Will all due respect, Mr. Astley, the rickroll only works because of that voice, that hair, that effortless sway, that trench-coat and that catchy tune. And because you embraced it, laughed with us, and you were completely authentic and genuinely talented, you’re now a multi-generation icon and a legend. We literally wouldn’t get this from any other guy.

@jackiemreekie4637

5 ай бұрын

👏👏👏👏

@AndersRosendalBJJ

5 ай бұрын

He never liked the fame/credit. He walked away from singing because of that. Makes him uncomfortable, but it's the truth. 100% agree with you

@jimi-w

5 ай бұрын

I’m glad you told us how you were feeling!

@videokickstarter9677

4 ай бұрын

He needed to make us understand.

@adamthorntonillustration9281

3 ай бұрын

Oh, now, you certainly win an internet comment award! 🥇 That was poetically beautiful.

By far, the biggest single rickroll was by KZread years ago, when they changed every video on the home page to redirect to Never Gonna Give You Up. It was an April Fool's prank, too.

@Ngamotu83

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoldeneyeDoesStuff 2008

@mingus3124

3 жыл бұрын

Omg! I remember this! Nobody talks about it!

@karyth09

3 жыл бұрын

They did what???

@xgas.hurried9894

3 жыл бұрын

@@karyth09 yessir

@goldenpony3460

3 жыл бұрын

Lol fantastic

Rick Rolling will never get old. It's funny but He's right; it has nothing to do with him. what an amazingly nice guy Rick Astley is.

@jody024

5 жыл бұрын

I legit want him to do a studio version of the version he did with the Foo Fighters.

@jammer3618

5 жыл бұрын

He is a terrific guy. I was a minion at his label for a while and he was never a jerk.

@TheTruthKiwi

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he'd be on the show if it wasn't for Rik Rolling. Somehow I doubt it. I'm glad he's taken it well, he's probably just pissed he can't get any royalties from it being played around the world millions of times

@imbetterthanyouis

5 жыл бұрын

rick rolling ,dad jokes and anti vaccer kids ,,,,,,,,,they never get old

@uneazypolarb7691

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr I recently got Rick rolled by a science museum.

3:06 "It is just a song somebody chose..." No it is not just a song, it is a catchy song which once stuck in your head you will keep repeating the whole day. Nothing to be ashamed off.

@supers54

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm not clicking on that!

@mythomagic1771

5 ай бұрын

Something to be proud of, one might say

Just to set the record straight: He may be most well-known for Never Gonna Give You Up, but in the UK alone he has had eight Top 10 Singles and five Top 10 Albums. When he took a hiatus from the music industry in 1993, he had sold approximately 40 million albums worldwide. He returned to music in 2001 and has released albums certified Platinum and Gold in the UK.

@seradun7470

5 жыл бұрын

Rick rolling aside, my son loves the song and it's so weirdly lovely hearing him sing it every now and again lol

@gigglesmansonn

5 жыл бұрын

maouAOUT amazing 😂❤️

@TonyLeadholm

4 жыл бұрын

If memory serves me well, he's actually had 5 Top 10 hits here in the States. NGGYU, TF, SWTDWM, IWTASM & CFH - he deserves a lot more respect here in the US (and i find it sorta odd that people still think of him (to an extent) as a one hit wonder.

@maouAOUT

4 жыл бұрын

Tony Leadholm According to Official Charts: NGGYU (1) - WYNS (3) - WIFIL (2) - TF (2) - SWTDWM (6) - TMTYH (8) - HMIYA (10) - CFH (7)

@TonyLeadholm

4 жыл бұрын

@@maouAOUT Yup. Fantastic career in the UK...but I think here in the US people forget he had a successful career (chart wise) here too. We Yankees should respect his legacy a bit more...I think anyway. Cheers!

He's aged very well indeed.

@arpitakodagu9854

5 жыл бұрын

Yep - uber handsome!

