The Warning have eight releases shared with other artists: seven songs and one remix, from a Metallica cover with Alessia Cara in 2021 to “Love To Be Loved” with Carín León in 2026. That count comes from the band’s own catalogue on Apple Music, read on October 17, 2026: every release where The Warning share the artist credit with someone else. On top of those, there are four live or televised moments that were never released as songs: two with Billy Idol, one with Nene Royal on America’s Got Talent, and Pau’s guest spot with Garbage in Mexico City.
This page lists all of them with who wrote what, who plays what, the date and the official video. The table runs newest first; the sections start with the most searched, Carín León. Song credits are copied from the album credits on Apple Music, which are the credits the labels supplied.
All the collaborations at a glance
| Year | Collaboration | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Garbage, “I Think I’m Paranoid” | Pau as their guest at the Zócalo, Mexico City |
| 2026 | Nene Royal, “Kerosene” | TV segment on America’s Got Talent |
| 2026 | PNAU, “Tu Corazón (Your Heart)” | PNAU single featuring The Warning, plus a Carter Walsh remix (September 2026) |
| 2026 | Carín León, “Love To Be Loved” | The Warning single with Carín León |
| 2025 | Billy Idol, “La Bamba” and “Twist and Shout” | TV special on CBS |
| 2025 | Billy Idol, “Dancing with Myself” | Dany as his guest in Mexico City |
| 2025 | Maggie Lindemann, “let me burn” | Album track, Maggie Lindemann & The Warning |
| 2024 | Dead Poet Society, “HURT” | Dead Poet Society single featuring The Warning |
| 2024 | BAND-MAID, “SHOW THEM” | Song co-written by both bands |
| 2022 | grandson and Zero 9:36, “CHOKE” | New version of the band’s own song |
| 2021 | Alessia Cara, “Enter Sandman” | Metallica cover for The Metallica Blacklist |
Carín León: “Love To Be Loved” (2026)
The collaboration most people search for, mostly from Mexico. “Love To Be Loved” was released on February 6, 2026 as “The Warning & Carín León”, on Republic Records and Lava Music, the band’s labels.
Who wrote it. The Apple Music credits list eight writers: Anton DeLost, Daniela Villarreal, Paulina Villarreal, Alejandra Villarreal, Robert Francis Grimaldi, Jaten Dimsdale, Neil Ormandy and James Norton. Carín León is not among the credited writers. DeLost, who worked with the band on Keep Me Fed, produced it with Grimaldi.
Who plays what. The official video description gives the band’s usual line-up: Dany on lead vocals and guitar, Pau on drums and backing vocals, Ale on bass and backing vocals, with Carín León on vocals. Billboard called it León’s first song sung entirely in English.
What they said. León, in the label’s release announcement: “I’m truly happy and excited about this collaboration with these amazing artists.” The band: “We are so excited about this song.” Both quotes are from the announcement as published by Blabbermouth.
Live. The song had its live debut at Carín León’s shows at Sphere in Las Vegas, on September 4, 5 and 6, 2026, according to Billboard’s list of his Sphere guests. Sphere’s own announcement confirms The Warning on the sold-out opening night.
Watch: official video · performance video · lyric video.
PNAU: “Tu Corazón (Your Heart)” (2026)
Released April 8, 2026 by the Australian duo PNAU as “Tu Corazón (Your Heart) [feat. The Warning]”, on etcetc Music. It is also track 4 of PNAU’s album AHHCade (July 31, 2026).
The sisters are co-writers. The Apple Music credits list six writers: Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes, Sam Littlemore, Daniela Villarreal Velez, Paulina Villarreal Velez and Alejandra Villarreal Velez. Apple credits The Warning with the vocals and PNAU with the programming. The official video, on PNAU’s channel, names all three sisters in its end credits. The lyrics switch between English and Spanish.
How it came about. Per Rolling Stone Australia, PNAU met the band years earlier, while shooting a music video for Empire of the Sun in Mexico. The band, to the same outlet: “We love Pete and Nick very much!”
The remix. A Carter Walsh remix followed on September 11, 2026. Apple lists only PNAU and Carter Walsh as performers on it, so it is a remix of the same recording, not new vocals.
Billy Idol: two nights in 2025
Two separate events, often merged online.
November 30, 2025, Mexico City. Billy Idol played Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú on his 70th birthday, and Dany joined him alone for “Dancing with Myself”. She then brought out a mariachi to sing him “Las Mañanitas”, the Mexican birthday song, according to Infobae and Posta. We found no official video of that night.
December 28, 2025, on CBS. All three sisters appeared on A GRAMMY Celebration of Latin Music, listed by the Recording Academy as “The Warning with Billy Idol and Steve Stevens”. Per Parade, they opened with “La Bamba”, with Dany singing the Spanish verses, and Idol joined them for “Twist and Shout”. The band posted an aftermovie the next day.
Maggie Lindemann: “let me burn” (2025)
Released October 17, 2025, one year ago today, as track 6 of Maggie Lindemann’s album i feel everything, credited to “Maggie Lindemann & The Warning”. It is an album track, not a single.
The Apple Music credits list four writers: Maggie Lindemann, Zach Jones, Paulina Villarreal and Daniela Villarreal. Ale is not among the writers. Watch: official lyric video.
Dead Poet Society: “HURT” (2024)
Released December 12, 2024 as “HURT (feat. The Warning)”, credited to Dead Poet Society & The Warning, on Spinefarm. It is a new version of a song from Dead Poet Society’s 2024 album FISSION, so the sisters are not among the writers; the credits list the band members, Anton DeLost and Benjamin Rice, who also produced it.
