{"id":83055,"date":"2021-01-25T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=83055"},"modified":"2021-01-25T17:04:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T17:04:16","slug":"sea-shanty-tiktok-star-lands-record-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/sea-shanty-tiktok-star-lands-record-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Shanty TikTok star lands record deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Image Credit: Zoltan Tasi<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nathan Evans has quit his job as a postman after signing to Polydor records.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

As RouteNote<\/a> pointed out a couple of weeks ago,<\/a> one of the only lovely things to come out of the latest set of lockdowns has been the spontaneous sea shanty craze that has gripped the world, leaving the internet awash with ancient sailor songs. For one postman however, it\u2019s been life-changing \u2013 or ex-postman, rather, as the originator of the #ShantyTok trend, Nathan Evans, has quit his Royal Mail job and signed to Polydor records. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evans\u2019 original rendition of shanty \u2018The Wellerman\u2019 attracted millions of views and has spawned umpteen collaborations<\/a> and remixes across the internet. He\u2019s now making waves in the UK Top 40 with the release of his first single with producers 220 KID and Billen Ted, who\u2019ve added house beats to create an EDM remix of the sea shanty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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