How to Rick Roll Someone

Last Updated: February 27, 2023

Rickrolling is the art of tricking a person into opening a video of Rick Astley singing his hit song "Never Gonna Give You Up". Normally users posting such links will pretend that they are relevant to the topic in order to fool people into the opening. If you've ever been rickrolled, you'll know how torturous it is. However, not all rickrolls are links, people have found clever ways to rick roll people like presentations, disguised links and sharing your screen in Zoom. Next time there's a very annoying person in a chat room, make sure to rickroll that person.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Rickrolling Using URL Shorteners

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Find a website with the rickroll video. YouTube has several videos of them, and there are also websites that host the music video. Find one that suits you.
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Cut or copy the link to the music video you choose and paste it into a tiny URL service. Some let you choose the URL. If the one you choose lets you, try to make it something relevant to the topic of conversation.

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Post the link in the chat room and claim it's relevant to the conversation.
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Enjoy the reactions of those who were rickrolled.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Rickrolling Using Secretrickroll

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Go to Secret Rickroll. This is a great website in case you want to rick roll someone through Discord or Instagram or some other app that embeds the title of the page. Moreover, they cannot even pause the video!
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Enter the Title, Image and Description you want, and change the other settings if you want to. Then click on "Make it!"
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Copy the link to your website and send it to the people you want to rickroll! Remember to rickroll them before 72 hours, because after that the link will expire.

Community Q&A

Question

How do I Rick Roll someone through email?

Community Answer

Use bit.ly so it doesn't show the thumbnail, it makes the link different so people won't recognize the URL. Also, think of something relevant so it isn't really random.
Question

But won't the title give it away in the ad?

Community Answer

If you use a link shortener it doesn't use the actual link, but a random url.
Question

What do I do if they like the song?

Community Answer

Send it to them every hour until they don't like it anymore, and watch their reactions.

Warnings

They may not trust you anymore.

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Your results may vary if you rickroll someone who actually happens to like Rick Astley's music.

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This will anger some users, so rickroll at your own risk.

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Rickrolling is just for fun, so keep it that way. It's just a simple harmless internet prank. Do not go as far as making people pay for something but then rickrolling them, even if you pay them back. Learn to enjoy getting rickrolled.

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