Timothee Chalamet and Elle Fanning channel Wicked’s “Holding Space” meme

this evil The press conference is over, but Cynthia Erivo and ariana grandeThe “grip space” finger grip will never die—just ask Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning.

The two have performed together Completely unknownrecently interviewed advocatespecial Tracy Gilchristalso known as the journalist who inspired the “hold space” meme in the lyrics to “Defying Gravity.”

Gilchrist jokingly introduced himself to Chalamet and Fanning, “First of all, I just want you to know that I’m holding space for you.”

Fanning, 26, replied: “Thank you, I’m starstruck!” Chalamet, 29, agreed with his co-star’s assessment, adding: “Yeah, I’m starstruck.”

The two then perfectly executed their version of the now-infamous one-finger hold Grande, 31, gave Erivo, 37, last month.

“It’s an honor to talk to you. I’m feeling a little starstruck,” Chalamet continued. “I was like, ‘Oh my God — well, this better be good.'”

Fanning admitted that no matter what she and Chalamet did, they couldn’t top Erivo and Grande’s viral moments.

“There’s nothing we can do to change what happened, you know what I mean?” Fanning said. “We can try.”

The “hold space” meme originated in November, when Gilchrist interviewed Erivo and Grande in a seemingly endless series of interviews. evil Press tour. The journalist memorably noted that she was “a member of queer media,” telling the pair that she saw people “holding space” online for “gravity-defying” lyrics.

Erivo responded that she didn’t witness this happening but seemed emotional because she said that’s what she wanted fans to take away from her performance as Elphaba. Grande, meanwhile, turned to her to offer support, but instead of taking Costa’s hand, she held onto just one finger.

Grande later admitted that she didn’t understand what was going on when the “hold space” discussion took place.

“So I don’t know what any part of it means,” the pop star told type earlier this month. “I didn’t understand the first sentence. Then I definitely didn’t understand what happened and how it happened [Cynthia] responded. I was like, “Oh, what did she say, what did you hear?” I just wanted to be there because I knew something big was going on. I don’t know how to get there.

Grande went on to say that she grabbed Erivo’s fingers because she thought her partner “might need something,” but admitted she didn’t know why she started tapping them.

However, just like everyone else online, Grande loves the memes.

“I feel so relieved that the whole world is going through the same thing as me, because I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m not broken,'” she quipped. “The best thing is to really leave space.”