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.

If there’s one musical theater moment that lives rent-free in all our heads, it’s Elphaba belting out Defying Gravity in Wicked.

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

If you are still desperate to make sense of the notion of “holding space for the lyrics to ‘Defying Gravity,’” the patron saint of queer media herself has since clarified what she meant in this specific context.

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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.

"I've seen, this week, people are taking the lyrics of 'Defying Gravity' and really holding space with that, and feeling power in that," Gilchrist says in a clip edited for Instagram. The familiar instrumentals play in the background as Erivo appears to have an emotional reaction.

"I've seen this week, people are taking the lyrics of ‘Defying Gravity' and really holding space with that, and feeling power in that," Gilchrist says to Erivo in a clip of the exchange. The sentiment touched Erivo,

At one point, star Cynthia Erivo clasped her hand to her chest, visibly emotionally bowled-over by her interviewer's inscrutable assemblage of nouns and verbs.