"He is actually doing devil worship": Russell Brand reacts to viral clip connecting '67' with Skrilla & alleged "demonic worship"

Russell Brand weighed in on the internet’s latest debate on Thursday, November 27, 2025, responding to a viral clip that links the popular phrase “6-7” with allegations of demonic symbolism and practices attributed to rapper Skrilla. In a video posted to X (formerly Twitter), Brand replayed and reacted to commentary claiming the phrase is a “demonic chant” drawn from Skrilla’s 2024 track Doot Doot. The reaction arrives as “67” continues its dominance across youth culture, recently named Dictionary.com’s 2025 Word of the Year after saturating TikTok, classrooms, and meme culture, according to a report by Forbes. While the slang itself has no defined meaning, Skrilla has publicly said the numbers are meaningless. Online speculation has produced a parallel narrative, prompting Brand to address the claims and highlight how cultural trends can rapidly become vessels for sensationalism.Russell Brand Reacts to Viral Claims About “6-7” and Skrilla In his post on X (formerly Twitter), Russell Brand shared and commented on a viral clip asserting that “6-7 is demonic.” The video he reacted to frames the phrase as a “chant” that children repeat without understanding its supposed occult origins. The speaker in the clip goes further, alleging that Skrilla, the rapper reportedly behind the viral lyric, practices “demonic worship,” describing him as a “Santero” involved in “Palo Mayumbe.” While reacting, Russell Brand makes light of the claims, repeating terms like “Palo Mayumbe,” “Baphomet,” and “The Necromancer,” joking that if he were younger, he’d be “writing all this down.”The clip also asserts that the “6-7” chant summons "spirits” connected to Skrilla’s alleged spiritual practices. It includes unverified claims that the artist sacrifices goats, chickens, mice, and “ghosts” as part of ritual activities. Russell Brand’s reaction comes off as sardonic as he jokes about “poor mice” and questions the logic of the assertions, but he also highlights the speed at which moral panic can attach itself to youth trends, especially those rooted in viral audio.At the time of press, Skrilla has not responded to Russell Brand's comments.The controversy around the phrase “6-7” comes despite clear documentation that the expression has no inherent meaning. As reported by Forbes on October 29, 2025, Dictionary.com named “67” its Word of the Year after the term went viral on TikTok, largely detached from any specific definition. ryan 🤿 @scubaryan_LINKDictionary(.)com names Skrilla’s “6 7” meme the 2025 Word of the Year 😭🔥Steve Johnson, the platform's director of lexicography, said the appeal of “67” lies in its function as “part inside joke, part social signal and part performance,” noting that “few other slang terms have captured the mood of 2025 quite like it.”The meme’s origins trace back to Skrilla’s 2024 song Doot Doot, which includes the line: “6-7, I just bipped right on the highway.” Skrilla himself told The Wall Street Journal he attached no meaning to the phrase and preferred to leave it open-ended, arguing that the absence of definition “is why everybody keeps saying it.” Its rise was reportedly accelerated through TikTok edits, including those featuring NBA player LaMelo Ball, who is reportedly six feet seven inches tall, and through classroom chaos, where teachers documented students chanting the number, parodying it, or using it in call-and-response routines.The meme’s reach has prompted confusion among adults and amusement among younger users. Forbes reported more than 2 million TikTok posts using #67 and highlighted how some teachers banned the number altogether, while others incorporated it into lesson management strategies.