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The rock ‘n’ roll juggernaut that is the Rolling Stones continues to power on with Foreign Tongues (via Polydor/Universal Music), the band’s 25th studio album which arrives fully formed, 14-tracks in total.
The followup to the Grammy Award-winning 2023 collection Hackney Diamonds, the new set houses 12 new compositions, including the previously-released “Rough and Twisted,” “Jealous Lover” and “In The Stars” — plus a cover of Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good” and a nod to one of the Stones’ all-time influences, Chuck Berry, on the closing track “Beautiful Delilah.”
Brought to life during a fruitful and “exceptionally creative period” at Metropolis Studios in West London, the new release features contributions from a starry lineup of guests Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney, The Cure’s Robert Smith and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers; longtime collaborators Darryl Jones, Matt Clifford and Steve Jordan; and late drummer Charlie Watts on “Hit Me In The Head,” his efforts captured during one of his final recording sessions before his death in 2021.
“It was a very intense few weeks recording Foreign Tongues,” recounts frontman Mick Jagger. “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 from everyone.”
The atmosphere in the room “was so creative,” remarks guitarist Ronnie Wood, “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.”
With Foreign Tongues, the Stones could enter rare territory on the Billboard 200. The Rock Hall-inducted group has 38 top 10 hits on the all-genres chart, and nine No. 1s. Another leader would lift the Brits into double-digit chart crowns. In their homeland, the Stones’ have nabbed eight leaders on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, including a No. 1 with Hackney Diamonds, winner in the Grammys category for rock album.
“The Foreign Tongues album has a continuity from Hackney Diamonds and it was great to be working in London again,” enthuses founding guitarist Keith Richards, “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.”
A new Stones album tends to herald a new, global tour by this, the greatest rock band still doing it. Jagger has said he “can’t wait” to take the lads back on the road, though fans shouldn’t expect an imminent announcement.
Speaking on BBC Radio 2’s Tracks of My Years alongside Wood, Jagger was asked whether the Stones would ever tour again. “I’d love to go on tour, I can’t wait,” he said, before tempering expectations. “I don’t think it’s going to be this year. But hopefully it’s going to be as soon as possible.”
Those remarks come after the band scrapped plans for a U.K. and European stadium tour, on unconfirmed reports that Richards was unable to “commit” to the jaunt. Richards has since hinted at a potential return to the road in 2027, and Jagger’s latest comments are a good indication that the legendary outfit will head out once more.
Stream Foreign Tongues below.
Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday’s most essential releases each week — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
Last week, we featured Madonna, Sienna Spiro, Riley Green and more.
This week: Beyoncé surprise drops a new R&B-leaning single; Suki Waterhouse releases her third album Loveland; and Teddy Swims shares a tender summer breakup ballad while teasing a new album in the works…plus much more. Check out all of this week’s picks below:
Beyoncé, “Morning Dew (Donk)”
Over the weekend, Queen B decided to surprise drop her new R&B-coated single — much to everyone’s delight. “Morning Dew” is a gorgeous, downtempo track from Beyoncé, showing yet another side to the singer following ventures into country and dance music on her previous two albums (granted, this is a side we already know well). And while it’s long been speculated that her ACT III could lean rock, this single might just prove otherwise — or at least keep us on our toes a while longer.
Suki Waterhouse, Loveland
Following the 2024 release of her memorably-titled second album (Memoir of a Sparklemuffin), dreamy singer-songwriter Suki Waterhouse is back today with her third full-length, Loveland. As the British artist shared on X earlier this week: “Loveland is memorialization of the places that made me. The realisation that reality is not a given and must be continually pursued. The best and worst nights of my life. The move towards aliveness.”
Teddy Swims, “Break Up In Reverse”
For anyone not experiencing summer lovin’, Teddy Swims has you covered with his new heartbreak anthem for the season. The downtempo ballad is all about hitting rewind and yearning to be loved when a relationship ends in the same way he felt at its start. “Upon writing this song and my next album I’ve been going through it with my relationship with my baby’s mother coming to an end,” Swims shared in a statement. “We were super inspired by an old NAS song called ‘Rewind.’ We loved how the whole song takes place in reverse. So we thought, ‘how beautiful would it be if we took the same idea, but wrote it about my relationship.’”
The Rolling Stones, Foreign Tongues
As only a legendary act can do, The Stones shares its 25th studio album today, a fresh and tight set for the veteran rockers clocking in at just over an hour across 14 songs. Mick Jagger’s vocals are clear-eyed while the band’s instrumentals are just as driving as ever, resulting in an album well worth listening from top to bottom.
