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 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 ...

The singer previously opened up to PEOPLE about why the viral trend of his "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video is a "positive thing" Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE.

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 ...

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 head" ...

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 ...

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 ...