always coming from hinder me up

Seriously I didn't even need the hint. My first impression when I saw all those empty letters was that there's no way I can guess this. Take a stab at it anyway, shed a tear as I realized that I guessed it first fucking try. Only then I see the hint. I think Rick Astley secretly controls society.

Yep. If you’re on the internet for long enough, you pretty much develop a sixth sense for when you’re being rickrolled. As soon as I saw that ‘Never’ fit, I knew what was up.

I already had the answer, knew what I was clicking, and did it anyway. I have no regrets, Pat.

Rick Astley is never gonna give up

I didn't think any will work.

Rickroll has been a thing for what 20 years? It's not about just being catchy. It came about in a time when 'going viral' still meant something. Early Internet culture spread it everywhere. I remember an addon in WoW that was a full screen Rickroll. People everywhere in various forums were tricking folks. So many people have grown up with it.

I can't think of lyrics iconic enough to do that for from the 2000s/2010s. Maybe Oops I did it again?

Will people in the future hide Baby Shark links?

I didn’t thanks for letting me know

Since you asked nicely

We're no strangers to that meme. But you know the rules, and so do I.

This is not loss.

No, this is Patrick.

no.

...

nooooooooooo

1987 to be precise. It was quite a popular song when it was released; it was a chart topper in 25 countries. It was played for weeks on the radio and the single sold like hot cakes.

What’s even wilder: it was Rick Astley’s first solo hit. He had done duets and sang on other people’s tracks, but that was his first single from his debut studio album. And it went straight to the fucking moon.

He had a fair few hits and ‘retired’ in 1993. He was 27 at the time! He returned in 2000, and in 2007 the rickroll became a thing. And the rest you know.

As an 80’s kid, you can imagine it was wild to see kids using one of my favorite songs ever as a meme. I’m just glad Astley himself took the jokes in a good nature and is enjoying his continued career because of it. Gotta be even stranger for him to see the song get back to this level of popularity well over 20 years post release because of a dumb internet joke.

I didn't look at that until I saw your comment. And looking at it now, I see why I didn't notice it - it looks like a blurry mess. But yeah, even so blurry it is a massive hint. I reckon you can probably turn down the sensitivity on your moronometer though.