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’.The track was a cover of The Longest Johns’ version of the 19th-century sea shanty ‘Soon May The Wellerman Come’.
The Bristol band’s version also went viral on TikTok last year.Evans has since released ‘Wellerman’ as an official single after signing a record deal with Polydor.
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