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This article goes into some details how it started on TikTok by Scottish musician Nathan Evans https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/15/entertainment/sea-shanty-shant

by bhaak 6y ago

This article goes into some details how it started on TikTok by Scottish musician Nathan Evans https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/15/entertainment/sea-shanty-shanties-wellerman-tiktok-music-trnd/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/15/entertainment/sea-shanty-... FWIW, I remember the sea shanties being wildly popular in the Assassin's Creed gaming community when they got introduced in AC Black Flag (or was it AC Rogue?) and they have been added to every following game that features sea travel. Seems to be aligned with the current Zeitgeist.

leoc 6y ago
The sea-song trend has been simmering on social media for a while, before boiling over just now and since before the start of the pandemic. This "Drunken Sailor" video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwOHnr3xVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwOHnr3xVE got a fair bit of attention in about 2019. One or two professional groups have also been having some success. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjC9HMlysmA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjC9HMlysmA Assassin's Creed IV does seem likely to have been the starting point.
- jimnotgym 6y ago
  There is also a group called The Fisherman's Friends from Port Isaac in Cornwall UK. They had a hit record and a film made about them (typical British dramatised RomCom). I think this made a lot of people conscious of the sea shanty. https://thefishermansfriends.com/ https://thefishermansfriends.com/