Sea shanties have become all the rage on the video-sharing network TikTok — but it seems netizens are never, ever, ever getting behind the Navy s version of Taylor Swift s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”
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UNITED STATES NAVY BAND: (Singing) Oh wey oh, hey.
MCCAMMON: Sea shanties, those 18th century sailing chants set to a drumbeat, are all over social media. A viral TikTok ushered them into pop culture early this year.
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UNITED STATES NAVY BAND: (Singing) We are never, ever getting back together.
MCCAMMON: Now the U.S. Navy Band has joined in the sea shanty pop culture fusion with a salty, weathered rendition of Taylor Swift s We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. It s MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
By Kristin
Jan 26, 2021
The US Navy Band had a little fun with Taylor Swift s song We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together by turning it into a sea shanty! It s pretty bad.but check it out!
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