The Pope Did the 6-7 Meme Twice — and This Weekend the Calendar Finally Caught Up 🙌

The internet has a tradition of waiting for a date that matches a meme. This weekend, June 6-7, it finally happened — and the whole machine woke up.

It started with a Philadelphia rapper named Skrilla, who dropped a track called Doot Doot (6-7) in December 2024. The song went: "The way that switch, I know he dyin'. 6-7. I just bipped right on the highway." Nobody — including Skrilla — ever fully explained what "6-7" meant. That turned out to be the secret weapon.

The same week it dropped, a TikTok edit of Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball went viral: someone noticed his height is exactly 6 feet, 7 inches, dubbed the lyric over footage, and the clip hit 10 million views. The phrase and a specific hand gesture — both palms up, arms moving up and down like you're weighing two invisible objects — started spreading into classrooms, basketball courts, and comment sections.

Then came the 67 Kid. In March 2025, a video from an Amateur Athletic Union game circulated — a little blonde boy, Maverick Trevillian, locked eyes with the camera and absolutely screamed "6-7" while doing the gesture. Middle schoolers could not stop. Schools sent home notes. Russian schools literally posted ban notices on walls.

Dictionary.com named "6-7" its Word of the Year 2025.

In May 2026, a group of kids visiting the Vatican coaxed Pope Leo XIV into doing the gesture on camera. The 70-year-old pontiff had no idea what they were asking. He did it anyway. The crowd erupted. A week later, he did it again, smiling and waving from the popemobile.

The AP literally described it as "a meaningless brain rot joke among young people." He did it twice. The internet has not recovered.

Today, June 7, 2026, is the second day of the first true 6/7 weekend — Saturday was June 6, Sunday is June 7. The calendar matched the meme, and brands did not waste it. Sky Zone in Missouri started offering $6 for 90 minutes, $7 for 120 minutes on Sunday. Creators across TikTok and Instagram posted their takes, teaching grandparents, dogs, and bosses the gesture.

The slang may be "past peak" by middle-school standards — some teachers report total silence when the number comes up in sentences. That's exactly how you know it's crossed over: the thing Gen Alpha birthed is now ours, whether we want it or not.

Six. Seven.