If you are an avid netizens and especially too fond of watching videos on the YouTube, then there is a fair chance you could be the next one to be rickrolled into watching the awkward and hilarious video of the 1980s pop singer, Rick Astley! Rickrolling is a prank and Internet meme involving the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ and this year again, like the previous one, the internet community is being duped into watching the video of this old dance-pop number.

 

This Internet meme ‘Rick Roll’ has proved to be classic bait for netizens. A person is provided a link relevant to the topic at hand, but the link actually takes the user to the Astley video. The URL is normally masked or obfuscated in some way so that the user is just not able to determine the true source of the link without clicking (and thus satisfying their curiosity).

 

It is but natural to wonder if this is the handiwork of a die-hard fan of Rick Astley’s. If you have been tricked, do not feel alone as previous year some 25 million unsuspecting internet users were fooled into watching this one old video from 1980s. With the popularity of the YouTube soaring, the figures could be much higher this time. Infact even the Fox news reported recently that Rick Rolling has again shot to fame, bringing this British pop singer back on the charts of internet searches and tricks.

 

The song ‘Never gonna give you up’ by Rick Astley has made people write articles which give up an indepth analysis of things that Rick is not gonna do! Take this for example. A superb April fool material, the article presents a comprehensive analysis of what Rick’s ‘never gonna do’ and what it takes to be his girl. There have also been tees designed for showing affiliation. That’s how people love to Rick Roll.