Sea Shanty TikTok is the perfect expression of masculinity for 2021
In shanties, we find something both extremely manly and subversively tender. In other words, the opposite of Trump s vitriol.
It s no fluke ShantyTok is a smash.Anjali Nair / MSNBC; Getty Images
Jan. 15, 2021, 10:31 AM UTC
The news has been a lot these last few weeks, and the U.S. is facing crises on several fronts. But in the background of the chaos, one strong, steady chorus has been cutting through the din. It s a pulsing beat that has united disparate parts of the internet in a way that few would have thought possible just a few weeks ago.
One of the cool things about TikTok is the way people can “duet” someone else’s video and build on it.
There’s a sea shanty trend going on over there. It started with one guy singing. Then someone ‘dueted’ his vid… then someone ‘dueted’ that one, etc. pic.twitter.com/DAeqKpRQPc
Why ‘Wellerman’, Though?
Me, yesterday: tf is this sea shanty shit everyone’s obsessed with suddenly? This is awful
Me today, full-throated: SOON MAY THE WELLERMAN COME/TO BRING US SUGAR AND TEA AND RUM#seashanty#seashantytok
Despite a number of sea shanties existing in the world, ‘Wellerman’ seems to have become a very clear favourite on TikTok. But in a modern context, the track’s lyrics make very little sense, which, considering the New Zealand sea shanty dates back to the mid-19th century, is not at all surprising.
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