Mick Jagger on the Stones' new album, touring, and Argentina

Mick Jagger shared his excitement over the Rolling Stones' new album, "Foreign Tongues," describing the recording process as remarkably swift. "It was a very good process. It was very fast," Jagger told LA NACION. "We were four weeks in total all together in the studio. It was like twenty days working all together." The band recorded around 16 songs, selecting 10 for the new album, supplemented by four tracks from "Hackney Diamonds" and one from an earlier session featuring the late Charlie Watts.

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I am very excited. It was a very good process. It was very fast. We were four weeks in total all together in the studio. It was like twenty days working all together.

The album's title, "Foreign Tongues," emerged organically from Jagger's review of song lyrics. "I went to the end and sang: 'Teach me all Those Foreign Tongues.' And I said, 'ok, I have another one for the list.' I added it and everyone said: 'yes, that's it. That's the chosen one.'" He also touched upon the band's early days, recalling how they sometimes used "The Cockroaches" as a moniker for small club performances, a name they revived for a teaser track called "Rough and Twisted."

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And as always, I was reviewing all the lyrics of the songs. And I came to the song “Rough and Twisted”. I went to the end and sang: “Teach me all Those Foreign Tongues”. And I said, ‘ok, I have another one for the list.’ I added it and everyone said: “yes, that’s it. That’s the chosen one.”

Jagger's conversation with LA NACION took place in a London hotel, with journalists from various countries present. The interview was arranged with the specific request that an Argentinian outlet be included, highlighting the band's strong connection with the country. Despite the solemnity of a nearby church's funeral bells chiming during the interview, Jagger remained focused on discussing the new music and the band's enduring legacy.

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Sometimes we used to call ourselves The Cockroaches when we did small shows in clubs and wrote that on the tape recording boxes.