{"id":487031,"date":"2026-06-20T12:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/487031\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:47:15","slug":"mick-jagger-explains-complex-politics-in-new-rolling-stones-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/487031\/","title":{"rendered":"Mick Jagger explains complex politics in new Rolling Stones album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mick-Jagger-The-Rolling-Stones-2026-Far-Out-Magazine-1140x855.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mick Jagger - The Rolling Stones - 2026\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: NBC \/ YouTube Still|<\/p>\n<p> Fri 19 June 2026 15:38, UK <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/mick-jagger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Mick Jagger<\/a> has lifted the lid on some of the complex modern-day politics tackled in the forthcoming The Rolling Stones album, Foreign Tongues.<\/p>\n<p>The new album is slated for a July 10th release, but reports of rare political lyricism on the track \u2018Ringing Hollow\u2019 have already made their way through the fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/why-the-rolling-stones-foreign-tongues-features-political-message-about-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Louder<\/a>, at one point in the new track, Jagger laments, \u00a0\u201cLady Liberty don\u2019t look so good when there\u2019s a tear in her gown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On hand to explain the political investigation, Jagger shared with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mojo4music.com\/magazine\/latest-issues\/mojo-393-august-2026-the-rolling-stones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">MOJO<\/a> that the track is \u201cabout America as an idea\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The icon continued, \u201cThe American Dream is intact for some people, and I\u2019m sure we can find some wonderful immigrant stories that happened in the last 12 months, but we read about the decline of the American Empire. Is <a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/asghar-farhadi-implores-filmmakers-to-speak-out-against-inhumane-illegal-and-destructive-iran-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">the Iran war America\u2019s Suez moment?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catching himself, Jagger added, \u201cWell, it\u2019s not the same at all, but there are a lot of questions about imperial overreach, and the lobbying system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jagger has been a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, banning the politician from using The Rolling Stones\u2019 music in his campaign for fear of legal backlash.<\/p>\n<p>With an eye on Trump, Jagger added, \u201cThe money spent on an election is absurd \u2013 it\u2019s not corruption per se but unnecessary. Is it indicative of this administration, or is it something that has been happening a long time? In any case, it\u2019s not the same place as it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jagger, who was born in Kent, England, added, \u201cI lived in New York for 19 years,\u201d Jagger adds. \u201cI\u2019ve seen lots of America that no Americans have seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/the-rolling-stones-confirm-new-album-foreign-tongues-single-in-the-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Foreign Tongues<\/a>, which boasts 14 tracks, sees The Rolling Stones reunite with producer Andrew Watt, who previously helmed the chart-topping\u00a0Hackney Diamonds\u00a0in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a vast number of special guests across the record, including Paul McCartney, The Cure\u2019s Robert Smith, Steve Winwood and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.<\/p>\n<p>  <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"\"> ADD AS A PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/far-out-magazine\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/a>  The Far Out Music Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>All the latest music news from the independent voice of culture.<br \/>Straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: NBC \/ YouTube Still| Fri 19 June 2026 15:38, UK Mick Jagger has lifted the lid on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,22324,111,139,69,12802],"class_list":["post-487031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-mick-jagger","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-the-rolling-stones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}