{"id":713672,"date":"2026-06-19T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/713672\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T14:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:01:09","slug":"mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-reveal-why-the-rolling-stones-new-album-gets-political","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/713672\/","title":{"rendered":"Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Reveal Why The Rolling Stones&#8217; New Album Gets Political"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rolling Stones are getting political on Foreign Tongues. Ahead of the release of their latest album, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards sat down for an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mojo4music.com\/articles\/stories\/the-rolling-stones-working-under-the-influence-is-a-part-of-the-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">MOJO<\/a> about the LP.<\/p>\n<p>At one point in the interview, the guys discussed \u201cRinging Hollow,\u201d a song about the current state of America that appears on the album.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tVideos by American Songwriter\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about America as an idea,\u201d Jagger said, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/why-the-rolling-stones-foreign-tongues-features-political-message-about-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Louder<\/a>. \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 the Iran war America\u2019s Suez moment? Well, 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>\u201cThe money spent on an election is absurd\u2014it\u2019s not corruption per se but unnecessary. Is it indicative of this administration, or is it something has been happening a long time? In any case, it\u2019s not the same place as it was,\u201d he added. \u201cI lived in New York for 19 years. I\u2019ve seen lots of America that no Americans have seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keith Richards\u2019 on \u201cRinging Hollow\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richards also spoke about the song, noting that, to him, it\u2019s \u201cabout America when we were growing up in the \u201950s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe romance of it all: have a cocktail, smoke your cigarettes, play your jukeboxes,\u201d he said. \u201cWe were 14, 15 years old, dying for more black music from America, and slowly you go through the rock\u2019n\u2019rollers and realize that these cats all learned from Muddy Waters.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven now, if I\u2019m stuck for an idea I\u2019ll go back to the blues because the musical form is limited and that makes it all the more intriguing. You\u2019re telling me you can get more out of this thing?\u201d Richards added. \u201c\u2018Ringing Hollow\u2019 is our way of saying: we love you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What to Know About The Rolling Stones\u2019 Foreign Tongues<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/mick-jagger-says-he-cant-wait-to-go-on-tour-with-the-rolling-stones-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jagger opened up<\/a>\u00a0about the process of making the Stones\u2019 latest LP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything\u2019s different because it\u2019s, like, 60 years ago,\u201d he said during an appearance on BBC Radio 2. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even with that truth in mind, Ronnie Wood said that the vibes in the studio haven\u2019t changed over the band\u2019s decades together<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always a laugh, always creative, That\u2019s hard work in the studio because you got to get your part right in your mind enough to please the songwriter,\u201d he said. \u201cThis album is Mick\u2019s baby, really. He\u2019s kind of been working on these tracks for a long time, just in a demo way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Tongues is due out July 10.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for UMG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rolling Stones are getting political on Foreign Tongues. 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