{"id":1922329,"date":"2026-05-06T08:35:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1922329"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:35:27","slug":"the-rolling-stones-on-foreign-tongues-and-how-they-roped-in-robert-smith-i-love-a-challenge-thats-the-whole-album-raising-the-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1922329","title":{"rendered":"The Rolling Stones on \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 and how they roped in Robert Smith: \u201cI love a challenge, that\u2019s the whole album: raising the bar\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rolling_stones_new_york_3.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">The Rolling Stones on \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 and how they roped in Robert Smith: \u201cI love a challenge, that\u2019s the whole album: raising the bar\u201d<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood sat down with Conan O\u2019Brien in NYC to discuss their new album, collaborating with The Cure icon Smith and Paul McCartney, and staying ambitious after 60 years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Erica Campbell<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-05-06T09:35:27+01:00\">6th May 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rolling_stones_new_york_3-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood pose backstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album Foreign Tongues at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for UMG)\" title=\"The Rolling Stones Announce New Album Foreign Tongues - Inside\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood pose backstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album Foreign Tongues at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for UMG)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The Rolling Stones rang in their new album era at the historic Weylin in Brooklyn, New York City, to open up about their new record \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 at a rollicking album launch event last night (Tuesday May 5).<\/p>\n<p>Just a few hours after announcing their latest LP \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2018, set for release on July 10, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards\u00a0and Ronnie Wood spoke with host, comedian Conan O\u2019Brien to discuss collaborating with The Cure\u2018s Robert Smith and The Beatles legend Paul McCartney, their late drummer Charlie Watts being featured on the album, and how they continue to push their musicality after more than 60 years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>O\u2019Brien introduced the band to the audience of media members and VIPs after a quick quip on the follow-up to 2023\u2019s \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2018 being the album that would finally \u201ckick them into high gear after years of toiling and obscurity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The former <em>Late Night<\/em> host and longtime Stones fan applauded the band for their \u201cspectacular\u201d and \u201cbrilliant\u201d album, before asking Jagger how his voice seemed to have gotten better over the years, to which he cracked back: \u201cI was taking a lot of drugs back in 1968 I wasn\u2019t taking this album.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3944200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3944200\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3944200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rolling_stones_new_york_1.jpg\" alt=\"Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards speak onstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album Foreign Tongues at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for UMG)\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3944200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards speak onstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album Foreign Tongues at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for UMG)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The band discussed the diversity of sound on their new album and a country track called \u2018Ringing Hollow\u2019. \u201cKeith and I, when we were really young, we both liked country music a lot,\u201d Jagger shared. \u201cWe would play it, we\u2019d always liked Hank Williams. You can\u2019t really imitate those people, but we absorbed that style. \u2018Ringing Hollow\u2019, which is a love song to America, I didn\u2019t want to express it in a rock way. I thought it was better that we did it in a country way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien also talked to the band about how their approach to pushing their creativity and ambition has changed over the last six decades. \u201cYou guys are the greatest rock band in the history of the world. When you listen to these tracks, you\u2019re playing like you have something to prove. There\u2019s an urgency to it, an immediacy to it, an energy to it that\u2019s really stunning,\u201d O\u2019Brien said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI love a challenge. That\u2019s the whole album, the challenge of raising the bar. We\u2019ve always been ambitious,\u201d Jagger responded. \u201cThe thing about this record that I find interesting. And you say, \u2018You\u2019ve got nothing to prove,\u2019 but The Stones is a rock band, but The Stones also has the ability to do ballads and country music and dance music, they run in the gamut of all these styles. We\u2019re not stuck in one particular style; over the years, we\u2019ve loved all kinds of music. So, we express that in the way we record and what songs we write.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richards added: \u201cIt\u2019s quite possible that there\u2019s more in there. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>They recorded all of the new songs for \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 in less than a month at Metropolis Studios in West London. Grammy-award-winning producer Andrew Watt, who worked with them on their previous album and who Richards described as their \u201creferee\u201d, was once again tapped for his modern meets classic rock approach.