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Billions Buoyed by North Sea Videos The Tides of TikTok
Sailors on the high seas, handling their posts on an 18th-century ship of the line, were once at the mercy of nature. The waves decided whether they made it to their destination, be it a frozen Scandinavian port or a bustling Boston harbor, or succumbing to its wrath and ending up as a wreck on the desolate seafloor. Now, social media denizens surf the proverbial waves of the TikTok algorithm, hoping to find entertainment but not knowing where it will take them. Lately, that algorithm has steered millions into the ominous depths of North Sea TikTok. Chorus of Sailors About three years ago, sea shanties, songs that had once been sung on the decks of maritime freighters and frigates hundreds of years ago, became TikTok sensations. Many
artists, including Bobby Waters, went on to cover these shanties. The cover songs, including Waters’ version of “Hoist the Colours,” became viral sensations. But Waters kept toying with “Hoist the Colours,” adding foreboding bass lines and layering the chorus with deep-voiced singers adding other lines. In the North Sea While Waters could not have predicted his cover would take on a life of its own, it has now become the soundtrack to the videos on what is known as North Sea TikTok, a genre of videos showing severe storms in the waters between the United Kingdom and Scandinavia. The videos captivate many because they feature colossal waves crashing against modern ships and oil rigs and because of the melancholy music.
North Sea videos, many set to Waters’“Hoist the Colours,” have accrued billions of views. Mysteriously, many web surfers end up in this corner of TikTok without knowing how their viewing histories brought them in the first place. The main culprit? A travel-focused TikTok channel, @ukdestinations, which began making videos about the rough waters of the North Sea after years of posting about British travel destinations. So, if you’ve ended up with the North Sea TikTok videos in your feed, now you know why.
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