1980s pop star Rick Astley says he’s ‘never gonna give up’ anything in 2022


By AGENCY

Because the Covid pandemic has restricted everyone’s movements, Rick Astley's New Year’s resolution is to get out and live again. Photo: Handout

The 55-year-old singer told the Daily News that he was first Rickrolled – an internet prank where the music video for his 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up pops up unexpectedly after someone clicks on an email link they think is for something else – when a friend from Los Angeles sent him an email that included the snippet around the time the trend began 15 years ago.

“I didn’t know what a Rickroll was so I thought he was being what he thought was funny, and I sent him a very short email back asking ‘What are you doing?’” Astley recalled.

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