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2018Foreign Tongues,\u2019 also features a legendary list of guests, including Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood, Robert Smith, and Red Hot Chili Peppers\u2018 drummer Chad Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did a session with Paul on the last album, and this is a track from those sessions,\u201d Jagger said, noting that the LP is made up of 10 new tracks recorded in London and four from previous sessions. When O\u2019Brien asked if there were collaborators who felt intimidated to work with The Stones, Jagger replied: \u201cWith Paul, he really wanted to jump in there. He was next door in the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DX_dmWvAOQJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wood joined in, joking, \u201cThere was no intimidation with Paul. He just wanted to play with the band; he wanted to tick that box. He was like, \u2018Finally, I can say I played with The Rolling Stones\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jagger also shared an anecdote on working with Robert Smith. \u201cHe was standing there with his back to me and this long gown on and when he turned around, he was covered in lipstick. And I said, I never met him before, \u2018You\u2019re Robert Smith of The Cure\u2019. And he said, \u2018Yeah, we\u2019ve never met\u2019. And I said, \u2018While you\u2019re here, you better go and do something\u2019. That\u2019s how collaborations work sometimes,\u201d he smiled.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Smith said that he tried to book McCartney and The Stones for his curated Meltdown Festival at London\u2019s Southbank in 2018, but they were unavailable.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3944201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3944201\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3944201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rolling_stones_new_york_2.jpg\" alt=\"Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards and Conan O'Brien speak onstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album Foreign Tongues at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for UMG)\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3944201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards and Conan O\u2019Brien speak onstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album Foreign Tongues at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for UMG)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wood praised Winwood\u2019s contribution to the album, before the band acknowledged an unreleased track, \u2018Hit Me In The Head\u2019, which features Watts drumming during one of his final recording sessions before passing in 2021. \u201cWe did that in Los Angeles with Charlie, and it\u2019s real fast, like a punk rocker,\u201d Jagger said of the track. \u201cIt\u2019s a super fast song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien also asked the band if, at this stage in their career, they still see the album-making process as fun. \u201cYes, we\u2019re having fun most of the time. A lot of times, you have to concentrate and make those five minutes really count. It\u2019s a lot of fun, but it\u2019s a lot of concentration,\u201d Jagger said. \u201cWe did have a lot of fun. It\u2019s not a long, drawn-out process. Four weeks is four weeks. We used to spend months and months in the studio and never leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3944182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3944182\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3944182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/stones22000x2000.jpg\" alt=\"Rolling Stones 'Foreign Tongues' album artwork\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1997\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3944182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolling Stones \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 album artwork<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Rolling Stones also shared the new single \u2018In The Stars\u2019 yesterday, before closing the moderated portion of the NYC event with a preview of the music video \u2013 featuring a younger version of the band and actress Odessa A\u2019zion, who was in attendance and danced along as the track played.<\/p>\n<p>Nathaniel Mary Quin, the New York artist who painted the album\u2019s artwork, was also in attendance and spoke about bringing the piece to life. The band also played the previously shared \u2018Rough And Twisted\u2019 (released on vinyl only as The Cockroaches) along with unreleased songs \u2018Mr. Charm\u2019 and \u2018Jealous Lover\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 follows 2023\u2019s \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019, which won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.<\/p>\n<p>The Rolling Stones release \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 on July 10 via Polydor\/Universal Music. Visit here to pre-order.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Speculation surrounds whether or not the band might announce a tour soon.In late 2025, they confirmed that they scrapped plans for a UK and European stadium tour in 2026 because Keith Richards was unable to \u201ccommit\u201d to it.