Snow Patrol open their new global BMG deal with These Alarms, a Kylie Minogue collaboration built around emotional distance, unresolved connection, and classic Snow Patrol songwriting with serious pop reach.
The move sets up the band’s next chapter with a clear signal: long-game catalogue value, global ambition, and a feature that actually fits the song.
Written with Kylie in mind, These Alarms was first recorded during sessions for Snow Patrol’s 2024 UK No.1 album The Forest Is The Path, under the working title KYLIE. The band held it back until they could bring her into the track properly.
Gary Lightbody says Kylie’s voice was “the missing piece,” while Minogue describes being invited into Snow Patrol’s world as “a total honour.”
The song explores the emotional static left by past relationships: wanting distance, wanting contact, and not fully trusting either instinct. Classic heartbreak limbo, basically — but with cleaner architecture.
The lyric video, directed and animated by Sara Serna with art direction by Jko Sánchez for YERE Studio, extends the release visually without overloading it.
For BMG, the signing adds Snow Patrol to a UK roster that already includes Kylie Minogue, Lily Allen, Louis Tomlinson, Johnny Marr, Marina, The Script, Simple Minds, Suede, Rick Astley, and Meek.
With These Alarms, Snow Patrol do not chase reinvention for the sake of it. They sharpen the system: strong writing, strategic partnership, global catalogue thinking, and a pop feature that actually makes sense.