# Rick Astley is back, and he's killin' it. (new single) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716 "2016-04-09T21:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/1 "2016-04-09T21:55:03Z")
You read that right, Rick Astley of Rickroll fame has released a [new single](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC3Ejf7vPEY) called ‘Keep Singing’. It’s really good too. After his success in the late 80s and early 90s, he retired at the tender age of 27 (and I’m sure with mountains of money\*). Although apparently he partially came back and even did some tours during the naughties, he kept a pretty low profile. I knew he would never give us up, or let us down. \*Another interesting thing I learned from his Wiki, re: ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’: “Although the video garnered millions of hits on YouTube, Astley has earned almost no money from the meme. By 2010 he had received only US$12 in royalties from YouTube for his performance share.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/2 "2016-04-10T01:45:44Z")
If you’re referring to my hearing, you’re spot on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/3 "2016-04-10T02:29:27Z")
A bit religious for my tastes. And the video sucks. Still, sounds great, and he looks like he hasn’t aged. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/4 "2016-04-10T05:06:28Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > A bit religious for my tastes. Eh, I wouldn’t really call it “religious”. I’ve heard some say it sounds a bit “churchy”, and I guess I could see that, but I don’t care. And his voice does sounds excellent - even better than during the 80s! Plus you gotta love that [Big Boy Burgers](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/Big_Boy_Logo_Revised_2014.svg/1280px-Big_Boy_Logo_Revised_2014.svg.png) haircut. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/5 "2016-04-10T05:09:33Z")
While I fully understand from the lyrics why he kept it slow, it becomes amazing if you speed it up to 125% (using the YouTube gear icon). A few bits of the lyrics run by too fast, but it otherwise sounds great. You can really feel the jam. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/6 "2016-04-10T07:58:20Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > A bit religious for my tastes. And the video sucks. > > Still, sounds great, and he looks like he hasn’t aged. With you 100% there 🙂 Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/7 "2016-04-10T08:46:23Z")
Great voice, let me know when he does something interesting with it. ok that was snarky, I just mean that it is one hell of a boring song with a boring video. put him in front of the Roots, or something like that and it would probably be amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/8 "2016-04-10T23:15:02Z")
I still prefer [_Never Gonna Give You Up_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_zsz_MlVvI&feature=youtu.be&t=25) ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/9 "2016-04-11T01:33:12Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > While I fully understand from the lyrics why he kept it slow, it becomes amazing if you speed it up to 125% (using the YouTube gear icon). > > A few bits of the lyrics run by too fast, but it otherwise sounds great. You can really feel the jam. I did this, then bumped it up to a blazing 150%. It really does make it better. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/10 "2016-04-11T02:53:09Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > …it becomes amazing if you speed it up to 125% (using the YouTube gear icon). Wow, you’re right! Though now it needs to be a couple of minutes longer. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/11 "2016-04-11T03:23:27Z")
I suppose being the butt of a huge internet meme would drive some to religion. I feel like I’ve been Rickrolled again, only now by v2.0. ---
**Author:** ![rainy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/12 "2016-04-13T17:02:50Z")
So if you put this in a youtube playlist, is there anyway to have it play at the 1.25 speed and the rest of the playlist play at normal speed? Need answer 1.25 times faster than usual. ---
**Author:** ![rainy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/13 "2016-04-13T17:17:08Z")
> [@rainy](#): > > So if you put this in a youtube playlist, is there anyway to have it play at the 1.25 speed and the rest of the playlist play at normal speed? > > Need answer 1.25 times faster than usual. Nevermind, someone already posted on youtube. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/s2VWbZ4QgYI/maxresdefault.jpg "Rick Astley - Keep Singing (Sped up x1.25)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2VWbZ4QgYI) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/14 "2016-04-13T18:27:36Z")
> [@TheChileanBlob](#): > > I did this, then bumped it up to a blazing 150%. It really does make it better. I dunno. Maybe it’s the vocal phrasing, but even at 125% it sounds way too fast for me. Maybe somewhere between 100 - 125% speed would feel right, but I prefer the slower to the faster version. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/15 "2016-04-13T18:44:09Z")
He still sounds great. And also like a large black man. I don’t love the song but maybe he has more up his sleeve. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-back-and-hes-killin-it-new-single/751716/16 "2016-04-13T19:28:48Z")
He showed up as a guest character in the Family Guy social game a while back, so I figured he must have something new going on.