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.

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) (Dave J ...

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 ...

Musician Rick Astley is trending on Twitter once again, after a mastered 4K version of his smash-hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" went viral on social media recently. The 55-year old English ...

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 ...

‘I am able to walk down the street, thank heavens’ Rick said (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) Rick Astley admitted it’s ‘really weird’ to see his hit 80s track Never Gonna’ Give You Up still ...

No song holds as much endless meme-value as Rick Astley‘s 1987 smash ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’. The track, and of course, its distinctly 80s video, found a new life in the mid-00s in the form of ...

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" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Internet can't seem to give up this iconic meme. But one clever commenter turned the harmless post into a chance to prank the ...