American Idol fans are likely pleased to know that Carrie Underwood will again sit alongside Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie when the singing competition's 24th season kicks off on the 2026 TV schedule . Not only is she returning as a judge for a second season of the singing competition she won two decades ago , she's also trying to impact pop culture.
The country music star pitched an idea for ending the viral “6-7” trend, and she might be onto something.
In-person auditions have begun for American Idol Season 24, as evidenced by an amusing video of Carrie Underwood talking to a potential contestant named Uzziah. The phrase “6-7” gets brought up — as it does oh so often these days — and she shared a pretty brilliant idea for making it all stop:
In the video — posted, appropriately, 67 days before American Idol returns on January 26 — the hopeful contestant mentions hearing kids say, “6-7” all day.
Carrie Underwood responds by doing the corresponding hand movement before enlisting Uzziah's help in ending the trend.
She said:
Admittedly, this is probably not true in Carrie Underwood's case, but the quickness with which I can empty a room is impressive, and my girls will be scurrying in double-time if the tune I'm singing has the numbers “6-7” in it.
Even without the singing part of it, when adults start using popular slang terms, it's time to retire them (the slang, not the adults).
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