Kings of Leon release the new single “Cold Blue Dawn,” along with a lyric video created through a collaboration with The Weather Channel. The video uses NASA satellite imagery to transform real Earth features into moving text related to the song’s lyrics.
Across outlets, the partnership is described as a notable blend of music and environmental visuals. Billboard and Consequence report that the imagery turns elements such as rivers, roads, coastlines, and farmland into typographic forms. NME highlights the “unlikely” nature of the collaboration and quotes the band’s hope that the partnership continues, framing the effort as both innovative and conceptually fitting.
The release is also positioned as part of a broader rollout for Kings of Leon’s upcoming 10th studio album, O My Beloved. While the sources agree on the song and the Weather Channel/NASA visual approach, they differ in emphasis: Billboard and Consequence focus more on the technical and visual mechanics of the lyric video, while NME underscores the relationship between the band and the network and the band’s outlook on the collaboration.