<\/p>\n<p>The group embarked on their North American \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019 tour in 2024, with the trek landing at Number Six on the list of the highest-grossing music world tours of that year. They last played the UK in 2022, when two huge London BST Hyde Park gigs followed a stadium concert in Liverpool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Keith Richards<\/li>\n<li>Mick Jagger<\/li>\n<li>Paul McCartney<\/li>\n<li>Robert Smith<\/li>\n<li>Ronnie Wood<\/li>\n<li>The Cure<\/li>\n<li>The Rolling Stones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span4 td-is-sticky\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-sidebar  tdi_92 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                                                                                                  <span class=\"entry-review-stars\"><i class=\"td-icon-star\"><\/i><i class=\"td-icon-star\"><\/i><i class=\"td-icon-star\"><\/i><i class=\"td-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><i class=\"td-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/span>                                                                    <\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-image-container\">\n<div class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drozd@2000x1270-400x254.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drozd@2000x1270-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Steven Drozd on Wayne Coyne sacking him from Flaming Lips: \u201cI went back to treatment, and he just stopped communicating with me\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The Rolling Stones rang in their new album era at the historic Weylin in Brooklyn, New York City, to open up about their new record \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 at a rollicking album launch event last night (Tuesday May 5).<\/p>\n<p>Just a few hours after announcing their latest LP \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2018, set for release on July 10, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards\u00a0and Ronnie Wood spoke with host, comedian Conan O\u2019Brien to discuss collaborating with The Cure\u2018s Robert Smith and The Beatles legend Paul McCartney, their late drummer Charlie Watts being featured on the album, and how they continue to push their musicality after more than 60 years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>O\u2019Brien introduced the band to the audience of media members and VIPs after a quick quip on the follow-up to 2023\u2019s \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2018 being the album that would finally \u201ckick them into high gear after years of toiling and obscurity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The former <em>Late Night<\/em> host and longtime Stones fan applauded the band for their \u201cspectacular\u201d and \u201cbrilliant\u201d album, before asking Jagger how his voice seemed to have gotten better over the years, to which he cracked back: \u201cI was taking a lot of drugs back in 1968 I wasn\u2019t taking this album.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3944200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3944200\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3944200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rolling_stones_new_york_1.jpg\" alt=\"Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards speak onstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album Foreign Tongues at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for UMG)\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3944200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards speak onstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album Foreign Tongues at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for UMG)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The band discussed the diversity of sound on their new album and a country track called \u2018Ringing Hollow\u2019. \u201cKeith and I, when we were really young, we both liked country music a lot,\u201d Jagger shared. \u201cWe would play it, we\u2019d always liked Hank Williams. You can\u2019t really imitate those people, but we absorbed that style. \u2018Ringing Hollow\u2019, which is a love song to America, I didn\u2019t want to express it in a rock way. I thought it was better that we did it in a country way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien also talked to the band about how their approach to pushing their creativity and ambition has changed over the last six decades. \u201cYou guys are the greatest rock band in the history of the world. When you listen to these tracks, you\u2019re playing like you have something to prove. There\u2019s an urgency to it, an immediacy to it, an energy to it that\u2019s really stunning,\u201d O\u2019Brien said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI love a challenge. That\u2019s the whole album, the challenge of raising the bar. We\u2019ve always been ambitious,\u201d Jagger responded. \u201cThe thing about this record that I find interesting. And you say, \u2018You\u2019ve got nothing to prove,\u2019 but The Stones is a rock band, but The Stones also has the ability to do ballads and country music and dance music, they run in the gamut of all these styles. We\u2019re not stuck in one particular style; over the years, we\u2019ve loved all kinds of music. So, we express that in the way we record and what songs we write.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richards added: \u201cIt\u2019s quite possible that there\u2019s more in there. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>They recorded all of the new songs for \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 in less than a month at Metropolis Studios in West London. Grammy-award-winning producer Andrew Watt, who worked with them on their previous album and who Richards described as their \u201creferee\u201d, was once again tapped for his modern meets classic rock approach.