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Rick Astley on Rickrolling: 'It introduced me to a new generation'

Hitmaker Rick Astley has opened up about Rickrolling, which is when the video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" pops up in unexpected places, and revealed that he's not all that bothered by it. 

During a lengthy new interview with America's Rolling Stone magazine, he was asked about it and explained that the best thing is that it has introduced him to a brand new generation

"I have no problem with it. It's done me a lot of good, probably. The thing is it's not personal to me, even though I know it is me and it's my name in the title of Rickrolling. It's that video that I'm in, it's that song that's mine, but it could have been anybody."

"And reminded another generation [about me]. So I don't see it as negative. If someone had messed around with it and cut it all up and made me look stupid – I mean I look pretty stupid anyway in that video – if it was nasty, then I'd be probably a bit pissed off, but it's not. It's like, "We're choosing that video because it's a full-on Eighties, cheesy video." There's no getting away from it now and I've got to own it because if I don't, it's like being petty."

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