Stars Will Align

{{Infobox song

| name = Stars Will Align

| cover = Stars Will Align Kygo Imagine Dragons cover art.jpeg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Kygo and Imagine Dragons

| album =

| released = 27 September 2024

| studio =

| genre = EDM

| length = 3:54

| label = * Sony

| writer = *Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll

| producer = *Kygo

| chronology = Kygo

| prev_title = Me Before You

| prev_year = 2024

| next_title = Hold on Me

| next_year = 2024

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Imagine Dragons

| type = single

| prev_title = Wake Up

| prev_year = 2024

| title = Stars Will Align

| year = 2024

| next_title = Take Me to the Beach

| next_year = 2024

}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|TM5ZtMP4OCQ|"Stars Will Align"}}}}

}}

"Stars Will Align" is a song by Norwegian DJ Kygo and American band Imagine Dragons. It released through Sony Music on 27 September 2024.{{Cite web |last=Källman |first=Peter |date=2024-10-08 |title=Kygo and Imagine Dragons Unite for Epic New Track 'Stars Will Align' |url=https://musictalkers.com/reviews/9495-kygo-and-imagine-dragons-unite-for-epic-new-track-stars-will-align |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=Music Talkers - Latest Music News & Artist Exposure |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |last=Vuoncino |first=Chris |date=2024-09-27 |title=Kygo and Imagine Dragons join forces for ‘Stars Will Align’ |url=https://weraveyou.com/2024/09/kygo-imagine-dragons-stars-will-align/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=We Rave You |language=en-GB}} It marks the second song between the two artists, with them previously collaborating on "Born to Be Yours" released in 2018.

Background and composition

"Stars Will Align" was written by Kygo and Imagine Dragons band members Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee with production from Kygo. The song was debuted live in Montreal in Kygo's 2025 concert tour. It was officially announced on 20 September 2024 with snippets and promotion following up until its release. The song's lyrics describe knowing that a relationship will get better with time.

Music video

The music video for "Stars Will Align" premiered on 11 October 2024 and was directed by Rafatoon.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM5ZtMP4OCQ |title=Kygo, Imagine Dragons - Stars Will Align (Official Video) |date=2024-10-11 |last=Kygo |access-date=2025-01-24 |via=YouTube}} The video features a boy meeting a girl while riding bikes on a dirt path intersection. He goes home and discovers celestial beings connecting through a telescope. When they touch, they create beams of light and energy that shoot upon a lake nearby. He rides his bike and gets on a rowboat to the lake where particles of celestial matter hangs in the air. Soon, the girl he met before appears also in a rowboat, discovering the same phenomenon.

Track listing

Digital download{{Citation |title=Stars Will Align - Single by Kygo & Imagine Dragons on Apple Music |date=2024-09-27 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/stars-will-align-single/1769222657 |access-date=2025-01-24 |language=en-US}}

"Stars Will Align" – 3:54

Digital download – Remix{{Citation |title=Stars Will Align (Zerb Remix) - Single by Kygo & Imagine Dragons on Apple Music |date=2024-11-01 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/stars-will-align-zerb-remix-single/1774731118 |access-date=2025-01-24 |language=en-US}}

"Stars Will Align" (Zerb Remix) – 3:42

Personnel

Credits for "Stars Will Align" adapted from Apple Music.{{Citation |title=Stars Will Align by Kygo & Imagine Dragons on Apple Music |date=2024-09-27 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/stars-will-align/1769222793 |access-date=2025-01-24 |language=en-US}}

{{col-2}}Musicians

Dan Reynolds – lead vocals
Wayne Sermon – guitar
Ben McKee – bass guitar

{{col-2}}Production

Kygo – production
Bryce Bordone – assistant engineering
Serban Ghenea – mixing
Randy Merrill – mastering{{col-end}}

Charts

= Weekly charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Weekly chart performance for "Stars Will Align" ! scope="col"\| Chart (2024–2025) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
{{single chart\|Flanders\|26\|artist=Kygo\|song=Stars Will Align\|rowheader=true\|access-date=24 January 2025}}
{{single chart\|Czech Republic\|4\|year=2025\|week=7\|rowheader=true\|access-date=18 February 2025}}
{{single chart\|Czechdigital\|15\|year=2025\|week=9\|rowheader=true\|access-date=4 March 2025}}
scope="row"\| Estonia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web\|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ee/weekly/20241108-20241114\|title=Top Radio Hits Estonia Weekly Chart: Nov 14, 2024\|publisher=TopHit\|access-date=1 April 2025}} \| 22
scope="row"\| Latvia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web\|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lv/weekly/20241129-20241205\|title=Top Radio Hits Latvia Weekly Chart: Dec 5, 2024\|publisher=TopHit\|access-date=1 April 2025}} {{small\|Zerb Remix}} \| 3
scope="row"\| Lithuania Airplay (TopHit){{cite web\|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lt/weekly/20241018-20241024\|title=Top Radio Hits Lithuania Weekly Chart: Oct 24, 2024\|publisher=TopHit\|access-date=1 April 2025}} \| 15
scope="row"\| Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web\|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Kygo+%26+Imagine+Dragons&titel=Stars+Will+Align&cat=s\|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2024\|website=dutchcharts.nl\|language=nl\|access-date=24 January 2025}} \| 82
scope="row"\| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ){{cite web\|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2024-10-04\|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart\|publisher=Recorded Music NZ\|date=10 October 2024\|access-date=24 January 2025}} \| 5
scope="row"\| Norway (VG-lista){{cite web\|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Kygo+%26+Imagine+Dragons&titel=Stars+Will+Align&cat=s\|title=Singel 2024 uke 05\|publisher=VG-lista\|access-date=24 January 2025}} \| 24
{{single chart\|Slovakia2\|2\|year=2025\|week=11\|rowheader=true\|access-date=20 March 2025}}
scope="row"\| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web\|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Kygo+%26+Imagine+Dragons&titel=Stars+Will+Align&cat=s\|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 4\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|access-date=24 January 2025}} \| 58
{{single chart\|Switzerland\|51\|artist=Kygo\|song=Stars Will Align\|rowheader=true\|access-date=24 January 2025}}
{{single chart\|UK\|69\|date=20241004\|rowheader=true\|access-date=24 January 2025}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ Weekly chart performance for "Stars Will Align"