The Linda Lindas and Hayley Williams, “Closer”
It’s fitting, really, that Williams would help The Linda Lindas with its major label debut single. The band goes back with the rock icon, citing Williams as a longtime inspiration and even welcoming her onstage last year to perform their breakout hit “Racist, Sexist Boy” at London’s O2. Now, that relationship has been formalized with a collaboration; “Closer” is the bands first release since signing to Reprise/Warner in June, and the midtempo alt-rock track surely signals more new music ahead.
Chris Lake & Tiga ft. Aatig, “Party Time”
The release of the first ever Chris Lake and Tiga collab finds each producer on a respective hot streak, with Lake recently moving 55,000 tickets across shows in New York and L.A. and remixing Taylor Swift’s “Opalite” just prior. Tiga, meanwhile, released his excellent new album, Hot Wife, in April. So yes, it’s party time indeed on this new single, which finds Lake leaning into the weirder, squelchier area of his sound, a realm in which Tiga has permanent residency. Vocals come from Aatig, the artist name of Lake’s wife, Gita, and the song is out on his own Black Book Records. — KATIE BAIN
Chris Avantgarde, Hyperreal
German-born, London-based producer Chris Avantgarde releases his debut album with a confident statement, calling the project “an album that moves through genres with the energy of a night out. The build, the peak, the sunrise on the roof. On my own terms, with my own sonic identity. I’ve done that for plenty of other artists over the years, never really for myself. This time it’s mine, and I’m standing behind it.” Indeed, while Avantgarde has worked on myriad projects by Anyma along with music by artists including Kölsch and Adam Beyer, Hyperreal marks the most complete statement of his 15 year career thus far. Coming on the heels of Avantgarde becoming a father for the first time, Hyperreal is cool and pristinely made, a nearly 90-minute journey traversing throttling club beats to spacey, emotional ambient for the afters. — K.B.
Mexican music star Luis R. Conriquez has returned to his roots with Muchacho Alegre, his 12th studio album, leaving behind the corridos bélicos that made him famous in favor of the tumbado sounds.
In this new 16-track production, released Friday (July 10) under K Music, the Sonoran artist pays homage to the young dreamer who, through determination, climbed to the top and became one of the most followed figures of his generation. For this, he invited colleagues like Netón Vega, Peso Pluma, Óscar Maydon, Joel de la P, Tito Double P, Grupo Frontera, Fuerza Regida and Puerto Rican urban star Anuel AA, who adapted very well to the regional genre.
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The LP — filled with the sounds of guitars, trumpets and charchetas — opens with the title track, where Conriquez narrates his journey to success. Among other standout tracks are “Qué Gacho” with Netón Vega, “Rosita” with Gabito Ballesteros, “Bandida” with Peso Pluma, a tribute to successful women titled “Salma Hayek,” alongside Grupo Frontera, and solo songs like “Al Chile Pega,” which tackles heartbreak with special nostalgia.
“It took me a year and a half to complete this album because, for the first time, I focused on personally selecting the songs and being fully involved in the production,” Conriquez tells Billboard Español. “We created lyrics and sounds reminiscent of how we started in regional Mexican music. Plus, the collaborations are with people who are very important to me — we’re very close and always support each other.”
Alongside the release of his new album, the performer of hits like “Si No Quieres No,” “Chula Vente” and “Súper Snake” is preparing for his first European tour. The trek kicks off on Sept. 24 in Madrid and includes stops in Barcelona, Bilbao, Berlin and Paris, before wrapping up on Oct. 4 in Amsterdam. “I’m very happy and excited to bring my music to the other side of the world,” he adds.
Below, Conriquez breaks down five essential tracks from Muchacho Alegre. To listen to the full album, click here.
Future has returned just in time to heat the summer up. The Atlanta rap dignitary released his The Real Me album on Friday (July 10), which serves as his first project since teaming up with Metro Boomin for a pair of collab efforts in 2024.
The album boasts 22 tracks in total and includes the previously released single “Radio.” If The Real Me tops the Billboard 200, it will be Future’s 12th time at the summit.
Even though he kept details of the album under wraps, Future set a high bar for the project, calling The Real Me the “album of the century” in a post to X in June.
