Greta Thunberg took a brief break from saving the planet this weekend as she attended the Climate Live concert in Stockholm.
The activist looked set to deliver another profound and important message about the crisis facing our planet, but then she said the familiar words: βWeβre no strangers to loveβ¦β
The crowd immediately cheered βYou know the rules, and so do I,β chipped in a fellow activist on stage, before the pair burst into song and dance to the Eighties classic.
For those of you who don’t know, βRickrollingβ is an internet meme that centres around unexpected out-of-context appearances of Astleyβs 1987 hit βNever Gonna Give You Upβ.
Astley’s response
The man, the myth, the legend Rick Astley himself has since responded to Thunberg’s βrickrolling.”
Video footage of the stunt was shared on Twitter by Astley, who praised the 18-year-old campaigner.
On his official Twitter account, he wrote: βFantastic and Tack sΓ₯ mycket! Rick xβ
In English, the latter phrase translates to: βThanks so much.β
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