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'Wellerman' streams on Spotify have increased 7000% since sea shanties exploded on TikTok
While other TikTok users, known as "Shanty Tok," have made sea shanties like "Wellerman" a hallmark of their content, Evans' December video turned them into a meme in their own right. A viral ...
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Nathan Evans' sea shanty Wellerman goes to number one in UK chart
Evans first found fame on TikTok by singing traditional seafaring songs, before being offered a record deal and giving up his day job. A pop remix of one song, Wellerman, has spent seven weeks in ...
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Nathan Evans: I suffered panic attacks before Wellerman
The 28-year-old shot to fame in late 2020 when a TikTok video of the 19th Century shanty Wellerman led to a record deal and a Number 1 single in several countries, including the UK. Nathan ...
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How 'here comes the boy,' a TikTok song about a cat, became a meme and music phenomenon
sea shanties exploded on both Twitter and TikTok after TikTok users banded together to sing rousing tunes like "The Wellerman." Last year, songs written for a "Ratatouille" musical adaptation saw ...