Nathan Evans is a Scottish singer who rose to fame in 2020 with his viral performance of the sea shanty “Wellerman.” He has since achieved significant success, including a number-one hit in ...

By Isabella Kwai Nathan Evans had no idea when he uploaded a cover of “The Wellerman,” a whaling song with a shanty beat, that it would help touch off, well, a sea shanty tidal wave.

They’d supply whaling stations around New Zealand with the goods they needed, like tea and rum, as the lyrics ... but The Wellerman is not strictly a shanty, just a song sung at sea.