Sea shanties have taken over social media, courtesy of a series of viral TikTok videos. "Shanty Tok" isn't a new phenomenon, but a viral video of Scottish singer Nathan Evans singing the song "The ...
From Wellerman to Drunken Sailor, sea shanties are attracting the attention of landlubber TikTokers. "It went wild. I don't really know what happened," says the guy at the center of it all. Erin ...
“Soon may the wellerman come, to bring us sugar and tea and rum one day, when the tonguing is done we’ll take our leave and go” is a refrain many folks are familiar with thanks to the viral popularity ...
It's easy to see why "Soon May the Wellerman Come" became TikTok's first viral hit of 2021. This jaunty 19th century earworm, sung so earnestly by a postman with a thick Scottish brogue, is perfect ...
I'm over the age of 30, so I feel my bones crumbling to dust every time I try to make sense of the latest TikTok trends. But the latest meme on the Tok (that's what the kids call it, right?) is tailor ...
Amid the global media coverage of the pandemic and Donald Trump’s final days as US president, an unexpected music genre went viral on TikTok: traditional sea shanties, spurring what has become known ...
Sea shanties are mainstream now. Just a few weeks after TikTok creator Nathan Evans helped kickstart the impeccably random sea shanty trend with his viral rendition of New Zealand standard “Wellerman” ...