Mumford & Sons 'Hopeless Wanderer' VIDEO & Lyrics: Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman & More Star as Parody of Band
Folk-rock band Mumford & Sons released on Sunday the music video for their latest single Hopeless Wanderer and it features many familiar faces.
Watch the video here:
The video begins with the four band members out of focus before revealing that they are not indeed Mumford & Sons. Instead, four comedic actors from such shows as Saturday Night Live, Arrested Development and The Office appear as doppelgängers for the band.
The actors featured are Jason Sudeikis, who recently announced his departure from SNL, his former SNL co-star Will Forte, Arrested Development star Jason Bateman and Ed Helms, of The Hangover and The Office fame.
The four actors play exaggerated versions of the band members, each of them wearing old-fashioned clothing and passionately playing their instruments. Near the middle of the video each of them sing passionately while tears stream down their face, which leads to Sudeikis and Forte unexpectedly kissing.
In another scene the foursome act as a group of ragtime singers, playing banjos while dressed in matching suspenders and hats. Next the group sings in unision while drinking beer in an old-fashioned pub. The climactic scene concludes the video with the band dramatically destroying their instruments and walking off into the sunset.
The band posted the video on Facebook on Sunday, telling their fans that they were "delighted" to present the video for Hopless Wanderer.
"A massive pair of thumbs-up to Sam Jones for directing and his cast of young budding actors," the band wrote. "We're sure they all have bright futures ahead of them."
The band posted a picture on Facebook on Aug. 1 of the four actors facing away from the camera with the text, "Who are the hopeless wanderers?" teasing that the video would be released Sunday.
Hopeless Wanderer is the latest single of Mumford & Sons' multi-platinum second studio album, Babel.
