Nobody knew 'Never Gonna Give You Up' was going to be a hit. Besides Rick Astley.
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Nobody knew 'Never Gonna Give You Up' was going to be a hit. Besides Rick Astley.
Nearly everyone has been RickRoll’d. But few know the real story of the artist behind the 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” nor do they know about the mysterious origins of the viral RickRoll video meme that exploded in the mid-2000s. VICE meets Rick Astley and the creators of the song to learn about Rick’s meteoric rise to fame ...
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