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The Rolling Stones Set July Release for Foreign Tongues, Share New Single “In The Stars”
The Rolling Stones have announced Foreign Tongues, out July 10 via Capitol, and released lead single “In The Stars.” Produced by Andrew Watt, the album follows 2023’s Hackney Diamonds and extends the band’s latest studio run.
The Rolling Stones are moving into their next chapter with Foreign Tongues, a new studio album due July 10 via Capitol, and the newly released lead single “In The Stars.” The announcement follows several weeks of teasers and confirms what Ronnie Wood hinted at late last year: the record was already finished and waiting.
There is clear continuity with 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, the band’s first collection of original material in 18 years and their first release after Charlie Watts’ death. Producer Andrew Watt, who helped shape that album’s compact, high-energy sound, returns for Foreign Tongues. If Hackney Diamonds was framed as a comeback, this rollout suggests something more durable: a veteran band treating late-period output as an active, ongoing project rather than a legacy footnote.
The album art was created by Nathaniel Mary Quinn, and Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood are scheduled to appear at a launch event in Brooklyn this afternoon, underscoring how deliberately the group is presenting this release cycle.
Jagger described the sessions at London’s Metropolis Studios as focused and fast-moving, saying,
“I love doing these recording sessions in London at Metropolis. It was a very intense few weeks recording Foreign Tongues. We had 14 great tracks and we went as fast as we could. I like the room there as it’s not too big so you can feel the passion in the room from everyone.”
Richards emphasized the link to the last record and the pace of the sessions:
“The Foreign Tongues album has a continuity from Hackney Diamonds and it was great to be working in London again, and to have that London vibe around us. It was a month of concentrated punch. To me, it’s all about the enjoyment of it. I’m blessed to be able to do this and long may it last.”
Wood added that the recording process was unusually immediate:
“The atmosphere in the room was so creative, and the whole band was on top form throughout the whole process. Very often we nailed it on the first take. I hope everyone loves it.”
The band previewed this era on Record Store Day with “Rough And Twisted,” released under the pseudonym the Cockroaches. “In The Stars” now arrives as the official lead single, alongside an album trailer, positioning Foreign Tongues less as a nostalgia play than as a continuation of the Stones’ current studio momentum.
