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Sea shanty about NZ settlers resurfaces about 190 years later A sea shanty called Wellerman is rising up the UK record charts about 190 years after the Weller family settled in Aotearoa. The Longest Johns' rendition of Wellerman has made it into the official top 40 charts in Britain. Before that, it was a viral sensation on TikTok, sung by Scottish postie Nathan Evans, who now has a record deal. The song immortalises whaling family the Wellers, who settled in Dunedin in 1831. RNZ tracked down Edward Weller's great-great grandson and name sake, Edward Ellison, who is a kaumātua at Ōtakou M...

TikTok sea shanty star quits job as postman as single crashes Top 10 Nathan Evans is one of the main figures of ShantyTok Nathan Evans CREDIT: Nathan Evans/TikTok The man behind the current TikTok sea shanty craze has quit his job as a postman after his single crashed into the Top 10. Nathan Evans, 26, helped bring exposure to the craze on the social media app with his version of ‘Wellerman’. Advertisement In a TikTok posted last week, Evans said he had quit his day job thanks to the social media trend. “Oh my God, I was a postman on Friday. I have just signed to the biggest record la...

Nathan Evans has quit his job and signed a record deal.

Of all the viral trends to launch 2021, sea shanties seemed the most far-fetched. But here they are, in viral TikTok videos, on BBC Radio, and now, thanks to the Bristol-based group The Longest Johns, in the Official Charts. “It’s been a crazy ride,” says their singer Jonathan “JD” Darley, of all the sudden attention. Their song “Wellerman”, an acapella cover of a New Zealand whaling song from the 19th century, has just placed at No 37 in the UK...

22 January 2021 Share with: On December 23, a video of the 26-year-old Scottish postman-and-singer's cover of The Longest Johns' 'Wellerman' went viral and saw #ShantyTok trend on TikTok. The likes of Gary Barlow, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ronan Keating have since joined Nathan for a duet of the song, and now his debut single has been officially released on Polydor Records (Universal). Nathan - who has been dubbed the ‘King of Sea Shanty’ - announced on TikTok: "See how I was a postman on Friday? I have just signed to the biggest record label in the world. I have just signed a deal with Pol...