The rickroll began in 2007 as a bait-and-switch prank on forums like 4chan, where a promising link secretly opened Rick Astley's 1987 hit 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. It exploded into one of the internet's longest-running jokes, resurfacing on YouTube, livestreams and April Fools' Day stunts for nearly two decades. Mashups like this one, pairing the song with a burst of manic laughter, are user-made remixes with no single known creator, in the same spirit as any viral laughing meme that turns a familiar sound into a punchline.