The Rolling Stones are set to release Foreign Tongues on July 10, featuring a guest spot from The Cure’s Robert Smith on the track “Divine Intervention,” alongside a separate single, “Jealous Lover,” paired with an Amazon exclusive music video starring Anya Ta
Robert Smith has only just cracked the Hot 100, and already he’s stepping into a new kind of spotlight. His first entry came through his feature on Olivia Rodrigo’s “what’s wrong with me,” a duet taken from Rodrigo’s “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love,” released on the 23rd year of her life.
The numbers behind all that momentum now circle back in a different place: the Rolling Stones’ own run of studio albums. Flip those years around and you land on the band’s next record. On July 10, they will issue another album, Foreign Tongues, with Smith appearing on its latest single, “Divine Intervention.”.
Smith’s role on “Divine Intervention” is smaller than it was on “what’s wrong with me.” On Rodrigo’s track. he’s a prominent feature; on the Stones’ song. he only played guitar. Still. the meeting story around it has the spark of rock lore—one that starts with Mick Jagger noticing a guest before he realizes exactly who it is.
At a recent press event. Jagger described how he saw “this bloke standing there with his back to me with this long gown on.” When the person turned around. Jagger said he was “covered in lipstick.” Jagger then recognized him and told him. “You’re Robert Smith of the Cure!” The Cure frontman replied. “Yeah!” From there. Jagger’s invitation was quick and direct: “Well. while you’re here then. you better go and do something.”.
In the same release cycle, the Stones have also shared the track “Jealous Lover,” alongside an Amazon exclusive music video. The video stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Charles Melton.
For now. “Divine Intervention” arrives with a familiar kind of cross-generational energy: Rodrigo’s chart breakthrough helped bring Smith into the mainstream in one lane. and Jagger’s impulsive meeting pulled him into the Stones’ next chapter in another. On July 10, Foreign Tongues will make that collision permanent—at least for one song.
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