Calling all Group 7 baddies. The viral TikTok trend is dividing the internet. But what does it mean to be part of Group 7? Musician Sophia James tested TikTok’s algorithm with a series of videos to promote her song “So Unfair” to see which got the most traction (with each labeled Group 1, Group 2, and so on). Due to algorithmic hijinks, the Group 7 video took off. And because the internet loves an inside joke, everyone has decided they’re part of this exclusive club of inordinately cool people.
But who’s deemed to be the right type of cool for Group 7? Is it ordained by the TikTok gods, or is there open enrollment? While being part of Group 7 can kind of mean … whatever you want, here are the characters in Netflix shows that are definitely ready to join the party.
Morgan (Justine Lupe) and Sasha (Timothy Simons) may be the “loser siblings” of their families, but name two people with more Group 7 energy — we dare you. While Joanne (Kristen Bell) and Noah (Adam Brody) are becoming a “we” in Nobody Wants This Season 2, their siblings are navigating their unexpected friendship and figuring out what they want for themselves. They may not have it all together in real life, but Morgan and Sasha are part of the “in” crowd online, right? Right. (Sasha did set up a fake date via Snapchat in Season 1, so we feel confident about his abilities to maneuver this trend.)
Is Group 7 just another name for Pogues? Outer Banks star Madelyn Cline, who plays Sarah Cameron, went viral for greeting her fellow “Group 7 baddies” on TikTok, so you know the Pogues are in the know. When Sarah, John B. (Chase Stokes), Kie (Madison Bailey), JJ (Rudy Pankow), and Pope (Jonathan Daviss) aren’t hunting down lost treasure or attending a bonfire on the beach, you just know they’re leading the Group 7 pack. P4L.
Our girl Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) isn’t necessarily part of the cool crowd at Sherman Oaks High, but she’d definitely be a part of Group 7. It feels like she’d be one of the first on TikTok to make an aesthetic “Group 7 vibes” post about her and her friends Eleanor (Ramona Young) and Fabiola (Lee Rodriguez) while claiming her academic rival, Ben Gross (Jaren Lewison), could never match their energy. Now she just has to translate this Group 7 attitude into graduating from high school and maybe impressing her crush, Paxton Hall-Yoshida (Darren Barnet).
Sure, he’s got a mysterious past, but Akram Salim (Alexej Manvelov) has a Group 7 state of mind: Effortlessly cool because he’s not trying to be cool, you know? Akram is a former Syrian police officer forced to flee to Europe who now works for Department Q, the cold case unit in Edinburgh, Scotland, led by DCI Carl Morck (Matthew Goode). We can’t say with any confidence that Akram has a TikTok — and it feels like Morck would have a few choice words for any viral internet trend — but every crime series needs a bright spot, and Akram is (one of) Dept. Q’s.
Clare Devlin (Nicola Coughlan) is proof that being part of Group 7 doesn’t necessarily mean you’re classically “cool.” That’s certainly the case for Clare and her fellow Derry Girls Erin Quinn (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), Orla McCool (Louisa Harland), and Michelle Mallon (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell), as well as Michelle’s cousin James Maguire (Dylan Llewellyn), who are all navigating the end of Ireland’s Troubles while attending a strict Catholic high school with hilarious results. (OK, maybe James isn’t Group 7. But where are we at with honorary membership?)
