Kids Can’t Stop Yelling Out These Two Numbers. Here’s The Story Behind Why

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/6901209a1800005a50fe47d7.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="The absurdity of 6-7 is the point. " data-caption="The absurdity of 6-7 is the point. " data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Illustration: HuffPost; Photos: Getty" />The absurdity of 6-7 is the point. </div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400">“Six-seven!” </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">If you’ve been anywhere near kids lately, you’ve probably heard it: shouted across classrooms, echoed down sidewalks or gleefully screamed by toddlers who picked it up from older siblings. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">For adults trying to decode it, “6-7” might sound like pure nonsense, and that’s exactly the point. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">The phrase has swept from TikTok to playgrounds to dinner tables, becoming a bizarre but oddly unifying inside joke for Gen Alpha (and driving </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/19/nx-s1-5578929/why-the-numbers-6-7-are-driving-math-teachers-up-the-wall"><span style="font-weight:400">math teachers</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> everywhere to the brink of insanity).</span></p></div><div class="content-list-component text"><h2><strong>Where it started</strong></h2><p><span style="font-weight:400">The “6-7” craze traces back to rapper Skrilla’s drill-rap track <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07xpV4ix2K8">“</a></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07xpV4ix2K8"><span style="font-weight:400">Doot Doot (6 7)</span