And it felt pretty important to remind people that most of the time we're just goofing around. We do our music that we care about and it is from an earnest place but you know we don't just sort of sit around in basements with the curtains closed crying about things that inspired songs in the first place. Anyone who has spent some time with us knows that we really don't take ourselves that seriously. Well, we do that shit all the time though.

Were you guys all together when you saw it? But there was no mention of a banjo dance until the final edit, which was a pleasant slash horrible surprise. We worked on the idea ith Sam a bit before they did the shoot. They're not only very well known comedians, they're also four of the best improvisors in like the comedy world.So they basically spent a day just messing around and what they came out with just blew us all away.' Lovett gave RS the band's first interview since the video's release, and also chatted about Lollapalooza, being back on the road and the return of Ted Dwane after having a blood clot removed from his brain.ĭid you have any idea that Sam and those guys would take it as far as they did? 'It was just a lot funnier than I think any of us had expected, 'cause the guys were totally just riffing.

What have we done?'' says Mumford & Sons' Ben Lovett about the band's new video for 'Hopeless Wanderer.' The hilarious clip, directed by Sam Jones, was released earlier this week and stars Jason Bateman, Ed Helms, Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis.

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