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2018Foreign Tongues,\u2019 also features a legendary list of guests, including Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood, Robert Smith, and Red Hot Chili Peppers\u2018 drummer Chad Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did a session with Paul on the last album, and this is a track from those sessions,\u201d Jagger said, noting that the LP is made up of 10 new tracks recorded in London and four from previous sessions. When O\u2019Brien asked if there were collaborators who felt intimidated to work with The Stones, Jagger replied: \u201cWith Paul, he really wanted to jump in there. He was next door in the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DX_dmWvAOQJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wood joined in, joking, \u201cThere was no intimidation with Paul. He just wanted to play with the band; he wanted to tick that box. He was like, \u2018Finally, I can say I played with The Rolling Stones\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jagger also shared an anecdote on working with Robert Smith. \u201cHe was standing there with his back to me and this long gown on and when he turned around, he was covered in lipstick. And I said, I never met him before, \u2018You\u2019re Robert Smith of The Cure\u2019. And he said, \u2018Yeah, we\u2019ve never met\u2019. And I said, \u2018While you\u2019re here, you better go and do something\u2019. That\u2019s how collaborations work sometimes,\u201d he smiled.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Smith said that he tried to book McCartney and The Stones for his curated Meltdown Festival at London\u2019s Southbank in 2018, but they were unavailable.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3944201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3944201\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3944201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rolling_stones_new_york_2.jpg\" alt=\"Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards and Conan O'Brien speak onstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album Foreign Tongues at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for UMG)\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3944201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards and Conan O\u2019Brien speak onstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album Foreign Tongues at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for UMG)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wood praised Winwood\u2019s contribution to the album, before the band acknowledged an unreleased track, \u2018Hit Me In The Head\u2019, which features Watts drumming during one of his final recording sessions before passing in 2021. \u201cWe did that in Los Angeles with Charlie, and it\u2019s real fast, like a punk rocker,\u201d Jagger said of the track. \u201cIt\u2019s a super fast song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien also asked the band if, at this stage in their career, they still see the album-making process as fun. \u201cYes, we\u2019re having fun most of the time. A lot of times, you have to concentrate and make those five minutes really count. It\u2019s a lot of fun, but it\u2019s a lot of concentration,\u201d Jagger said. \u201cWe did have a lot of fun. It\u2019s not a long, drawn-out process. Four weeks is four weeks. We used to spend months and months in the studio and never leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3944182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3944182\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3944182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/stones22000x2000.jpg\" alt=\"Rolling Stones 'Foreign Tongues' album artwork\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1997\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3944182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolling Stones \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 album artwork<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Rolling Stones also shared the new single \u2018In The Stars\u2019 yesterday, before closing the moderated portion of the NYC event with a preview of the music video \u2013 featuring a younger version of the band and actress Odessa A\u2019zion, who was in attendance and danced along as the track played.<\/p>\n<p>Nathaniel Mary Quin, the New York artist who painted the album\u2019s artwork, was also in attendance and spoke about bringing the piece to life. The band also played the previously shared \u2018Rough And Twisted\u2019 (released on vinyl only as The Cockroaches) along with unreleased songs \u2018Mr. Charm\u2019 and \u2018Jealous Lover\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 follows 2023\u2019s \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019, which won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.<\/p>\n<p>The Rolling Stones release \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 on July 10 via Polydor\/Universal Music. Visit here to pre-order.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Speculation surrounds whether or not the band might announce a tour soon.In late 2025, they confirmed that they scrapped plans for a UK and European stadium tour in 2026 because Keith Richards was unable to \u201ccommit\u201d to it.<\/p>\n<p>The group embarked on their North American \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019 tour in 2024, with the trek landing at Number Six on the list of the highest-grossing music world tours of that year. They last played the UK in 2022, when two huge London BST Hyde Park gigs followed a stadium concert in Liverpool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-rolling-stones-foreign-tongues-paul-mccartney-robert-smith-new-york-conan-o-brien-3944198&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rolling_stones_new_york_3.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News The Rolling Stones on \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 and how they roped in Robert Smith: \u201cI love a challenge, that\u2019s the whole album: raising the bar\u201d Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood sat down with Conan O\u2019Brien in NYC to discuss their new album, collaborating with The Cure icon Smith and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-1922329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1922329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1922329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1922329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1922329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}