A Rickroll, sometimes known as a Rickrolling, is an internet joke about the unanticipated emergence of the 1987 Rick Astley song “Never Gonna Give You Up” music video.
On YouTube, the aforementioned video has received over 1 billion views. The meme is a form of bait and switch that often uses a hidden link that takes users to the music video.
How much money did Rick Astley make from Rickroll?
The Register claims that as of 2010, Astley had only personally collected $12 in performance fees from YouTube.
Astley did not write the song, despite the fact that it had been played 39 million times by that point, and merely obtained a performer’s share of the sound recording copyright.