Mumford & Sons have released the music video for Beloved, the second single from their fourth studio album Delta.
The video is directed by BAFTA-nominated Charlotte Regan. It was shot in and around Port Talbot in Wales and reflects the song’s lyrical touchpoints of death, the heartache of its acceptance, and the long-standing memories we cling to in its wake.
Watch the video below:
Marcus Mumford says, “Everyone knows loss in one way or another. This song is about that. I’d never sat with anyone as they died before, and it had an effect on me. As it does everyone I know who has experienced it. But there’s wildness and beauty in it as well, and a deep honouring, that became the beginnings of this song that we worked up called Beloved. I feel determined for people to take whatever they want from it, and not to be emotionally prescriptive.”
Director, Charlotte Regan comments, “Port Talbot was an amazing place. To be honest it was somewhere I hadn’t thought about until the band mentioned it. I used to visit my nan up north in Redcar where she lived for a little while and remembered looking down long streets and seeing kids playing football or curby with these big industrial buildings in the background, and initially, that was where I had in mind. But as soon as we started looking at pictures of Port Talbot, we knew it was perfect. It was a proper beautiful place with an amazing sense of community but still maintained that kind of grit we were looking for.”
Mumford & Sons are touring extensively throughout 2019. They will return to the UK to headline All Points East in a collaboration with their Gentlemen of the Road events on 1st June at Victoria Park, London.
The band will play the following live dates this year:
22nd March – Bridgestone Arena, Nashville
23rd March – BJCC, Birmingham AL
25th March – Bankers Life Field House, Indianapolis
27th March – Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
29th March – United Center, Chicago
30th March – Kohl Center, Madison
31st March – Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee
25th April – Altice Arena, Lisbon
27th April – Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
29th April – Medialanum Forum, Milan
1st May – Olympiahalle, Munich
3rd May – Stadthalle, Vienna
5th May – St. Jakobshalle, Basel
7th May – Zenith, Paris
8th May – Rockhal, Esch-Sur-Alzette
9th May – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
11th May – Mercedes Benz Arena, Berlin
13th May – Festhalle, Frankfurt
15th May – Lanxess Arena, Cologne
17th May – Royal Arena, Copenhagen
18th May – Scandinavium, Gothenburg
19th May – Spektrum, Oslo
21st May – Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
26th May – Bottlerock Festival, Napa Valley
1st June – GOTR x All Points East Festival, London
2nd June – Echo Arena, Liverpool (rescheduled date)
4th June – Fly DSA Arena, Sheffield (rescheduled date)
6th June – Manchester Arena (rescheduled date)
10th June – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff (rescheduled date)
14th June – GOTR Presents.. Malahide Castle, Dublin
15th June – GOTR Presents.. Malahide Castle, Dublin
21st-23rd June – Hurricane Festival, Scheessel
21st-23rd June – Southside Festival, Neuhausen Ob Eck
27th-30th June – Rock Werchter Festival, Werchter
3rd August – Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles
5th August – Moda Center, Portland
7th August – BC Place Stadium, Vancouver
9th August – Gorge Amphitheatre, George WA
11th August – Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, Missoula MT
13th August – Usana Amphitheatre, West Valley City UT
15th August – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, Greenwood Village CO
16th August – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, Greenwood Village CO
