Restored snapshot (uploaded in 2009)

1st Youtube view of "Never Gonna Give You Up" - Rick Astley

The story: From 4chan to Youtube, between 2006-2008 at least 18 million US adults had been touched by the RickRoll meme. On 24 October 2009, the Rick Astley's official channel uploaded another video of "Never Gonna Give You Up". Still available on Youtube, in July 2021 this video surpassed one billion views.

Artist's intentions: Through this restored Youtube interface, I wanted to capture a moment that can only happen once. The insignificant and unique moment of someone is watching "Never Gonna Give You Up" and flipping the view counter from 0 to 1.

NFT details:

• Blockchain: ETH on Polygon
• Type: PNG high resolution, 2880×2719px
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