NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Sometimes, you can always get what you want: On Tuesday, The Rolling Stones confirmed that they will release a new album, titled 鈥淔oreign Tongues,鈥� on July 10.
They also released a new single, titled 鈥淚n The Stars.鈥�
To celebrate, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood will attend an album announcement event in Brooklyn Tuesday afternoon.
The Stones’ last album was It was their first album of original material in 18 years 鈥� since 2005鈥檚 It was also their first full-length release since the death of in 2021. He appeared posthumously on two of that album’s 12 tracks.
According to press materials for the album, 鈥淔oreign Tongues鈥� will also include a special appearance from Watts from one of his final recording sessions before his death, as well as contributions from Steve Winwood, The Cure鈥檚 Robert Smith and The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith.
鈥淚 love doing these recording sessions in London at Metropolis. It was a very intense few weeks recording Foreign Tongues,鈥� Mick Jagger said in a statement. 鈥淲e had 14 great tracks and we went as fast as we could. I like the room there as it鈥檚 not too big so you can feel the passion in the room from everyone.鈥�
The Stones worked closely with Oscar-winning pop producer Andrew Watt (known for his work with and to name a few) on 鈥淗ackney Diamonds,鈥� and that continues with 鈥淔oreign Tongues.鈥�
A taste of ‘Foreign Tongues’
Speculation surrounding a new Stones album has been going around for weeks. First, posters appeared around London with the band name 鈥淭he Cockroaches,鈥� a pseudonym the Stones’ have used in the past, along with a QR code. The code led to and a sign-up page. Once a user had signed up, they received a confirmation message from Universal Music 鈥� the Stones’ label. Representatives did not provide The Associated Press with comment or confirmation at the time.
Eventually it led to a white label, vinyl-only release of the track 鈥淩ough and Twisted鈥� using The Cockroaches name 鈥� the first true tease of 鈥淔oreign Tongues鈥� decipherable only by their most dedicated fans.
Then, in the week leading up to their announcement, billboards with the band’s iconic mouth and tongue logo began appearing in major cities around the world with the words 鈥淔oreign Tongues鈥� in various languages: 鈥淔remmede Sprog,鈥� 鈥淰reemde Tongen,鈥� 鈥淒ayuhang Dila,鈥� 鈥滌櫢甑柎,鈥� and 鈥淟angues 脡trang猫res鈥� among them. Around the same time, the Rolling Stones’ official website was updated to feature video clips stylized to look like surveillance footage of them in the studio.
On Sunday, the band shared a slide puzzle graphic fans believed to be the album artwork, depicting a cartoonish collage of the members’ faces. (They were correct; it was the official album cover.) There was also a short video clip, just 10-seconds long, that appeared to tease a new song.
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