Watch How Did Rickrolling Start and Did Rick Astley Really Only Make $12 Off the Meme

Rickrolling, in a nutshell this involves tricking someone into clicking on a link that takes them to the video for the relentlessly upbeat and infinitely cheesy 1980s anthem, usually by suggesting it's a link to something else which is a particularly compelling click. In this video, we look at the man behind the video, Rick Astley, and whether it's true he's made hardly any money off it.