After five years, Mumford & Sons have made their return to music with their new track ‘Good People’, featuring Pharrell. The song, which is produced by Pharrell, features a thumping beat with chanting and choir-like backing vocals. Mumford & Sons frontman Marcus Mumford sings about the joy, hope and energy within the room. Pharrell adds backing vocals alongside the Native Vocalists, a 6-piece dynamic vocal choir from the USA and Canada, hailing from their respective Native American Tribes within the Northern Great Plains.
Mumford & Sons and Pharrell’s friendship spans over a decade, and they have always discussed the possibility of teaming up to work on music. Last summer, they reconnected at Pharrell’s ‘Something In The Water’ festival at Virginia Beach. From there, they decided to collaborate in both Paris and New York to write and record some new songs together, with Pharrell producing.
‘Good People’ marks the band’s first release of 2024 and their first track since 2019’s ‘Blind Leading The Blind’. The track was performed live for the first time during Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton Men’s Autumn/Winter 2024 runway show at Paris Fashion Week. The band was joined by the iconic producer and The Native Vocalists in a special short live set for all in attendance.
Mumford & Sons’ last LP release was 2018’s ‘Delta’. In a three-star review of the album, NME shared: “A decade after they began their bid to become the most popular band in the world, Mumford & Sons are still pushing into unfamiliar territory.” In other news, the band recently debuted a new song called ‘Maybe’ during a live show back in October with Noah Kahan joining them on stage to perform the track.
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