6-7 Fever: How a Chicago street meme jumped to Thai TikTok feeds—and what families should know
A curious new meme has roared across global social feeds, and Thai teens are riding the wave. The “6-7” trend began with a December 2024 rap track and exploded onto TikTok and Instagram in early 2025, with millions of short videos echoing the same four syllables. What started as a cryptic line tied to a Chicago street has become a lighthearted, ubiquitous catchphrase that adolescents use in a variety of playful, sometimes nonsensical contexts. A leading commentator on trends in youth culture notes that the phrase now means whatever the user wants it to mean, underscoring a fundamental truth of memes: meaning evolves as it spreads. In short, 6-7 shows how a single line can transform into a social phenomenon simply through automated re-creations, remixes, and the attention of highly connected online communities.