The video for Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up" became a quintessential internet meme known as "Rick-Rolling." The origins of the 'Rick Roll': Rick Astley on his role as an internet meme In ...

Last week, we explored the origin of the “Rick Roll,” a meme that evolved from Rick Astley’s 1987 hit song, “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Since the music video resurfaced as the meme in 2007, the ...

Anyone who's ever surfed the web has probably been victim to the global Rickrolling prank, where you click a link only to be taken to the 1980s hit "Never Gonna Give You Up." It was Rick Astley's ...

Many internet memes burn bright and fizzle fast these days, but the Rick Roll continues to persist 15 years after its origin. The bait-and-switch meme has been retooled, remade, and reuploaded to take ...

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 ...

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been a beloved holiday tradition for nearly a century, but surely the most awesome meta-moment in its history happened back in 2008, when the parade got ...

If you only know English '80s pop star Rick Astley as the man behind the song in the RickRolling meme, his newly released cover of the Foo Fighters' "Everlong" will prove to you that he's so much more ...

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 a ...