A viral clip from the ‘Wicked’ press tour featuring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande sparked many memes — here’s how it started and how it evolved.

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Let’s set the scene! A reporter from Out.com told Erivo this: “I’ve seen this week, people are taking the lyrics of Defying Gravity and really holding space with that, and feeling power in that.” Erivo got very emotional, saying she didn’t know that had happened and that it was extremely powerful. Grande then held her … finger.

A clip from Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s sit-down with an Out magazine reporter has been shared tens of millions of times online because of the confusion over the reporter’s claim that fans “are holding space” with the lyrics of “Defying Gravity,” which prompted an emotional response from Erivo, 37.

Wicked has been in theaters for a full week, and the musical-based movie has been almost as popular as Ariana Grande’s Glinda. It raked in $114 million domestically over opening weekend, making Jon M. Chu’s flick the most successful Broadway adaptation.

A reporter went viral last week after telling Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande that fans have been “holding space” for the lyrics of “Defying Gravity.”

Fans are “holding space” for the Wicked song Defying Gravity online as part of a new viral meme that has taken over the internet.

The holding space meme from Wicked goes viral as fans humorously connect with the empowering Defying Gravity song.

As if “Wicked” hasn’t already taken over the internet enough, a moment from one of the stars’ press interviews has turned into the latest meme. Here’s an explainer.

The internet has been inundated with a press tour moment from the film "Wicked" that's been memed around the world: Actress Cynthia Erivo, overcome with emotion, shares she's stunned to hear people have been taking lyrics from the "Wicked" song "Defying Gravity" and "really holding space with that.