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.

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.

First derived by writer Heather Platt in a 2015 blog post, 'holding space' describes the ability to 'walk alongside another person in whatever journey they're on, without judging them, making them feel inadequate, trying to fix them, or trying to impact the outcome'.