NEED TO KNOW. Rick Astley's 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" reached one billion streams on Spotify. The song gained newfound popularity in the 2000s thanks to the rickrolling bait-and-switch meme ...

Tons of musicians are jumping on the Chappell Roan bandwagon, including unlikely contemporaries like Rick Astley. The singer, best known for his viral hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” that became ...

Cotter swapped it out for a link to Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” on YouTube, and the meme caught fire. Views grew exponentially. The joke kept on going.

Internet trolling with Rickrolling Internet meme the Rick Astley way is a part of ... My usual response to my niece/nephew pulling this on me is to yell at them like Skeletor from He-Man ... existence ...

No, Mr. Astley, this isn't a fake-out. You're streaming royalty now. "I never could have imagined back in 1987 that 'Never Gonna Give You Up' would still be going strong decades later," Astley, 59 ...

Musicians don't often become memes, ... Rick Astley might just be considered the godfather of the musical meme, ... with songs like her 2006 hit “Headlock” getting more love in the modern ...

Rick Astley filed a lawsuit against Yung Gravy and his hit " Betty ... Pulling heavily from a song that boomed in recent years thanks to “Rickroll” internet memes, ... You May Also Like ...