Click bait prompts in Russian and English circulated for years on forums, chats and early video sites, where a tempting link rarely led where it promised. That habit fed into the wider rickroll meme tradition, pairing an innocent invitation with an unexpected song snippet instead of the expected payoff. Short Russian labelled versions later spread on soundboards, where the foreign wording makes the setup feel even more random. It stays in use because the joke needs no explanation and works in any edit, chat or livestream reaction.