Rick Astley recently starred in a commercial for CSAA Insurance Group – in a video released on YouTube on August 17, the late 80s British pop star and the hero of one of the most famous Internet memes reproduced the same scene from the popular video for the song “Never Gonna Give You Up” 1987.
In the “remake” of the original video, Rick Astley appears in a well-known image – the authors approached the matter with excellent care and reproduced the entourage to the smallest detail, down to the hairstyle and clothes. The only thing is that Rick is no longer 21, as in the original “Never Gonna Give You Up”, but 56 years old. But for his age, the singer looks great and in this regard, he can even compete with the eternally young Tom Cruise. Actually, here – look and look for the differences yourself:
Never Gonna Give You Up remake 35 years later
Original “Never Gonna Give You Up”
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Rick Astley’s first solo track “Never Gonna Give You Up”, released in 1987, instantly gained immense popularity, and the video for this track, in which the performer sings and dances in a peculiar manner in several urban locations, became a global phenomenon and launched a flash mob called “rickroll”. By the way, “Rickrolling” (a derivative name from the predecessor of Duckroll – a prank when the victim was provided with a link to a photo of a plastic duck on wheels) is one of the first Internet memes to reach worldwide popularity. As of August 18, 2021, the YouTube clip has nearly 1.3 billion views.
First, it’s beautiful. Secondly, are the olds here?
Bonus: Last year, the video for the song “Never Gonna Give You Up” was updated using neural networks – those who wish can watch it in 4K and 60 FPS.
AI remastered ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ video in 4K resolution
