Viewership was so high that it crashed Rockstar's site. In March 2007, the first trailer for the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV was released onto the Rockstar Games website. The image caught on across 4chan, becoming the target of a hyperlink with an otherwise interesting title, with a user clicking through having been stated to be "duck rolled". On one thread, where "eggroll" had become "duckroll", an anonymous user posted an edited image of a duck with wheels, calling it a "duckroll". Sometime in 2006, the site moderator, Christopher "m00t" Poole, implemented a word filter replacing the word "egg" with "duck" as a gag. The use of the song for rickrolling dates to 2006, originating from the 4chan imageboard in an early meme known as "duck rolling". The accompanying music video, Astley's first, features him performing the song while dancing. The song, his solo debut single, was a number-one hit on several international charts, including the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, and the UK Singles Chart. "Never Gonna Give You Up" appeared on Astley's 1987 debut album Whenever You Need Somebody. Since then, Astley has seen his performance career revitalized by the meme's popularity. Īstley, who had only returned to performing after a 10-year hiatus, was initially hesitant about using his newfound popularity from the meme to further his career but accepted the fame by Rickrolling the 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with a surprise performance of the song. The meme gained mainstream attention in 2008 through several publicized events, particularly when YouTube used it on its 2008 April Fools' Day event. The video bait-and-switch trick grew popular on 4chan by 2007 during April Fools' Day and spread to other Internet sites later that year. The meme grew out of a similar bait-and-switch trick called "duck rolling" that was popular on the 4chan website in 2006. Astley himself has also been Rickrolled on several occasions. The meme has also extended to using the song's lyrics, or singing it, in unexpected contexts. When victims click on a seemingly unrelated link, the site with the music video loads instead of what was expected, and they have been " Rickrolled". The meme is a type of bait and switch, usually using a disguised hyperlink that leads to the music video. The aforementioned video has over 1.4 billion views on YouTube. Rickrolling or a Rickroll is an Internet meme involving the unexpected appearance of the music video for the 1987 song " Never Gonna Give You Up", performed by English singer Rick Astley.
Keep visiting for the latest science and technology news.Problems playing this file? See media help. Today, this video has garnered over 1.1 billion views. However, it was reinstated two years later in 2014 after hitting over 71 million views. The original video managed to touch over 61 million views, before it was removed from YouTube in 2012 due to a copyright claim. p元bwAXRsZ- Guinness World Records March 29, 2022 then used the defunct link to redirect people to Rick Astley's 1987 hit 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. On March 29 2007, Rockstar released their latest GTA IV trailer, which caused their website to crash. Today marks the 15th anniversary of the rickroll. This pranking got crazy popular during 2008, and is still carried out to this day.Īlso Read: This Crazy Gamer Is Setting A World Record, By Driving Non-Stop In GTA V Until GTA VI Releases People across the world would lure someone to show something cool and then prank them by showing the music video, making the viewer ‘RickRoll’D’. This prank soon became a massive pop-culture phenomenon that was commonly referred to as RickRoll’D across the internet. However, the link on 4chan, instead of taking individuals to the GTA IV preview, redirected them to Rick Astley’s 1987’s hit song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up.’ With millions of gamers excited to see what Rockstar had in store for them with the GTA IV, it turned into a prank of colossal proportions. The link, much like other places online, was also shared by one unknown user on the online forum 4chan’s /v/board. On this day, when Rockstar made the trailer for GTA IV live, gamers overwhelmed the site that was supposed to show the trailer, causing it to crash. But what Rockstar didn’t know was that this day would also go down as one of the most memorable days in pop-culture history. The game would surely go on to become a commercial success.
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The game developers are scheduled to roll out the trailer for the game on this day.Īlso Read: 14 Reasons Why GTA Is One Of The Greatest Game Series Of All Time. Nearly fifteen years ago, March 29, 2007, was a special day for gamers and game developer Rockstar, for it was going to unveil their next, most anticipated game in the Grand Theft Auto franchise - GTA IV.
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