The video broke open a dam for sea shanties to become a Twitter sensation as well. Scottish postman, @nathanevanss’ life changed overnight when he posted a TikTok video of him singing the famous sea shanty The Wellerman. All of them were links to a TikTok video of several guys singing a song, a sea shanty from the 19th century called “Wellerman,” using TikTok’s duet feature. From Wellerman to Drunken Sailor, sea shanties are attracting the attention of landlubber TikTokers. "2021 is the year of the sea shanty," Twitter user @Beertheist declared in a viral tweet on Monday, reposting a TikTok that showed 23-year-old Promise Uzowulu reacting to his brother, 21-year-old Frankline Uzowulu, playing "The Wellerman" in the car. Wellerman (Sea Shanty) is a cover of The Longest Johns – Wellerman created by Nathan Evans. I have just signed to the biggest record label in the world," Evans told fans on TikTok. Lifestyle Sea shanty TikTok: what is a Wellerman, who is Nathan Evans - and why #ShantyTok is trending during Covid-19 The songs were usually used to inspire camaraderie among shipworkers – … In the final week of 2020, Nathan Evans, a 26-year-old Scottish postman and aspiring musician, shared a video of himself on TikTok, singing a sea shanty called “Soon May the Wellerman … The song, jointly credited to Nathan Evans and remixers 220 Kid and Billen Ted by the Official Charts Company (OCC), reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and number 1 on sales. The Wellington Sea Shanty Society recorded Soon May The Wellerman Come on their 2013 album, Now That’s What I Call Sea Shanties Vol 1, and again in 2018. No, you haven’t accidentally started listening to Blackbeard’s playlist, you’ve stumbled upon Sea Shanty TikTok - welcome aboard!. TikTok is currently overrun with people singing “The Wellerman,” a sea shanty about the New Zealand whaling industry. It … TikTok star behind 'Wellerman' sea shanty craze quits job as mailman "Oh my God, I was a postman on Friday. The song was originally posted on TikTok, and it … Because of its origins on TikTok, the trend of performing sea shanties like "Soon May the Wellerman Come" on social media has been called "ShantyTok". I don't really know what happened," says the guy at the center of it all. Wellerman, a sea shanty from the 19th century, has gone viral on TikTok thanks to a scottish folk singer, creating Shanty Tok in the process. "It went wild. Wellerman - Sea Shanty is a popular song by N A T H A N E V A N S S | Create your own TikTok videos with the Wellerman - Sea Shanty song and explore 40K …