The Longest Johns are an English folk musical group from Bristol, England,[1][2] consisting of Andy Yates, Jonathan "JD" Darley, and Robbie Sattin.

Their first full album, Written in Salt, was released in 2016, featuring tracks such as Drunken Sailor, Old Maui and Randy Dandy-O.

[9] The original line up consisted of Josh Bowker, Andy Yates, Jonathan Darley and Dave Robinson.

[11] In 2015, Bowker was unable to perform at the 2015 Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival due to the birth of his daughter.

Capturing all the fun and adventure of the high seas on the highways, Land Shanties is a concept album following one hero's quest to buy almond milk for his sweetheart.

The trend started back in August 2019 when The Longest Johns released a YouTube video of them singing the song "Wellerman" as the first episode of their Sea of Thieves series, Open Crewsing.

This video was shared around on many online platforms including Reddit, iFunny and Tumblr amassing many millions of views.

However, the spark that ignited the worldwide phenomenon happened when two brothers released a TikTok of them listening to The Longest Johns version of the song in a car.

This video goes through the emotion of initially not liking the song, but slowly becoming enraptured by it and wanting to join in with the singing.