California, and the crowd goes wild.”