@adamforbes310

4 жыл бұрын

I agree :)

@diana-cy4kj

3 жыл бұрын

user deceased I’ts OK😜!

@diana-cy4kj

3 жыл бұрын

user deceased Oh...Well, keep watching him if it makes you feel better. Why not? I hope you find your own Rick one day!

@CaptainAMAZINGGG

3 жыл бұрын

@user deceased nah some older dudes are FOINE. I've learnt to just accept it haha

The first time I was rickrolled, I immediately thought "OMG, I *LOVE* THIS SONG!!" I listened to it over and over -- and when I discovered "Together Forever" which is just as catchy, I was set. BOTH songs are classics that will live forever.

His voice is so goddamn velvety.

@mishaj5588

5 жыл бұрын

Please tell me a story.👻

@katyterberg2830

5 жыл бұрын

I had no idea he was British. He has a speaking voice like that and a singing voice like that? DANG.

Rick Astley was famous before everyone on the show. He's now a Legend.

I’m a big fan now, not because of his early hits, but because I’ve seen him more in the last few years and he’s so confident and musically talented!!!

I actually like the song tbh

@Tawadeb

5 жыл бұрын

Gopal Phamber yeah great song. Great tune great words great video (for its time early mtv)

@gopalphamber

5 жыл бұрын

@@Tawadeb so true. Probably worst music video I've ever seen though 😋

@Tawadeb

5 жыл бұрын

Gopal Phamber I remember the 80s which is why I like his video

@Stoney-Jacksman

5 жыл бұрын

You say it like its an alternative opinion. Sorry to burst your bubble.

@jackoh187

5 жыл бұрын

Do you yeah

I've had a crush on Rick since 1987. He still looks great.

@Heyjay454

3 жыл бұрын

I wrote him a fan letter back then!!! Sigh!!!

@Basauri48970

Жыл бұрын

So have I. I was 12 when the video of "when i fall in love" came out, that's what did it for me.

@misplacedkiwi9498

11 ай бұрын

I was 7 in 1987 so I wasn’t feeling it then but as a 43 year old I’m like WOWOWEEWAH!

Rick looks good for his age.....very nice looking man

@jackoh187

5 жыл бұрын

GAYYYYYYYY

@pamelacass9642

5 жыл бұрын

@@jackoh187 you are??? How wonderful that you picked this interview to declare your sexuality on social media!

@jackoh187

5 жыл бұрын

@@pamelacass9642 thanks

@-__9767

5 жыл бұрын

Sole Survivor it’s called being a clean living human being. Just cuz he’s a celebrity doesnt mean it’s plastic surgery. You probably say this cuz ur surrounded by a bunch of ugly older people

Something about Emma's eyes / face in general gets me when she asks him about rickrolling. The close-up on her face reads like she's terrified of offending him but she's just like a deer in headlights and she HAS to know the answer to her question. Lmao. She really does seem quite sweet.

It would’ve been so funny if they had rickroll’d this video 😂😂

@thewatchedlists7148

5 жыл бұрын

Let's do it, Daniel Reader

@NeilDidIt101

5 жыл бұрын

💯👍🏻

@theodore998

4 жыл бұрын

omw right after emma says "rick rolling is basica- never gonna give you up" XD

My daughter, she's 26 years old.... Omg. It's been THAT long??!!!

Ugh they missed an opportunity to rickroll us with this video. And he has aged very nicely, quite attractive and smooth voice.

Man, Rick is just a class act. Dude just gets it

In the beginning it didnt have anything to do with him, but he has gained so much love from this I think people really appreciates him now and he gained a new cult following.

Rick's deep soulful voice made him sound the opposite of what he was (a pasty red haired boy). When everyone saw him for the first time after hearing his voice on the radio they were like "That is the guy singing that song? " That is the original Rick Roll. Since then its being convinced you're seeing or hearing one thing and then finding out its very different than what you thought is the epitome of a rick roll. That video has become synonymous with having expectations shattered (good or bad).

