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 ...
A remaster of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" went viral. The video, uploaded to the YouTube channel Revideo, is in 4K at 60-frames-per-second. "Rickrolling" is a legendary meme format, and ...
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.
In this excerpt of an "Endless Thread" podcast, hosts Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson talk with singer Rick Astley, whose video for the song "Never Gonna Give You Up" has become the internet ...
If ever there were a motley crew of rejected Justice League superheroes, you need look no further than the cast of the upcoming The Chronicles of Rick Roll-a cinematic experience that looks so ...
"I only view it as a positive thing," says Astley of the Internet meme spawned by his 1987 music video Rick Astley has had one of the most bizarre second acts in music history. The pompadoured ...
The Foo Fighters, who were headlining Tokyo’s Summer Sonic festival, brought a meme to life on Sunday when they invited 80’s pop icon Rick Astley onstage to sing a grunge version of his “Never Gonna ...
Move over, Chronicles of Narnia, there’s a new dreamworld of magic in town. That’s right. Andrew Fischer, CEO of Colorado-based marketing company NURV, has recruited a stellar cast of Meme-lebrities, ...
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 ...