The Wellermen

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Bass singing folk group The Wellermen were discovered during the viral Sea Shanty trend of early 2021 and have since cemented themselves as one of the most exciting folk groups to emerge this year.

Their debut album has amassed over 85m streams and in the short space of 2 years their online following has reached several million. The four members (Jonny Stewart, Sam Pope, Luke Taylor and Bobby Waters) had never met together in person until their debut show in June 2023 in the UK.

The Wellermen have appeared at The Brits, Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, The Colbert Show & ABC News Australia. They are now preparing to tour the world and they are currently recording their hotly anticipated follow up album.

Having never met prior to their viral Tik Tok moment, the individual members of the group each have varied backgrounds. Bobby Waters was at the University of Massachusetts and graduated with a degree in Computer Science, whilst over in the UK, Jonny Stewart was freelancing as a bass singer and studying to become an accountant. The youngest member of the group, Luke Taylor, at only 21, was the only bass on the original ‘Wellerman’ recording sung by Nathan Evans and subsequently was asked to join The Wellermen to form the supergroup of singers. To complete The Wellermen lineup, British native Sam Pope is not just a singer, he’s also a professional actor & multi-instrumentalist, currently starring in the touring musical production of ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ in the UK.

Following on from their first viral moment the group took over the internet again with their take on blockbuster track ‘Misty Mountains’ taken from the film & book The Hobbit, which has now racked up over 6M+ streams, over 2M+ views on Youtube & 40M+ views on TikTok.

The group have gone onto release eight singles, 20M+ streams, over 19M views, grown their Tik Toks to a combined 4.5M +, featured in Forbes Magazine, featured at #4 in Germany’s Spotify Viral Chart.

The Wellermen have now released their much anticipated debut album which iIncluded hits like their cover of Ed Sheeran’s Nancy Mulligan, Misty Mountains (40m+ TikTok views), alongside the track that started it all “Wellerman.” The group haved built a global fan base consisting of a combined 7M+ following, racked up 50 million+ streams across all platforms.