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Scottish postman, Nathan Evan's life changed overnight when he posted a TikTok video of him singing the famous sea shanty The Wellerman.
Viewed over 7m times (and counting), he has brought the wonderful tradition of sea shanties to the TikTok community, sparking the first major trend of 2021 on TikTok
Using the TikTok duet feature - which lets you record a video alongside another TikTok user - users are layering their harmonies over Nathan’s original video.
To celebrate Natha's success, TikTok unveiled its latest campaign, which celebrates all things Sea Shanties, and the unique creativity of TikTok's UK community.
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How ShantyTok became the latest trend on TikTok
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Last Updated: Jan 17, 2021, 09:00 AM IST
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Here why ShantyTok is making headlines:
I’m guessing the Tok refers to TikTok. What’s the rest of it?
You’re indeed half right. Sea shanties are the latest trend on TikTok, therefore ShantyTok.
I’m still a bit at sea about the “shanty” part. Help me out?
I like the pun, so I will. It’s a distinctive folk song genre invented by sailors to recount their lives on the sea which also synchronises actions of daily activities like rowing or adjusting sails with the singing.
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TikTok trend of the week: Sea shanties
Future sociologists and cultural historians will write dissertations debating why, exactly, songs originally sung by seafaring laborers in the 1800s are the hottest trend on TikTok this particular week. But here we are: Sea shanties are the bangers of the moment.
The hype machine for seafaring ditties seems to have begun with a video of Scottish postman Nathan Evans singing “The Wellerman,” and blew up from there. Others started recording their own songs, adding their voices to Evans’ video, creating parodies,trying to figure it out, and otherwise honoring/chopping-and-screwing this all-but-forgotten musical form. But it really took off with this hilarious video from Beertheist that demonstrates in 44 seconds how sea shanties are at first ridiculous, then delightful, and ultimately irresistible.
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Refreshingly earnest, the sudden obsession with sea shanties online speaks to our collective yearning — stronger than ever — to feel connected.
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Of all the things I thought might happen in 2021, spending the first two weeks weeping with joy over a song about the slaughter of a whale is not something I could ever have predicted.
But that’s exactly what I and thousands of others have been doing thanks to sea shanty TikTok.
It's the rare kind of viral moment that transcends its meme status and offers something more: a vital glimpse of hope.