‘Daisy Jones & the Six’: Marcus Mumford and Maren Morris on Finally Collaborating for Cover of ‘Look at Us Now (Honeycomb)’
variety.comEllise Shafer For Marcus Mumford, getting involved with the original music for “Daisy Jones & the Six” was a matter of being in the right place at the right time.
The Mumford & Sons frontman was working at L.A.’s Sound City Studios on his solo record with multi-instrumentalist and producer Blake Mills — who co-wrote and executive produced all 25 songs heard in the Prime Video series, which chronicles the rise and fall of a ’70s rock band — when Mills asked if he wanted to help write a tune for the show. “It was a slower day for my record and Blake was like, ‘Look, do you wanna try this thing for Daisy?'” Mumford tells Variety. “And I often think that… writing begets more writing.
If you’re able to flex a similar muscle in a different way, then it can often help the writing you have in front of you as well.” That idea became “Look at Us Now (Honeycomb),” Daisy Jones & the Six’s first big hit, which Mumford co-wrote with Mills, Jason Boesel, Stephony Smith and Johnathan Rice.
The song, an embodiment of the love-hate relationship between lead singers Daisy Jones (Riley Keough) and Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin), doubles as a feel-good anthem with its soaring harmonies and timeless guitar chords.
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