The original song behind this clip is Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley, released in 1987 and later turned into one of the internet's longest-running jokes. Rickrolling spread as a bait-and-switch prank, with misleading links and fake video titles sending unsuspecting viewers to the music video instead of what they expected. Because the chorus is so widely recognised, the joke still works years later, and louder, boosted edits keep it effective for surprise moments in videos, streams and group chats.