Everybody’s obsessed with sea shanties right now, with the song The Wellerman blowing up on TikTok (you’ve probably had it playing in your head for a few days). In this particular shanty, the seamen ...

Nathan Evans, the postman behind the viral sea shanty trend on TikTok, has quit his day job to pursue a career in music. If you've killed some time scrolling on social media, you'll almost certainly ...

Sea shanties have taken over social media, courtesy of a series of viral TikTok videos. "Shanty Tok" isn't a new phenomenon, but a viral video of Scottish singer Nathan Evans singing the song "The ...

From Wellerman to Drunken Sailor, sea shanties are attracting the attention of landlubber TikTokers. "It went wild. I don't really know what happened," says the guy at the center of it all. Erin ...

It's folly to examine why some things go viral on the internet, and by doing so one risks discounting the beauty of the simplest answer: They just do. Nothing makes sense. Roll with it. Or at least, ...

There once was a tune that tickled the Internet’s fancy When TikTok revived the humble sea shanty The views came fast, the fad could last Go, read about it go: PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — People are stuck ...

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PORTLAND, Maine — There once was a tune that tickled the Internet’s fancy/When TikTok revived the humble sea shanty/The views came fast, the fad could last/Go, read about it go: People are stuck at ...

PORTLAND, Maine — There once was a tune that tickled the Internet’s fancy/When TikTok revived the humble sea shanty/The views came fast, the fad could last/Go, read about it go: People are stuck at ...

Argh, the latest trend in pandemic distraction may be - shiver me timbers - sea shanties. (SOUNDBITE OF VIDEO) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Singing) There once was a ship that put to sea, and the name of ...