{"id":2035249,"date":"2026-07-09T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2035249"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T06:00:22","slug":"the-rolling-stones-foreign-tongues-review-a-fresh-and-fluent-follow-up-to-hackney-diamonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2035249","title":{"rendered":"The Rolling Stones \u2013 \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 review: a fresh and fluent follow-up to \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The-Rolling-Stones-Credit-Mark-Seliger.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-3332206\" class=\"post-3332206 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_single_featured_image tdi_71 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The-Rolling-Stones-Credit-Mark-Seliger-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Rolling Stones Foreign Tongues Review\" title=\"The Rolling Stones Credit Mark Seliger\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">The Rolling Stones. Credit: Mark Seliger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_72\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_73  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_75  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>Reviews<\/span><span>Album Reviews<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_77 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_77\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">The Rolling Stones \u2013 \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 review: a fresh and fluent follow-up to \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_78 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Though lacking a standout smash, the legends\u2019 25th studio set is stuffed with late-career gems<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_review_overall tdi_79 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<table class=\"td-review td-fix-index\">\n<tr class=\"td-review-footer rate_stars\">\n<td class=\"td-review-score\">\n<div class=\"td-review-overall\">\n<div class=\"td-review-final-score\">3.5<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_80 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_80\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Alex Flood<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_81 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-09T10:00:22+01:00\">9th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_82\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_83  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\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>Mick Jagger is not one for looking back. At least, not very fondly. If you sift through the fading, cracked pages of <i>NME<\/i> interviews from the \u201860s and \u201870s, you\u2019ll read the snake-hipped frontman\u2019s withering putdowns of past Rolling Stones tracks. In a 1974 conversation, the band\u2019s 1963 debut single \u2018Come On\u2019 was dismissed as \u201cshit\u2026 god knows how it got in the charts\u201d. Of their second, Beatles-borrowed single \u2018I Wanna Be Your Man\u2019, Jagger remembers the group didn\u2019t really want to record it at all. And this year, the swaggering singer told us about a vinyl player he found pumping out \u201cancient\u201d Stones tunes in his dressing room: \u201cthey sounded awful.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Mick Jagger on The Rolling Stones\u2019 future: \u201cI\u2019m already writing for the next album\u201d<br \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Across seven decades, this near-addiction to staying relevant has kept Mick and co. on the lookout for novel ideas. After the initial rock\u2019n\u2019roll boom, 1976\u2019s \u2018Black And Blue\u2019 incorporated disco and dance grooves, as well as Keith Richards\u2019 penchant for reggae ruminations (\u2018Cherry Oh Baby\u2019). Punk\u2019s dirty fingerprints were all over late-\u201970s gem \u2018Some Girls\u2019. Then there\u2019s the post-pomp era, which sashayed through New Wave (1983\u2019s \u2018Undercover\u2019), then-contemporary pop production (1986\u2019s \u2018Dirty Work\u2019) and even electronic music (parts of 1997\u2019s \u2018Bridges To Babylon\u2019). Though never slavish trend-hoppers, the British R&amp;B rebels have always known how to cherry-pick from the charts in order to embellish their most recent offering.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>In this same forward-facing spirit comes their 25th studio album, \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019, a cool, confident compendium of everything the band \u2013 now in their eighties or not far off (guitarist Ronnie Wood\u2019s the spring chicken at 79) \u2013 have done so far. It\u2019s their second venture with both Grammy-winning producer Andrew Watt and replacement sticksman Steve Jordan, following 2023\u2019s hiatus-ending \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019, after long-term drummer Charlie Watts\u2019 sad passing two years earlier. Now that their partnership with Watt is well-established, and Jordan seems fully up to speed, you\u2019d expect the Stones to keep on rolling. And so they do.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rolling Stones - Jealous Lover\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0IOL-vfkpJM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Rootsy opener \u2018Rough And Twisted Road\u2019 kicks things off in raw, bluesy style, before Jagger tries to keep the party going on soul-tinged stomper \u2018In The Stars\u2019, asking in his customary yowl: \u201cDo you wanna dance \u2018til the roof caves in?