Last week, we explored the origin of the “Rick Roll,” a meme that evolved from Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Since the music video resurfaced in 2007, the internet has also ...

People on TikTok are using Iyaz's 2009 single "Replay" in intricate bait-and-switch memes reminiscent of Rick Rolling. While some use the song's iconic opening hook "Shawty's like a melody in my ...

Rick Astley has described the viral infamy he has achieved due to the "Rickroll" meme as akin to living "a double life". The meme, which dates back to around 2007, involves pretending to direct ...

Rick Astley was recounting his experience as a young pop star on a recent afternoon at a West Hollywood hotel when just such a specimen happened to pass by. Best known for his 1987 smash “Never ...

Rick Astley in 1982 and in 2025 Rick Astley may be cemented in music history for the viral “Rickrolling” prank, but he’s never actually pulled it himself.

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 ...