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 ...

Over the decades, there have been many Internet videos and memes that have caught fire among a wide variety of people. Rick Astley's video for 'Never Gonna Give You Up' has stood the test of time ...

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 ...