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, ...

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 ...

Nathan Evans was working as a mail carrier when he uploaded his cover of an old whaling tune. Now he has a folk-inspired album of his own songs, which he promises people can still “sing in the car.” ...

Viral sea shanty sensation Nathan Evans says Little Mix “were down” for his joke about their pregnancies at the Brit Awards. The 26-year-old former postman, from Airdrie in North Lanarkshire, ...

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 ...

Like all of you, I’ve been stuck in my own home a lot for the last two years. Unlike many of you, though, at no point during that time did I make my own bread. Nor did I learn any Tik Tok dances or ...

2020 began with a social fascination for sea shanties, which can be traced in large part back to Nathan Evans’ viral TikTok singing the classic whaling sea shanty “Wellerman,” and the countless ...

Like an onrushing katamari ball, Fortnite continues to envelop pop culture. Over the past few weeks, we've seen oodles of crossovers that have seen characters from Alien, Terminator, Predator, and ...