@rickymullen8632

Жыл бұрын

Same thing with George Ezra

@EchoesDaBear

11 ай бұрын

EXACTLY...been a fan of Rick's since day 1, and I've always said he's the perfect example of not looking how he sounds! This deep, soulful voice, but it's coming out of this puppy faced 'kid' - NAH. Sure enough - the guy is legit - and he still looks great (and sings great).

@bich-nguyetnguyen3009

10 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@EchoesDaBearI always thought the same of Glenn Medeiros, who also in the 1980s looked nothing like you’d expect after hearing his very deep and soulful voice. They were part of such a fun, memorable, and relatively wholesome time in pop music.

@jlouis4407

Ай бұрын

Plus he’s british

I saw Rick at the Manchester Arena last night and he was amazing! A great performer and a very humble man

I like this man, he seems humble and poised, equally recognizing his "legacy to the world" but also getting crap in a good humour. By the way I love the song, it is perfect!

Gosh, he looks so good. He's not aged

@annieberry4008

3 ай бұрын

He's aged really well 😊

@Blue_Lugia

Ай бұрын

Maybe he keeps dyeing his hair though, we don't know if it's actually grey.😅😅🎉.

HE KEEPS HIS VOICE, HE KEEPS HIS YOUTH, HOW HE CAN DO THAT??!!! HE IS GOOD .BOTH LADIES ARE VERY PRETTY

DAMN Rick aged well. I remember having a crush on him as a teenager. Many of the singers/actors I had crushes on back then haven't aged nearly so well.

What a nice guy Rick Astley is. I wasn't much of a fan of his style of music but his voice is golden.

Really bad joke alert (although for some reason, it made me chuckle when I heard it) ‘Rick asked to borrow some of my Pixar DVDs. I told him you can have Cars and Finding Nemo but I’m never gonna give you Up.’ Cough... I’ll get my coat!

@frummel403

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha pretty bad indeed 😂 but love it anyway

@BrookieLikesCars

5 жыл бұрын

Nice!!!!

@jneal21

5 жыл бұрын

Isnt that from an interview from Lets Rock

@fflarexx9061

5 жыл бұрын

I hate how much I love this 😂😂

@kevinriley8020

5 жыл бұрын

Dead! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I think Emma got a virus or something.... cuz that's not a typical rickroll. 🤔

@katebattista7400

5 жыл бұрын

It was pre-youtube.

@AndrewMacLaine

5 жыл бұрын

She was exaggerating because she realized her story wasn't going over as well as she had hoped. You can kind of see the moment she sensed she was losing the crowd and decided to pump it up and quickly end the bit. I found it admirable lol.

@buzzardbeatniks

5 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewMacLaine No that's really what it did, it was extremely annoying and not funny at all when it first started because you really couldn't stop it without shutting down your computer.

@shosray

5 жыл бұрын

buzzardbeatniks nah, she’s definitely talking about the site that would resize your browser window, move it around randomly, and just have single lines of lyrics pop up everytime you tried to close the window. it was hard to get out of, but you could do it after a minute or two.

@ShinyHunterkt

5 жыл бұрын

Yet no one knew about alt + ctrl + dlt to open up task manager and stop it

How does he still look so good! He’s such a great personality

Rick finally grew into his voice.

The first time I was rickrolled I clicked on a video that was supposed to be ocean waves, I forget why, and then 30 seconds it turned into Never gonna give you up. I think it's the best prank, and I love the song, so it always make me laugh :)

@caitthecat

5 жыл бұрын

I think that ocean video was made by Fine Brothers for their rickroll react.

@maryhannah8391

5 жыл бұрын

Our teacher for government posted a link for the seniors that was labeled "FINAL EXAM ANSWER KEY". It was a link to Never gonna give you up. They were livid that morning.

