And this is that story.

這就是那個故事。

My name's Nathan Evans.

我叫Nathan Evans

I'm from a small place just outside Glasgow in Scotland.

我來自蘇格蘭格拉斯哥郊外的一個小地方。

It's called Airdrie.

這就是所謂的艾爾德里。

It's not that exciting,

沒那麼刺激

there's not much to talk about.

沒什麼好說的

One of the best things in here

這裡面最好的東西之一

is the train that takes you out.

是帶你出去的火車。

It all started back in January 2020.

這一切早在2020年1月就開始了。

I was a postman

我是個郵差

and I was just going about my day-to-day job.

而我只是去我的日常工作。

I started my job about eight o'clock in the morning.

我大約在早上八點開始工作。

I was finished at about three o'clock in the afternoon

我是在下午三點左右完成的。

which meant I had all day after that

這意味著我有一整天的時間

and all night to think of new ideas for songs,

並通宵達旦地想出新的歌曲創意。

think of new TikTok ideas.

思考新的嘀嗒點子。

I've been singing since I was six years old.

我從六歲就開始唱歌了。

I don't think there's been a minute

我不認為有一個分鐘，

where I don't think of music,

在那裡我不去想音樂。

I'm not singing, I'm not playing guitar.

我不是在唱歌，我不是在彈吉他。

So, my views from TikTok,

所以，我的觀點來自嘀嗒。

when I first started,

當我剛開始。

I was getting maybe a couple of hundred

我大概得到了幾百塊錢

and it was slow for a while.

而且還慢了一陣子。

Then in July, someone decided to leave a comment

然後在7月份的時候，有人決定留下一句話

saying, "Could you sing a sea shanty

說："你能不能唱一首海上棚屋？

"called 'Leave Her Johnny'?

"叫'離開她的約翰尼'？

"I think you would be really good at it."

"我想你會很擅長的。"

So I went away, I done some research.

所以我走了，我做了一些研究。

The purpose of sea shanties

海上棚屋的目的

back when they were sang was,

當初他們唱的是。

they were sang on sailing ships and whaling ships

舟車勞頓

and they were used to keep the sailor's morale high,

他們被用來保持水手的士氣高漲。

to keep them all happy,

讓他們都高興。

to get them all joining in.

讓他們都加入進來。

If they were hoisting the sails

如果他們在揚帆

or whatever they were doing,

或者不管他們在做什麼。

it was to keep them in time.

是為了讓他們及時。

I don't do well on boats.

我不擅長坐船。

I get seasick, so.

我暈船，所以。

I went and I listened to a whole load of sea shanties

我去了，我聽了一大堆的海歌。

and I came back and uploaded the video

我回來了，並上傳了視頻

and the reception was amazing.

和接待是驚人的。

♪ Leave her Johnny leave her ♪

離開她的約翰尼離開她

Comments started coming in.

評論開始來了。

"Could you do the 'Drunken Sailor,'

"你能不能做'醉水手'，。

"could you do 'The Scotsman,'

"你可以做 "蘇格蘭人"，

"could you do 'The Wellerman?'"

"你可以做 "井人 "嗎？"

And so I got ready to do "The Wellerman"

所以我準備做 "井人"。

on the 27th of December.

12月27日，。

And it blew up.

然後它就爆炸了。

♪ There once was a ship that put to sea ♪

從前有一艘船出海了

♪ The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea ♪

*這艘船的名字叫 "茶葉比利號 "* *The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea*

♪ The winds blew up her bow dipped down ♪

風吹起了她的船頭下沉了下去

♪ O blow my bully boys blow ♪

吹我的惡霸男孩吹

The duets are probably one of my favorite parts

二重唱可能是我最喜歡的部分之一。

of the whole process.

的整個過程。

One person joins in and then two people joins in

一個人加入，然後兩個人加入。

and then before you know it,

然後在你知道之前，

there's 15 people on this one video.

有15人在這一個視頻。

There's somebody playing a violin,

有人在拉小提琴

there's somebody playing a harp and it's just,

有人在彈奏豎琴，它只是，

all together, it's just amazing.

所有在一起，它只是驚人的。

It was about three days later

大約三天後

when I surpassed a million views.

當我突破了一百萬的瀏覽量。

There was emails coming in

有郵件進來

about radio show interviews

關於電臺節目採訪

and TV shows.

和電視節目。

Managers, there was booking agents.

經理人，還有訂票經紀人。

So I spoke to a few people

所以我跟幾個人說

and sorted a lawyer and a manager.

並整理了一個律師和一個經理。

Once I'd got them sorted,

一旦我把它們整理好，

220 KID and Billen Ted,

220 KID和Billen Ted,

they had then went and made the remix

他們然後去做了混音

and radio stations loved it.

和電臺喜歡它。

And that is then when record labels started to get in touch.

而這時，唱片公司才開始接觸。

Now it's sitting at one and two in the UK charts,

現在，它在英國排行榜上的排名是一、二。

the original and then the remix is sitting there.

原版，然後混音是坐在那裡。

There is a music video in the works

有一個音樂視頻的作品

and you'll hopefully get to see that

你將有望看到，

in the next couple of weeks.

在接下來的幾周內。

You'll hopefully hear a couple of singles

希望你能聽到幾首單曲。

in the coming months

未來幾個月

and an album within the year

並在年內推出專輯

so keep your ears peeled.

所以，保持你的耳朵皮。

(upbeat jazzy music)

（歡快的爵士音樂）