🎶 SOON MAY THE WELLERMAN COME 🎶
TikTok is Obsessed with Sea Shanties
Why are 21st-century folk singing 19th-century sailor songs, how can you get on board with the sea-shanty obsession, and what niche musical style could we turn our attention to next?
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Among the latest viral trends, #seashanty has garnered more than 69 million views making it all the new rage in Tiktok. A Scotland-based Tiktoker …
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 …
TikTok seems to have an unparalleled ability to draw attention to the strange, the obscure, and the forgotten; even sea shanties can come back into style, eventually. In the last few weeks, the video-sharing...
I have been singing a sea shanty all day. All week, really. This one is called the “The Wellerman” and it’s having a moment on TikTok. Yes, the …
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul… then, I account it high time to get to sea …