Nathan Evans, born 19 December 1994, is a British singer from Airdrie, Scotland, known for singing sea shanties and making acoustic songs and covers. Nathan first gained fame in 2020, when he posted videos of himself singing sea shanties on social media service TikTok. In 2021, he released a cover and dance remix of the 19th-century shanty “Wellerman” which peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart and also charted in several other countries.

He posted his first sea shanty, “Leave Her Johnny” to TikTok in July 2020. In the following months, viewers of his videos continued to request more sea shanties, leading Evans to posting videos of himself singing “The Scotsman” and “Wellerman” in December 2020. Beforehand he released his old demos to streming platforms via Bandcamp: “Hollywood”, “YOU.”, “Riptide” (cover of Vance Joy), “Leave Her Johnny” (2020 version), “Memories” and “All I Want” (Cover of Kodaline).