"I only view it as a positive thing," says Astley of the Internet meme spawned by his 1987 music video Rick Astley has had one of the most bizarre second acts in music history. The pompadoured ...

Rick Astley, the man behind the hits "Together Forever", and "Never Gonna Give You Up," posted an acoustic cover of "Pink ...

but the link contained a YouTube video of English singer Rick Astley's music video 1987 hit song 'Never Gonna Give You Up.' ...

That could have been the end of the story, but the internet had other plans for Astley. In 2007, he became the subject of the viral internet meme known as Rickrolling — an online bait-and-switch ...