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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You can’t force internet greatness. The stars have to line up, the joke has to be funny and online users have to be ready to understand your genius. Air Force Master Sgt. Shawn Cotter invented the ...

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 ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - In a voter’s pamphlet released for the upcoming election, a cheeky writer snuck in the iconic words of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Measure 119 is on the ballot for ...

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 ...