Rick Astley walked into the studio that day as if it were any other. He had no idea the impact he would have on so many lives.
Or, an imagining of what it was like to record Rick Astley’s record-breaking masterpiece, Never Gonna Give You Up.
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This is is, Rick Astley thinks to himself. This is the take. He's long since gotten used to the cold trickle of sweat down his back.
He's kept the camera crew waiting long enough. "Ready?"
"Ready," he hears back, "Start the countdown!"
"Three-
Two-
One-"
Rick Astley wipes the look of intense concentration from his face and replaces it with his trademark winning smile, then turns around-
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