After five years without releases, the band Mumford and Sons just released the song Good peoplein collaboration no less Pharrell. This unprecedented partnership was made through Gentlemen of The Road/Island Records and left fans thrilled.
Mumford & Sons and Pharrell began their friendship more than a decade ago while touring festivals and often talked about making music together. Last summer, with the band back on the road headlining a series of global festival shows, they reconnected with the festival.”SOMETHING IN THE WATER” by Pharrell in Virginia Beach. Their mutual admiration and respect had only grown over the years, and they decided to meet in New York and then Paris to write and record some new songs together, with Pharrell producing.
Good people it came from the joy and hope and energy in the room. The spark from this song generated a lot of excitement, so Mumford & Sons decided to kick off 2024 with the release of this first single, which also marks the British band’s first new music since 2019.
The song was presented last Tuesday (16) during Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton men’s autumn/winter show at Paris Fashion Week. The band performed Good people for the first time in a special live set for all those present.
In addition to producing the song, Pharrell also joins the band on backing vocals, and together they have invited the Native Vocalists, a dynamic six-piece vocal choir from the United States and Canada, drawn from their respective Native American tribes, into the Big Apple. Northern plain. Native singers also participated in the performance Good people for the first live performance.
Formed by multi-instrumentalists Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall and Ted Dwane, the band emerged in late 2007, into a strong London folk scene. During their career, they topped the Billboard 200 with three of their four studio albums and have sold 3.7 million albums in the UK. The band have won numerous awards, including two BRITs, an Ivor Novello Award and two GRAMMYs, including Album of the Year.
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Source: Terra
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