Ariana Grande, who frequently engages with trending moments, made it clear she’s baffled by the wildly popular “6‑7” meme — and she doesn’t want to learn more about it.

During Variety’s Actors on Actors series, Grande appeared briefly taken aback when Adam Sandler offhandedly mentioned having to film “six or seven” scenes in succession. After a social clip of that reaction circulated online, the singer replied on Instagram on December 6, 2025: “i don’t know what this means !”

She added context in the comments, explaining she was responding to Sandler’s remark about consecutive emotionally intense scenes: “i was reacting to him saying the amount of emotional scenes back to back!” Grande wrote, later joking, “i’m scared what is 67.” In a follow‑up reply she softened the exchange with, “actually i don’t want to know please i love you all enjoy.”

If you’ve somehow avoided the meme so far, here’s the short version: “6‑7” is largely a playful, generational in‑joke. The trend took off as young creators coax people into saying “six‑seven” on camera and then capitalizing on the moment for laughs.

The phrase originally appears in Skrilla’s track “Doot Doot” (featuring G Herbo), and it later became attached to NBA edit videos and a characteristic hand gesture. In practice, the joke is mostly about repeating the numbers for their own sake rather than conveying any specific meaning.

The craze grew so pervasive that Dictionary.com named “6‑7” its word of the year for 2025, and the associated song ranked among YouTube Shorts’ most popular tracks for the year. The phenomenon even drew satire on television, with South Park lampooning the trend in an October episode.

Watch Grande’s full conversation with Adam Sandler below.

Sources: Variety (Actors on Actors), Dictionary.com (Word of the Year 2025), YouTube (year‑end Shorts list), and public social posts by Ariana Grande.

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