\u201d As on \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019, there\u2019s a desire to prove the old lust for debauchery remains \u2013 only now, it\u2019s touched by a nervous urgency to seize the day while they still can. <i>\u201cLife\u2019s too short for making money, show me how to spend it honey,\u201d<\/i> sings Jagger on punky ripper \u2018Mr Charm\u2019. Similarly, themes of fate and destiny permeate the flowing, melodic sing-a-long \u2018Divine Intervention\u2019 (<i>\u201cout of the question\u201d<\/i>, apparently) as well as gospel closer \u2018Back In Your Life\u2019 (<i>\u201cIs this how our story will end?\u201d<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps more worryingly, Richards discloses to an imaginary confidante on his habitual solo ballad (\u2018Some Of Us\u2019) that <i>\u201csome of us are on our knees\u201d<\/i>. It\u2019s not enough to indicate any real-life health struggles, but the arthritic axeman has often topped \u2018most likely to die\u2019 lists and said he \u201ccouldn\u2019t commit\u201d to touring this year for vague reasons. Jagger, meanwhile, croons about <i>\u201ccoming a bit unscrewed\u201d<\/i> on McCartney collab \u2018Covered In You\u2019. Could this be evidence of The Glimmer Twins\u2019 slackening grip in their respective ninth decades?<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, there\u2019s little musical evidence to support this theory on \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019, where the songs generally sound fresh and refined. The political barbs aimed at Elon Musk (on \u2018Mr Charm\u2019) and American politicians (on \u2018Ringing Hollow\u2019) feel pointed instead of blunt. Pleasingly, Jagger\u2019s voice shows no signs of weakening \u2013 astounding when you consider the prolonged stress on his vocal cords over many thousands of hours singing live.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rolling Stones - In The Stars (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oT5LwwEHgnc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>There <i>are<\/i> a few head-scratchers \u2013 the tawdry Amy Winehouse cover \u2018You Know I\u2019m No Good\u2019, along with Bruno Mars\u2019 inaudible cowbell cameo on ravey romp \u2018Never Wanna Lose You\u2019, which The Cure\u2019s Robert Smith rescues with his backing vocals and synth chops. And while \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019 had \u2018Sweet Sounds Of Heaven\u2019 \u2013 a beautiful, quasi-religious epic starring Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder \u2013 \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 lacks a true classic Stones joint. There\u2019s nothing to rival \u2018Gimme Shelter\u2019 or \u2018Jumpin\u2019 Jack Flash\u2019 if they do tour again.<\/p>\n<p>However, we\u2019re picking holes. There\u2019s a reason the liner notes feature so many iconic names, keen to bask in their heroes\u2019 light (those not already mentioned include Steve Winwood, The Heartbreakers\u2019 Benmont Tench and Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith). Mick, Keith and Ronnie have hit a surprising purple patch \u2013 and if you believe the eternally energetic entertainer\u2019s claim that he\u2019s already writing the follow-up to \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019, there\u2019s plenty more left in the tank.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Details<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3782516 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rolling-Stones-Foreign-Tongues-Artwork.jpg\" alt=\"rolling stones foreign tongues review\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Record label:<\/strong> Polydor Records<\/li>\n<li><strong>Release date:<\/strong> July 10, 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>Rock<\/li>\n<li>The Rolling 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class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span><\/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>Mick Jagger is not one for looking back. At least, not very fondly. If you sift through the fading, cracked pages of <i>NME<\/i> interviews from the \u201860s and \u201870s, you\u2019ll read the snake-hipped frontman\u2019s withering putdowns of past Rolling Stones tracks. In a 1974 conversation, the band\u2019s 1963 debut single \u2018Come On\u2019 was dismissed as \u201cshit\u2026 god knows how it got in the charts\u201d. Of their second, Beatles-borrowed single \u2018I Wanna Be Your Man\u2019, Jagger remembers the group didn\u2019t really want to record it at all. And this year, the swaggering singer told us about a vinyl player he found pumping out \u201cancient\u201d Stones tunes in his dressing room: \u201cthey sounded awful.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Mick Jagger on The Rolling Stones\u2019 future: \u201cI\u2019m already writing for the next album\u201d<br \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Across seven decades, this near-addiction to staying relevant has kept Mick and co. on the lookout for novel ideas. After the initial rock\u2019n\u2019roll boom, 1976\u2019s \u2018Black And Blue\u2019 incorporated disco and dance grooves, as well as Keith Richards\u2019 penchant for reggae ruminations (\u2018Cherry Oh Baby\u2019). Punk\u2019s dirty fingerprints were all over late-\u201970s gem \u2018Some Girls\u2019. Then there\u2019s the post-pomp era, which sashayed through New Wave (1983\u2019s \u2018Undercover\u2019), then-contemporary pop production (1986\u2019s \u2018Dirty Work\u2019) and even electronic music (parts of 1997\u2019s \u2018Bridges To Babylon\u2019). Though never slavish trend-hoppers, the British R&amp;B rebels have always known how to cherry-pick from the charts in order to embellish their most recent offering.