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TikTok had a video go viral: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-delights-of-sea-chantey-tiktok https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-co

• app4soft 6y ago
  I may NOT agree that it came from TikTok (as said on December 2020) On May 5, 2020 "Wellerman" Sea Shanty by The Longest Johns posted on YouTube[0] (now has 6.5M views). And only after that, few month later TikTok users starts to sing along to Wellerman. FTR, On May 5, 2020 also few other Sea Shanties from The Longest Johns's «Between Wind and Water» (2018) album, uploaded on YouTube: "Santiana"[1], "Off to Sea"[2], "Spanish Ladies"[3], "Haul Away Joe"[4], "General Taylor"[5], "Mingulay Boat Song"[6], "Banks of Newfoundland"[7], "Sugar in the Hold"[8], "Wild Mountain Thyme"[9]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KO7cofMJH0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KO7cofMJH0 [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD4gLEBGSkE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD4gLEBGSkE [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-OJtDapSuA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-OJtDapSuA [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24O3dtse-94 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24O3dtse-94 [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dIA6H9vLKU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dIA6H9vLKU [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mVWlZqxM4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mVWlZqxM4k [6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7OkqjVFmFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7OkqjVFmFA [7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3qhmblFEL4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3qhmblFEL4 [8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVmmxbNm33Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVmmxbNm33Y [9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6v6R5pD7A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6v6R5pD7A
  • pimlottc 6y ago
    That may be true, but going viral on TikTok garners a lot more media coverage than going viral on YouTube these days.