In a statement talking about the song , Marcus Mumford said , " 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 honoring , 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 . " A music video to accompany the release of " Beloved " was first released onto YouTube on 20 March 2019 at a total length of four minutes and fifty-one seconds . The music video was filmed in Port Talbot , Wales and was directed by BAFTA nominated filmmaker Charlotte Regan . The video shows a boy and his mother who break free from a hospital , from which she 's been she 's been confined to . They wander the city in a dreamlike sequence playing simple games , riding riding horses and sharing a tender moment together before the mother passes away
BAFTA nominated
70th British Academy Film Awards
Beloved (Mumford & Sons song)