Still taken from "Never Gonna Give You Up" featuring Rick Astley.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe Explained

Special Containment Procedures: All online platforms able to provide links via user submission are to be monitored by 42-Motr online scanners to locate any active instances of SCP-XXXX. In the event an instance of SCP-XXXX is spotted, 42-Motr online scanners are to instantly remove the instance via removal or redirection of the affected link.

Revised Special Containment Procedures: Due to the events that took place with SCP-XXXX, it does not need to be contained.

Description: SCP-XXXX is an online phenomenon in which any link posted by a user of any online site, involuntarily of the original poster of said link leads to the song “Never gonna give you up” by Rick Astley, released on July 27, 1987. SCP-XXXX appears to manifest in informal settings online, such as social media and online “meme communities”. This causes confusion, as links that are told to lead to certain information instead lead to the song. SCP-XXXX is completely harmless, only causing a link to lead to the song.

Addendum-XXXX-1: SCP-XXXX has caused a minor breach of secrecy for the foundation, with SCP-XXXX instances becoming far too widespread and numerous, the assigned 42-Motr online scanners could not remove SCP-XXXX instances before they were seen by the general public. Thankfully, SCP-XXXX poses no threat to humans and no major incidents occurred. With our current knowledge, no witnesses of SCP-XXXX realized that the link was anomalous.

Addendum-XXXX-2: SCP-XXXX’s object class has been changed from safe to explained. See Addendum-XXXX-3.

Addendum-XXXX-3: Non-anomalous links to “Never Gonna Give You Up” have been posted in high numbers on previously mentioned online web pages. It seems users of these web pages, after seeing instances of SCP-XXXX have made the use of using a link to the song as a sort of joke. The joke goes as follows: a user will ask for something online, then another user will reply with a link, which would be assumed by the jokes victim to be the material they were asking for. Upon clicking this link the jokes victim will find the song. These jokes are non-anomalous. The 42-Motr online scanners are to be decommissioned for future use.

An interview was held with the creator of "Never Gonna Give You Up", Rick Astley.