Rickrolling propels Rick Astley to 1 billion YouTube views and counting
The official music video for Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” has hit a billion views on YouTube thanks to the viral Internet phenomenon of rickrolling. Astley’s 1987 song hit YouTube on October 25, 2009, and reached the milestone on July 29, 2021. Rickrolling is an Internet prank that started around 2007 when someone…