Who plays what. Per the Apple Music credits, Dany and Pau sing lead and backing vocals and Ale sings backing vocals, while Dead Poet Society play the instruments.
How it came about, in the band’s own words as printed by Dork: they first heard the song while making Keep Me Fed with DeLost, met Dead Poet Society on the ShipRocked cruise and heard it live there, and then, at Aftershock in October 2024, Dead Poet Society invited Pau to sing it with them on stage.
It reached No. 8 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, per Billboard. Watch: audio · music video (March 26, 2025).
BAND-MAID: “SHOW THEM” (2024)
Two facts that often get merged. First, a joint concert: on June 12, 2024, BAND-MAID and The Warning played a special show at EX Theater Roppongi in Tokyo, The Warning’s first show in Japan, per their Japanese label, Pony Canyon. At the end of that night the two bands played a new song together for the first time, as a surprise.
Second, the song: “SHOW THEM”, credited to BAND-MAID and The Warning, released August 7, 2024 on Pony Canyon. Apple credits the writing to “Band Maid & The Warning”. Per Consequence, BAND-MAID’s Kanami wrote the demo and Dany trades lead vocals with Saiki Atsumi. Kanami, to Consequence: “Everyone in The Warning made changes to the demo I made.” Watch: official video.
Update, November 1, 2026. The two bands shared a stage again on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at BAND-MAID’s Mexico City show at the Pabellón Oeste of the Palacio de los Deportes, the last North American date of the BAND-MAID WORLD TOUR 2026. Dany Villarreal joined them on stage for the closing song, “SHOW THEM”, per the review in Pólvora; the band’s own Instagram post of October 19 says the sisters spent a few days with BAND-MAID and shared the stage. Reviews differ on whether Ale went on stage too.
grandson and Zero 9:36: “CHOKE” (2022)
Released August 26, 2022 as “CHOKE” by The Warning, grandson and Zero 9:36, on Republic and Lava. It is a new version of the band’s own song from ERROR, with verses from both guests. The album credits on Apple Music list the three sisters with six more writers. grandson, to uDiscover: “Working with The Warning girls has been a long time coming.” Watch: official video.
Alessia Cara: “Enter Sandman” (2021)
Released September 10, 2021 as “Enter Sandman” by Alessia Cara & The Warning, for The Metallica Blacklist, the tribute album on Metallica’s own label, Blackened Recordings. The writers are Metallica’s (James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett); the arrangement is credited to The Warning with producer Matt Squire. Dany and Alessia Cara share lead vocals, with Dany on guitar, Pau on drums and Ale on bass, per the Apple Music credits.
It closes a loop: the band’s own “Enter Sandman” cover, posted in July 2014, went viral online, and uDiscover ties it to the Blacklist invitation. Alessia Cara then joined them live at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on May 24, 2022. Watch: official video · Troubadour.
Nene Royal on America’s Got Talent (2026)
Not a release: the sisters surprised Nene Royal, a 16-year-old guitarist, in her rehearsal room and played “Kerosene” with her, in a segment aired on September 22, 2026. The full story is in our article The Warning surprise Nene Royal with “Kerosene”. Watch: the segment on AGT’s channel.
Garbage: Pau at the Zócalo (2026)
Not a release, and not the whole band: on Saturday, November 14, 2026, Paulina Villarreal was a guest of Garbage at their free concert in the Zócalo, Mexico City’s main square. The Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México, in the description of its video of the night, highlights “la participación especial de Paulina Villarreal (de The Warning) en “I Think I’m Paranoid”” and puts the crowd at more than 90,000 people. Milenio’s live coverage reports that Shirley Manson introduced her and that the two shared the microphone, and Pau shared a clip of it in her Instagram stories that night. No official video of the song had been published as of November 15, 2026. Added November 15, 2026.
What is not on this list
- Tours as a support act, such as the UK and Ireland dates opening for Yungblud in 2026, are not collaborations.
- The wish list. In February 2026 a list naming Hayley Williams, Demi Lovato and other artists circulated as upcoming collaborations. The band said it was posted by mistake and was a list of dream collaborations, not real ones, per Infobae.
- Fan videos of other shared stages. Several circulate, but this page lists only what the artists, their labels or the venues published.
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FAQ
What songs has The Warning recorded with other artists? Seven songs, as of October 17, 2026: “Love To Be Loved” with Carín León, “Tu Corazón (Your Heart)” with PNAU, “let me burn” with Maggie Lindemann, “HURT” with Dead Poet Society, “SHOW THEM” with BAND-MAID, “CHOKE” with grandson and Zero 9:36, and “Enter Sandman” with Alessia Cara. A Carter Walsh remix of “Tu Corazón” makes eight releases.
When did The Warning and Carín León release “Love To Be Loved”? On February 6, 2026, on Republic Records and Lava Music.
Did Carín León write “Love To Be Loved”? No. The Apple Music credits list eight writers, including all three Villarreal sisters and producer Anton DeLost; Carín León is not among them.
Did The Warning perform with Carín León at Sphere? Yes. Billboard lists the live debut of “Love To Be Loved” at León’s Sphere shows in Las Vegas on September 4, 5 and 6, 2026.
Did The Warning write “Tu Corazón” with PNAU? Yes. All three sisters are credited as co-writers, with Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes and Sam Littlemore.
Has The Warning played with Billy Idol? Twice in 2025: Dany sang “Dancing with Myself” with him at his 70th birthday show in Mexico City on November 30, and all three performed with him on CBS’s A GRAMMY Celebration of Latin Music on December 28.