@plushpuppy32

5 жыл бұрын

I remember when it started with a toy duck rolling from 4chan

@Hitsugix

4 жыл бұрын

I was rickrolled by a guide video for a boss in World of Warcraft. The video started, someone started to explain and suddenly the refrain part of the music video for Never gonna give you up cut in and rickrolled me. At first it was disturbing, then it was very funny. :D

@noicecars3052

4 жыл бұрын

Sssophie mine was star wars battlefront 3 trailer

Rick looks great and that was a fabulous song,beautiful deep voice !

What a lovely man.

Melissa McCarthy is so awesome. "That should be a documentary!!"

@ryangraham2969

5 жыл бұрын

Melissa McCarthy is so fat.

@jamesallen8722

4 жыл бұрын

Lame joke

@sweetestaphrodite

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t laugh

So he was Rick Rolling a guy while he filmed the music video

@TheWPhilosopher

3 жыл бұрын

You know what...you have a point 🤣

@saadiapeerbux3246

3 жыл бұрын

The first ever Rick roller 😆

I watched this on Friday night. All I could think of was how much better Rick has got with age!!

Rick has aged like fine wine

Back when rickrolling was a thing, I encountered it on youtube. Someone would prank you and say "Thought of you when I heard this..." and of course if your friends from way back say that... That was pretty innocent, not a virus or anything other than a misdirection that had you listen to the song for a measure or two until you clicked out of it.

@susanna6462

5 жыл бұрын

thanrose it still is a thing

@buttercupcoffee5972

5 жыл бұрын

I remember on April fools one day. KZread rick rolled everyone.

Rick looks ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS STILL!! A classy guy that's still got it!! I was a huge fan of his in the 80's and went to see him with my sis at the Manchester Apollo back in the day...love him ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@jonhamm5788

2 жыл бұрын

Your words are 🙈truly charming, thank you so much for supporting all of my creative arts God bless you. Where are you watching from?

That is one of the BEST documentaries ever!! How the Rick Roll started and the history of the whole song. It’s soooo good!

He looks good. Must be clean living or great genes. Most rock stars look like crap by 50! Cheers.

@scaf5363

5 жыл бұрын

Diane M He probably didn’t constantly do any hardcore drugs

@JonathanSantos-gw6hk

5 жыл бұрын

Diane My dad looks way younger at 55 lol

@johnthwaites5976

5 жыл бұрын

He's Northern, from Lancashire, we are made of strong 💪🏻 stuff

@chinchumpan

5 жыл бұрын

I mean, when Never Gonna Give You up came out, he was in his twenties but he looked like 12, so I guess it follows that he looks younger too right now.

@maxheadroom3839

5 жыл бұрын

Diane M He looks better now than the 80s the extra age actually suits him.

"It stopped " - Nope , Never. It never did and never will.

Is it just me, or does he keep getting better looking? I'm totally not gay, but he's making me reconsider

The fact that he looks the same as he did back in the 1987 tells me he must be a vampire! Oh and I once Rickrolled an audience one night while I was performing with a band lol. We started a song I normally sing, stopped suddenly and then started playing "Never Gonna Give You Up". The audience just busted out laughing, as did I :D ...so worth it!

@hl7303

5 жыл бұрын

except hes not a ginger? ... .. swear hes a ginger in the never gonna give you up video.

@Tawadeb

5 жыл бұрын

Simply Magical ha ha

@dianako3573

5 жыл бұрын

Lol😁

@ktang001

Жыл бұрын

Vid???

@BreannaMae

Жыл бұрын

@@ktang001 Keep in mind that was about a decade ago now. I wouldn't even know where to begin to look for a video of it. I think it's just one of those moments where you had to be there. We performed in a bar on a random night back in I believe 2012 or maybe 2013.

He's still very handsome. His voice is so goddamn velvety. I always liked that song. Even when I was a kid I enjoyed it. I kept that to myself.

I watch the video every time I get rickrolled. I love it! And this is 2018. Actually... off to watch it again.

He's aged very well indeed. I've had a crush on Rick since 1987. He still looks great. Melissa McCarthy is so awesome. "That should be a documentary!!"

