I went to Home Depot and found a problem.
They had an animatronic skeleton that appeared to be doing the six-seven hand motion. You know the one: palms up, hands alternating, usually accompanied by a child yelling two numbers with absolutely no intention of explaining them.
The skeleton had the moves.
Then its music started.
Thirty-four seconds of Halloween music. Zero mention of six-seven.
My kids and I felt someone needed to address this.
Unfortunately, that someone was me.
A perfectly reasonable home improvement project
The initial idea was small: make a new 34-second song to go with the skeleton’s existing dance.
Something catchy. Something Halloween-ish. Something that acknowledged what his hands were clearly trying to tell us.
The early lyrics leaned into the practical difficulties of being a dancing skeleton:
“Six! Seven! Wiggle those knees!
Mine just fell off—can you grab them, please?”
There was also a mother asking the question on behalf of an entire generation:
“Six-Seven? What does that even mean?”
Which eventually became the question behind the whole song.
What if the skeleton was confused, too?
A skeleton wakes up after being dead all year. Suddenly, every kid is saying “six-seven” and making the same hand motion.
He would understandably have questions.
Did he miss something? Is it a secret code? Did someone summon him? Why does everyone seem to know when to say it, but nobody can explain why?
That gave the song a story: a skeleton trying to catch up with the living, only to discover that the living aren’t especially helpful.
I used AI tools as part of the process, working on the lyrics and shaping the idea into a full song. The goal was something kids would want to sing, with enough jokes for the parents who might end up hearing it ten times in the car.
The 34-second replacement had now become an approximately three-and-a-half-minute Halloween song.
This is how a manageable project gets out of hand.
Then I had to make the skeleton sing it
Having the song was one thing. Getting it to come out of an actual dancing skeleton required some additional effort.
I added a motion-activated sound module so the skeleton could perform the final chorus of the new song.
Now, when someone triggers him, the soundtrack finally matches the hands.
I filmed the process, including the transformation from an ordinary Halloween decoration into a skeleton with a very specific musical career.
Watch the skeleton upgrade: I Made Home Depot’s Skeleton Sing “6 7”
Home Depot… you’re welcome. My DMs are open.
Meet “6! 7! (What Does It Mean?)”
The full song is out now, along with a hand-drawn lyric video.
It started with noticing something funny in a store and wondering how far I could take it. Apparently, the answer was a hardware modification, a complete song, and a dancing skeleton who now has release-day responsibilities.
I’m sharing the whole project through mōcean, and I’d love for you to hear it.
Listen to “6! 7! (What Does It Mean?)”: Listen on your favorite platform →
Watch the lyric video: 6! 7! (What Does It Mean?) — Official Lyric Video
If you figure out what six-seven means, please tell the skeleton.
He’s been very patient.