2026 has still been a busy year for Future before releasing an album. Pluto ended his feud with Drake as the “Life Is Good” collaborators had a reunion on ICEMAN‘s “Ran to Atlanta” in Atlanta, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Hendrix also got involved in the FIFA World Cup 2026, which saw him tag-team with Tyla for “Game Time.” They performed the live debut of the collab during the World Cup’s Opening Ceremony at SoFi Stadium in June.
Future also reunited with DJ Khaled and Lil Baby for “One of Them” in April, which entered the Hot 100 at No. 70 and will appear on Khaled’s Aalam of God album.
To date, Future has 229 Hot 100 entries, 16 of which reached the top 10. He also has three No. 1 hits to his name.
Stream The Real Me below.
Hay bandas históricas (pocas) que se mantienen siempre a la altura de su mito y hay otras (más) que se estrellan y se prenden fuego y terminan siendo un dibujo hecho de memoria de lo que alguna vez fueron. Y también hay algo entre medio, una especie de meseta bastante habitada en la que cada tanto sacan un disco nuevo que todo el mundo elogia cuando sale pero que incita a muy pocos a repetir el play un año más tarde. Aunque incomode decirlo, los Rolling Stones estaban un poco en esa: de Bridges to Babylon (1997) para adelante, la banda de rock más grande del mundo nos regaló un puñado de canciones buenas, escondidas entre otras que ni por asomo indignaban, pero tampoco hacían mucho más que cumplir.
No es que alguien les vaya a reclamar algo: con que saquen algo como “Angry” de tanto en tanto es más que suficiente para un grupo de semidioses de más de 80 que vienen haciendo feliz al mundo desde el Precámbrico. Pero a la vez, sabiendo quiénes son y lo que nos dieron, nunca se pierde la esperanza de obtener un poquitito más de satisfacción.
Y entonces llega Foreign Tongues y rompe la inercia: cuando uno ya los creía (merecidamente) en automático, se despachan con un disco fibroso, divertido, lleno de guiños a su propia juventud. Escuchando estas catorce canciones cobra más sentido el deep fake del video de “In the Stars”: es como si hubieran redescubierto detrás de los achaques y las arrugas a los pendejos barderos que supieron ser.
No es tan el caso del corte y del lado B “Rough and Twisted” (un blues tradicional que pierde ortodoxia en el estribillo pero la recupera enseguida), aunque sí, por ejemplo, el de “Jealous Lover”, una baladita soulera con falsete que podría tranquilamente ser un outtake de Some Girls (1978). O de “Divine Intervention”, con un riff que materializa Topper rojas y una melodía que es pura azúcar e invita al repeat inmediato. También de “Ringing Hollow”, el “Far Away Eyes” de este siglo, campirano y medio ebrio de whisky ilegal. Incluso de “You Know I’m No Good”, cover de Amy Winehouse, en la que uno hasta puede adivinar el proceso de Jagger copándose con la frase “te dije que soy un problema” y mostrándosela a Keith y Ron para meter risotada conjunta y proceder a zaparla hasta que salga.
Ahí está el punto: en que se los huele divertidos, jugando a la música con el plus de la experiencia, como si se hubieran sacado de encima la mochila de “la posteridad” que encierra grabar. El productor Andrew Watt, con total inteligencia, los deja ser: lleva el timón con la premisa de encauzarlos si se desbandan, pero no meter la cuchara si no hace falta. Así llegan a un álbum que no es lo que se conoce como una vuelta a las fuentes, pero sí un abrazo al amateurismo perdido, y a la vez una recorrida por todos los Stones que existieron: así como hay country, blues y rolinguismo, también está el lento trasnochado cantado por Richards que no puede faltar (“Some of Us”), un rockito medio disco (“Never Wanna Lose You”) y hasta un border punk (“Hit Me in The Head”) que grabaron con Charlie Watts antes de perderlo.
Como en Hackney Diamonds (2023), invitados grandes no faltan: Paul McCartney, Robert Smith de The Cure (que un día cayó de casualidad al estudio y terminó haciendo coros), Stevie Winwood y Chad Smith, el baterista de los Red Hot Chili Peppers. Al cierre de este texto no está claro qué hace cada uno, pero de vuelta: hay aire de juntada con los pibes, y ese espíritu lúdico, ese alineamiento absoluto con el tao, hace que nos llevemos la certeza de que, está bien, puede ser que “Mr. Charm” o “Covered in You” no se banquen tan bien el paso del tiempo, pero quién va a sacar “Divine Intervention” o “Jealous Lover” de nuestro Spotify Wrapped de este año.
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