What is the viral meme trend ‘6-7’, explained
Dictionary.com announced “6-7” as its Word of the Year. The internet slang trend has exploded among Gen Alpha but has frustrated parents and teachers.
Is “chicken banana” the new “67“?
A viral music video was released in February 2025, and it’s spawned a trend of dance videos and AI slop that’s morphed into a brainrot meme.
Now, teens, tweens and kids are using it as slang.
Where did it come from? Why are kids saying it? Here’s what we know about “chicken banana.”
What is “chicken banana”?
Crazy Music Channel released “CHICKEN BANANA” in February 2025. As of Feb. 11, 2026, the YouTube video has 171 million views. There are another 46 million streams on Spotify. Those totals don’t account for all the fan videos shared across social media.The majority of the song is the same verse repeated several times.
“chicken bananachicken bananachicken bananabananabananabanana”
“It just came up in one of our talks,” Michel Petré, CEO of the label MTM Music AB, told Vox “You know, let’s just put the chicken and banana together.”
He said the goal was to make something funny that people could laugh at.
Shortly after its launch, young kids and families made videos doing a viral dance to the song. But the love of “chicken banana” isn’t limited to Gen Alpha. Adults of all ages, including senior citizens, have danced to the earworm.
The trend was most popular last spring, but people are still posting new videos.
It was also added as a Jam Track in Fortnite. And now it’s becoming part of the vocabulary.
What does “chicken banana” mean?
So far, like “67,” there’s no one meaning for the phrase.
It’s a fill-in response that can be stand-in answer for any question, any time, regardless of whether or not it makes sense in context.
“Teens we know just use it to be funny or silly, and hey, there’s nothing wrong with that!” SheKnows wrote in its recent guide to teen and tween slang for parents.
What is “67”?
Google added it as an Easter egg in the search engine. The new slang term spiked with Generation Alpha and Gen Z last year.
Dictionary.com named “6-7” its 2025 Word of the Year. It can also appear as “67 or “six-seven,” but it’s never pronounced sixty-seven. The phrase, accompanied by a hand gesture, is a cultural phenomenon.
What’s the ’67’ hand gesture?
Palms are face-up, and the person raises one while lowering the other. The up-down motion looks like weighing two objects.
What does ’67’ mean?
According to Dictionary.com, some think it means “so-so” or “maybe this, maybe that.”
But really it’s whatever the person saying it feels in the moment.
Bonnie Bolden is the Deep South Connect reporter for Mississippi with USA TODAY Network. Email her at [email protected].
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