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>In this same forward-facing spirit comes their 25th studio album, \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019, a cool, confident compendium of everything the band \u2013 now in their eighties or not far off (guitarist Ronnie Wood\u2019s the spring chicken at 79) \u2013 have done so far. It\u2019s their second venture with both Grammy-winning producer Andrew Watt and replacement sticksman Steve Jordan, following 2023\u2019s hiatus-ending \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019, after long-term drummer Charlie Watts\u2019 sad passing two years earlier. Now that their partnership with Watt is well-established, and Jordan seems fully up to speed, you\u2019d expect the Stones to keep on rolling. And so they do.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rolling Stones - Jealous Lover\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0IOL-vfkpJM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Rootsy opener \u2018Rough And Twisted Road\u2019 kicks things off in raw, bluesy style, before Jagger tries to keep the party going on soul-tinged stomper \u2018In The Stars\u2019, asking in his customary yowl: \u201cDo you wanna dance \u2018til the roof caves in?\u201d As on \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019, there\u2019s a desire to prove the old lust for debauchery remains \u2013 only now, it\u2019s touched by a nervous urgency to seize the day while they still can. <i>\u201cLife\u2019s too short for making money, show me how to spend it honey,\u201d<\/i> sings Jagger on punky ripper \u2018Mr Charm\u2019. Similarly, themes of fate and destiny permeate the flowing, melodic sing-a-long \u2018Divine Intervention\u2019 (<i>\u201cout of the question\u201d<\/i>, apparently) as well as gospel closer \u2018Back In Your Life\u2019 (<i>\u201cIs this how our story will end?\u201d<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps more worryingly, Richards discloses to an imaginary confidante on his habitual solo ballad (\u2018Some Of Us\u2019) that <i>\u201csome of us are on our knees\u201d<\/i>. It\u2019s not enough to indicate any real-life health struggles, but the arthritic axeman has often topped \u2018most likely to die\u2019 lists and said he \u201ccouldn\u2019t commit\u201d to touring this year for vague reasons. Jagger, meanwhile, croons about <i>\u201ccoming a bit unscrewed\u201d<\/i> on McCartney collab \u2018Covered In You\u2019. Could this be evidence of The Glimmer Twins\u2019 slackening grip in their respective ninth decades?<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, there\u2019s little musical evidence to support this theory on \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019, where the songs generally sound fresh and refined. The political barbs aimed at Elon Musk (on \u2018Mr Charm\u2019) and American politicians (on \u2018Ringing Hollow\u2019) feel pointed instead of blunt. Pleasingly, Jagger\u2019s voice shows no signs of weakening \u2013 astounding when you consider the prolonged stress on his vocal cords over many thousands of hours singing live.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rolling Stones - In The Stars (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oT5LwwEHgnc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>There <i>are<\/i> a few head-scratchers \u2013 the tawdry Amy Winehouse cover \u2018You Know I\u2019m No Good\u2019, along with Bruno Mars\u2019 inaudible cowbell cameo on ravey romp \u2018Never Wanna Lose You\u2019, which The Cure\u2019s Robert Smith rescues with his backing vocals and synth chops. And while \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019 had \u2018Sweet Sounds Of Heaven\u2019 \u2013 a beautiful, quasi-religious epic starring Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder \u2013 \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 lacks a true classic Stones joint. There\u2019s nothing to rival \u2018Gimme Shelter\u2019 or \u2018Jumpin\u2019 Jack Flash\u2019 if they do tour again.<\/p>\n<p>However, we\u2019re picking holes. There\u2019s a reason the liner notes feature so many iconic names, keen to bask in their heroes\u2019 light (those not already mentioned include Steve Winwood, The Heartbreakers\u2019 Benmont Tench and Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith). Mick, Keith and Ronnie have hit a surprising purple patch \u2013 and if you believe the eternally energetic entertainer\u2019s claim that he\u2019s already writing the follow-up to \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019, there\u2019s plenty more left in the tank.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Details<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3782516 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rolling-Stones-Foreign-Tongues-Artwork.jpg\" alt=\"rolling stones foreign tongues review\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Record label:<\/strong> Polydor Records<\/li>\n<li><strong>Release date:<\/strong> July 10, 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/the-rolling-stones-foreign-tongues-review-3955956&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The-Rolling-Stones-Credit-Mark-Seliger.jpg&#8221;] The Rolling Stones. Credit: Mark Seliger ReviewsAlbum Reviews The Rolling Stones \u2013 \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019 review: a fresh and fluent follow-up to \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019 Though lacking a standout smash, the legends\u2019 25th studio set is stuffed with late-career gems 3.5 By Alex Flood 9th July 2026 Mick Jagger is not one for looking [&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-2035249","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\/2035249","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=2035249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2035249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2035249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2035249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}