@bakarenibsheut12

5 жыл бұрын

Did you just concatenate three other highly liked comments in this comment section into one comment hoping it would get you likes? Well, look how that turned out.

*We're no strangers to love*

@cyberhermit1222

5 жыл бұрын

Together forever and never to part Together forever we two And don't you know I would move heaven and earth To be together forever with you

@livcaitbff

5 жыл бұрын

Hey, doctor!

@doctorthirteen5727

5 жыл бұрын

thegirlnooneknows5 Greetings

@SandyAsteri

5 жыл бұрын

You know the rules and so do I

@katyterberg2830

5 жыл бұрын

@@SandyAsteri A new commitment's what I'm thinking of

Saw Rick when he supported Take That in concert in Cardiff in June 2019. No word of a lie, we thought he was brilliant. Fantastic singer and voice. And did not realise how many great songs he had released and not just “that one”. Nice guy.

He looks great, sounds great when speaking, I still remember when he was very popular back in my hi school years.

First time I ever heard him speaking, what a nice guy, Im so glad he is having a second wind, he really can sing

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Emma Stone doesn't know a lot about computers

Rick looks fantastic. I have always loved him.

One of my favorite students ever Rick-rolled me in an essay. Funniest thing ever. I'm reading... reading... lyrics... and then he went back to his essay. It was brilliant.

@jonhamm5788

2 жыл бұрын

Your words are 🙈truly charming, thank you so much for supporting all of my creative arts God bless you. Where are you watching from?

love those 4 big stars sitting with Rick and being star-strucked with Rick

Astley has a picture in the attic.

@melissadana7829

5 жыл бұрын

Clever!

@simonbrown3130

5 жыл бұрын

Best quote here😎

I remember my first rick roll, it was on facebook or something and it was a post of someone telling their sad story. And ... ONLY at the end are you told you’ve been rick rolled and how. EVERY word that started the next line was the lyrics so afterwards you see the lyrics of the song going down the post. It was too good to be mad at.

I always liked that song. Even when I was a kid I enjoyed it. I kept that to myself.

Ricks voice so deep and awesome

Rick is so timeless!!

Rick's such a good looking guy. He's aged very well.

Rick Astley is such a cool guy and a good sport about the whole Rick Rolling thing. My two favorites: About 10 years ago I'm watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade when this one float stops and out pops Rock Astley singing Never Gonna! He, personally, Rick Rolled the Macy's parade! Back in 2017 the Foo Fighters were playing at a fest or something in Japan and Rick Astley was at the same fest (or playing nearby or something). Dave Grohl had been talking about how Never Gonna and Smells Like Teen Spirit have a similar chord progression. Grohl finds out Astley is there and asks him to come perform with them onstage. Here is that live mashup: m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZXt5kqOic5DTmZs.html

The way she explains Rickrolling isn't how it happened usually. You'd click on a link and instead of what you expected, it would be the youtube video of the official "Never Gonna Give You Up" song. Never once did I experience all the pop ups that wouldn't stop unless I restarted my computer. But I still love that song and video and love getting rickrolled lol.

@HristoUzunov

5 ай бұрын

I think someone basically hacked her computer, or she's misremembering things. It's just a prank YT link to a video, and what she's describing is akin to e-mail malware, lol.

He's never old

What a lovely guy. I adore the song. Thanks Graham for having this lovely man on your show. ❤

His voice now is just a good if not better than in 1987.

He is such a dear, DEAR fellow. 💖

Rick Astley is pure class in every way. I loved Melissa McCarthy's comments :) PS - In all honestly, I find Melissa prettier than Emma Stone!

He's still very handsome.

It would’ve been so funny if they had rickroll’d this video 😂😂 Melissa McCarthy is so awesome. "That should be a documentary!!"

Melissa McCarthy is so awesome. "That should be a documentary!!" His voice is so goddamn velvety. Wow, I'm surprised he's still alive.