! scope="col"| Chart (2024–2025)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|Flanders|26|artist=Kygo|song=Stars Will Align|rowheader=true|access-date=24 January 2025}}

{{single chart|Czech Republic|4|year=2025|week=7|rowheader=true|access-date=18 February 2025}}

{{single chart|Czechdigital|15|year=2025|week=9|rowheader=true|access-date=4 March 2025}}

scope="row"| Estonia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ee/weekly/20241108-20241114|title=Top Radio Hits Estonia Weekly Chart: Nov 14, 2024|publisher=TopHit|access-date=1 April 2025}}

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scope="row"| Latvia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lv/weekly/20241129-20241205|title=Top Radio Hits Latvia Weekly Chart: Dec 5, 2024|publisher=TopHit|access-date=1 April 2025}}
{{small|Zerb Remix}}

| 3

scope="row"| Lithuania Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lt/weekly/20241018-20241024|title=Top Radio Hits Lithuania Weekly Chart: Oct 24, 2024|publisher=TopHit|access-date=1 April 2025}}

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scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Kygo+%26+Imagine+Dragons&titel=Stars+Will+Align&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2024|website=dutchcharts.nl|language=nl|access-date=24 January 2025}}

| 82

scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2024-10-04|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=10 October 2024|access-date=24 January 2025}}

| 5

scope="row"| Norway (VG-lista){{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Kygo+%26+Imagine+Dragons&titel=Stars+Will+Align&cat=s|title=Singel 2024 uke 05|publisher=VG-lista|access-date=24 January 2025}}

| 24

{{single chart|Slovakia2|2|year=2025|week=11|rowheader=true|access-date=20 March 2025}}

scope="row"| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Kygo+%26+Imagine+Dragons&titel=Stars+Will+Align&cat=s|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 4|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=24 January 2025}}

| 58

{{single chart|Switzerland|51|artist=Kygo|song=Stars Will Align|rowheader=true|access-date=24 January 2025}}

{{single chart|UK|69|date=20241004|rowheader=true|access-date=24 January 2025}}

= Monthly charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Monthly chart performance for "Stars Will Align" ! scope="col"\| Chart (2024{{ndash}}2025) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
scope="row"\| Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100){{cite web\|url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/2?weekId=2952\|title=CZ – RADIO – TOP 100: Měsíc 2/2025\|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry\|access-date=1 April 2025\|language=cs}} \| 11
scope="row"\| Estonia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web\|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ee/monthly/202411\|title=Top Radio Hits Estonia Monthly Chart: November 2024\|publisher=TopHit\|access-date=1 April 2025}} \| 27
scope="row"\| Latvia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web\|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lv/monthly/202502\|title=Top Radio Hits Latvia Monthly Chart: February 2025\|publisher=TopHit\|access-date=1 April 2025}} {{small\|Zerb Remix}} \| 11
scope="row"\| Lithuania Airplay (TopHit){{cite web\|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lt/monthly/202410\|title=Top Radio Hits Lithuania Monthly Chart: October 2024\|publisher=TopHit\|access-date=1 April 2025}} \| 14

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ Monthly chart performance for "Stars Will Align"

! scope="col"| Chart (2024{{ndash}}2025)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100){{cite web|url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/2?weekId=2952|title=CZ – RADIO – TOP 100: Měsíc 2/2025|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|access-date=1 April 2025|language=cs}}

| 11

scope="row"| Estonia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ee/monthly/202411|title=Top Radio Hits Estonia Monthly Chart: November 2024|publisher=TopHit|access-date=1 April 2025}}

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scope="row"| Latvia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lv/monthly/202502|title=Top Radio Hits Latvia Monthly Chart: February 2025|publisher=TopHit|access-date=1 April 2025}}
{{small|Zerb Remix}}

| 11

scope="row"| Lithuania Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lt/monthly/202410|title=Top Radio Hits Lithuania Monthly Chart: October 2024|publisher=TopHit|access-date=1 April 2025}}

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References

Category:2024 singles

Category:2024 songs

Category:Kygo songs

Category:Imagine Dragons songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Kygo

Category:Songs written by Dan Reynolds (musician)

Category:Songs written by Ben McKee

Category:Songs written by Wayne Sermon

Category:Sony Music singles