The Rolling Stones are opening the studio doors in a way fans rarely get to experience. Ahead of the release of their upcoming album Foreign Tongues, the legendary rock band has announced a brand new official podcast titled Speaking In Tongues, a six episode series that promises to pull listeners deep into the making of the record through exclusive interviews, behind the scenes audio, and firsthand commentary from the band themselves. The first episode arrives June 25, with the full album to follow on July 10 via Capitol Records.
For a band with a catalog as massive as The Rolling Stones, there is always going to be interest when new music enters the picture. Foreign Tongues sounds like a true companion piece itself. Instead of teasing songs or dropping a few quick quotes around the release week, The Rolling Stones are giving fans a full behind the scenes look at how this album came together, why it matters to them, and what continues to drive one of the most important bands in rock history to keep creating.
Check out The Rolling Stone’s Official Podcast Trailer for “Speaking In Tongues” below:
A New Chapter After Hackney Diamonds
One of the more interesting parts of this podcast announcement is where the story begins. According to the rollout, Speaking In Tongues picks up in the aftermath of 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, the Grammy Award winning album marked a major return for the band and reminded everyone just how much fire The Rolling Stones still had left in them. That album was not treated like a nostalgia project, and that matters. It was embraced as a legitimate late career statement from a band that still knew how to sound urgent, sharp, and fully locked in.
Now Foreign Tongues appears to be the next step in that run, and the podcast is set to document the process from the inside. Over six episodes, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood will reflect on the writing, recording, and inspiration behind the album while also discussing the techniques and creative decisions that shaped it in the studio.
That alone is enough to make this worth paying attention to. There are very few bands whose internal creative process carries this kind of weight. When Mick, Keith, and Ronnie talk about songwriting, riffs, arrangements, and recording choices, it is not just bonus content for diehard fans. It is a direct look into how one of the most influential bands of all time continues to build music decades into their career.
Listen to The Rolling Stones’ Album “Hackney Diamonds” below:
More Than A Podcast Promo Run
What makes Speaking In Tongues stand out right away is the way it is being positioned. This is not being framed as a few quick interview clips stitched together around release week. The series is being described as an intimate studio journey through the making of Foreign Tongues, using exclusive outtakes, unheard material, and conversations with the band as the central storytelling device. Listeners will reportedly hear how riffs turned into finished songs, how lyrics evolved, and how the band worked through the balance between honoring their legacy and moving forward creatively.
Any time a band as iconic as The Rolling Stones releases new music, there is always an unavoidable conversation around legacy. At this stage, every album enters a world where listeners compare it not just to the current music landscape but to the band’s own towering history. That is an impossible standard for most artists, yet The Rolling Stones have continued to operate in that space for decades. The idea that Speaking In Tongues will directly address how they navigate that pressure makes the podcast feel far more substantial than a typical promotional companion series.
It is one thing to release a new album when your place in music history is already secured. It is another thing entirely to keep pushing forward, knowing every new song enters the same orbit as some of the most beloved records in rock music. That tension between legacy and momentum feels like one of the core themes of Speaking In Tongues, and it is exactly the kind of insight longtime Stones fans will want to hear.
Mick, Keith, Ronnie And The Voices Around The Album
Another reason the podcast feels especially promising is the lineup of voices involved beyond the core band members. Alongside new interviews with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood, the series will also feature contributions from producer Andrew Watt, Robert Smith of The Cure, Steve Winwood, and cover artist Nathaniel Mary Quinn. Robert Smith and Steve Winwood both appear on Foreign Tongues, which adds another layer of intrigue to the album itself and gives the podcast a wider lens than just the three principal Stones members looking back on the process.
That expanded perspective should make a real difference. The best ones show how ideas changed shape, how collaborators challenged or elevated the work, and how an album’s identity slowly revealed itself over time. With Andrew Watt involved as producer and outside contributors like Smith and Winwood in the mix, Speaking In Tongues has a chance to capture not just the band’s perspective, but the atmosphere around the sessions as well. Nathaniel Mary Quinn’s inclusion is also a nice touch because it reinforces the idea that Foreign Tongues is being treated as a complete artistic world, not just a set of songs. Album visuals, collaborators, and presentation all become part of the story. For a release of this size, that broader context matters.
A Strong Lead In To Foreign Tongues
For a band this legendary, that kind of access does not come around often. If you care at all about songwriting, recording, rock history, or simply how artists at this level continue to evolve, this is the kind of rollout worth paying attention to.
At minimum, Speaking In Tongues looks like a clever and well executed lead in to Foreign Tongues. At best, it could become one of the more revealing and worthwhile companion pieces The Rolling Stones have ever released around a studio album. Between exclusive interviews, studio outtakes, unheard music, and contributions from the people who helped shape the record, the series has the potential to give fans something much deeper than album promo. The first episode of Speaking In Tongues goes live June 25, with Foreign Tongues arriving globally on July 10 through Capitol Records.
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