Nearly everyone has been RickRoll’d. But few know the real story of the artist behind the 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rick Astley seems a little bemused by the staying power of the Rickroll meme. (Photo: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) Rick Astley has ...

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 ...

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 ...

When it comes to memes from the early aughts, some people are just never going to give them up. For Gen Zers who were too young to be trolling online in the 2000s, . Rickrolling was a very, very ...

Earlier this week, Dave Grohl capitalized on a classic Foo Fighters meme when the musician joined Jimmy Fallon as a guest co-host on The Tonight Show. There, the pair performed live what till then ...

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 ...