Here I am in 2023 and I kinda miss being RickRolled. I can't even remember the last time it happened. Isn't that sad. That is NOT an invitation.

I will never get sick of Never Gonna Give You Up! Rickrolling isn't super common anymore, but every time it happens, I listen to the whole song... Sometimes twice! 😁 KZread ads have killed the surprise element though...

I Rick Roll my family every now and then by casting the video from my phone to various devices around the house much to their annoyance. It's my signature "peace out" after they think I have gone to bed. mwahahahahaha

great show! Love the casual and open dialog. Just discovered this! Wonder if the glasses of wine help with that!

Actually I just remembered when they asked Waterman who was the real talent out of all the ones he made famous he said Rick, ha said he tried to convince him to go for the fame but he just didnt want it then. I respect him for that

I think now that Emma explained that I get the virus my mom got on her phone a ton of years ago. I don't know what link she may have clicked but her screensaver was Rick's face. And you could change it but as soon as you restarted the phone it would be Rick's face again. She ended up hating him and just giving up and letting him be her screensaver LOL

I got Rick-Rolled for the first (and only) time in 2013. A fellow programmer on my team had it that everytime I clicked on Chrome it would pop up the video, and every 30 minutes it would popup by itself.

What an amazing show The Graham Norton show is, I get great vibes from him & the guests 🎉❤

It has NOT STOPPED. I literally just got Rick Rolled recently.

Even though that song had nothing to do with Rick personally, it’s still made him super well known today! Meme’s are the new rockstars.

Rick is elegant as hell

Rick Astley is looking fantastic!!

omg he looks so well

I still rickroll people to this day, the "old-fashioned" way. I like the song, though. Danish comedian Martin Brygmann rickrolled Rick Astley on stage when the latter last had a concert in Copenhagen.

2:43-2:45 - Eddie is like ".......should I? just a quick look... oh maybe it's not the best idea"

I was tense through this whole thing, especially when the other 3 mentioned they didnt know what rick roll was; just incase there was a demonstration

Oh it is still alive and well on tiktok. I even rickrolled someone via Christmas card last year. Too much fun.

How can he remain so young. This is not fair!

what a nice guy and part of of my childhood rick was

I remember when Rick Rolling began. It was quite literally the first thing KZread was ever really used for. Some of them were funny. It is something kids today have no clue about. I did get Rick Rolled like last year or something cause I was on a strange science binge and there was a video saying that there was an inexplicable noise being emitted from Mars, I think it was, and I was like oh I'm hooked. And it was very faint and you realize....boom you've been Rick Rolled. It honestly made my day cause it took me back to when I was a teenager.

I thought Rick-rolling was when you edit a video to change the anticipated scene into never gonna give you up?

@DeviantDevdog

5 жыл бұрын

me too mate.

@em_pen

5 жыл бұрын

It's anything that promises to be something you want to see but ends up being a link to Rick singing that song. I once did what I thought was the ultimate Rick-Roll - gave my sister the LP for her birthday! Sadly at that point she hadn't heard of Rick Rolling so my super excited joyful grin turned into a totally bummed sigh as she played the whole damned record and said thanks for it...

@lhop6235

5 жыл бұрын

It is. Emma got a computer virus. She wasn't Rick-rolled in the way everyone understands it.

@haley1677

5 жыл бұрын

@@lhop6235 No she didn't. That's what Rick Rolling started out as, in the early 2000s.

@OwenRona

5 жыл бұрын

Haley Calverley yes! I guess most people didn’t know that the prank existed before KZread.

I love this song! My younger brother always teased me-"never gonna let you go"!💖😁

Love the fact he’s from near me and he’s so famous!!

He's so damn good!

Rick Ashley is the nicest and most humble person.

To be honest, he’s the biggest legend on that couch. Sorry not sorry

He is so handsome. Amazing voice.

I probably wouldn't mind all the robo dial calls I get if occasionally one was a rick roll.

I got rickrolled from a bulletin on MySpace. Had to restart the computer and everything.