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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sea shanties, like one sung by TikTok user Nathan Evans, have blown up on Spotify.@nathanevanss ...

Sea shanties fueled the spirits of sailors and boat workers for hundreds of years. Now, they're a social media sensation. The songs were work-oriented, helping sailors coordinate tasks that required ...

Trivium's Matt Heafy is the latest to weigh in on the sea shanty craze, taking the viral breakout song "Wellerman" and giving it the metal makeover it needs. "Wellerman" has risen to fame thanks to ...

Nathan Evans, the TikTok star who launched "The Wellerman" phenomenon, talks about his surprise success on "Good Morning America." It's folly to examine why some things go viral on the internet, and ...

The man who put centuries-old folk songs into the social-media spotlight is now sailing into stardom with a record deal and a new single — based on the sea shanty that ushered in the most ...

When I woke up last Friday morning, I realized I had several messages. All of them were links to a TikTok video of several guys singing a song, a sea shanty from the 19th century called “Wellerman,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sea shanties, particularly "The Wellerman," are going viral on TikTok.@nathanevanss/@strong ...

Spotify data reinforces the idea that the sea shanty is one of 2021's first breakout musical styles, revealing massive increases in streaming of tracks like "Wellerman," as performed by The Longest ...