Nathan Evans was a postman with the Royal Mail in Scotland for a long time.
And then one day he logged into TikTok.
In his spare time, the 26-year-old started posting little videos there.
A few covers by Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, before reinterpreting the songs of century-old sailors, the “sea shanty”.
The users, although young, loved it.
To the point that his cover of the title
The Wellerman
, posted at the end of 2020, has become a global phenomenon.
Suddenly everyone started to imitate him.
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Anonymous, personalities like the presenter Jimmy Fallon or the billionaire Elon Musk… Each one went there in his own version.
On TikTok, the hashtag #Wellerman has accumulated almost 1 billion views and spawned a trend called “ShantyTok”.
The record companies quickly listened.
A few weeks later, on January 22, 2021, Nathan Evans joined Polydor, the prestigious label of Universal Music, the most powerful major in the sector.
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