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He infamously quit the music industry at the height of his stardom after becoming burnt out trying to shed his boy next door pop persona. But almost 20 years later, Rick Astley has made a comeback on TikTok - and is already seeing success with the younger generation. Speaking on Channel Nine's Today on Friday, the 55-year-old said it was 'kind of nuts' to think that his iconic track, Never Gonna Give You Up, was still a big hit.

Is there anything left sacred anymore? Is there anything you bastards won't RickRoll? The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is a tradition, dammit. Can we please wake up early on a holiday and enjoy a parade without being eyeraped by an Internet meme? Watch the video here as the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends float is suddenly interrupted by a familiar tune...

Before the crying, lump of peroxide that begged "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!" and the Day-Glo, gay Valhalla of Planet Unicorn, "Rick rolling" was the internet viral that kept on giving. Before you could say "Bye bye LOLCATS" people were altered to faked news stories (from "Nasa To Burn Sponsor Logos Into The Surface Of Mars" to "See Paris Making Out With Busta Rhymes!") whose links would be the promo video of Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up...

April 8, 2008 -- Despite being the victim of an on-line prank, the Mets are gonna give Rick Astley a chance. Thanks to a pair of humor sites, the cheesy 1980s pop singer and his hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" received more than 5 million write-in votes to be the Mets' permanent sing-along song in the eighth inning. The Mets are playing the top six vote-getters' songs in order during the eighth inning of their first six home games, starting with Astley's song today in the final Shea Stadium opener. The winner will then be decided by which song...

Rick Astley's never going to give you up and your friends are never going to leave you alone. Thanks to Internet pranksters, people can punch a phone number into a website or post links online that expose unsuspecting victims to blarring verses of Astley's 1980s number one hit, "Never Gonna Give You Up." Students have taken to the phenomenon, dubbed "rickrolling," and use it to harass friends online and over the phone. It began with Internet forum users posting seemingly relevant links, usually in the middle of a message board discussion, leading unsuspecting readers to a video of Astley professing...