During a recent interview with the New York Times, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger went into detail about a line in a track on the band’s new album that mentions Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
In the song, “Mr. Charm,” Jagger sings, “When I was oh-so-young, I used to want to go to Mars and burn the rubber on the road and drive around in fancy cars. And who would take you into space? Who would you really trust? Is it Boeing, is it NASA, is it mad mogul Mr. Musk?”
The NYT’s David Marchese asked the “Paint it Black” singer if something was “nagging” him about the reception of the latest record, Foreign Tongues.
“No, it’s not nagging, it’s just that people hear one word and they don’t really listen to the line,” he explained. “So, it’s like, ‘Mick Jagger has a go at Elon Musk.’ You’re not listening to the line, you’re only listening to ‘Musk.’ That’s all you’re hearing, ‘Musk.’ He must be having a go at him. Well, I do call him ‘mad…'”
Watch the NYT podcaster's face when he realizes Mick Jagger likes and respects Elon Musk—after initially thinking a new Rolling Stones song lyric was a diss:
— Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) July 14, 2026
NYT: "But something's nagging at you, what is it?"
Jagger: "No, it's not nagging. It's just that people, they hear one… pic.twitter.com/UuuIgPSSyG
Marchese interjected, noting, “He’s the one person you name on the whole album. No other person. It seems like it would have some importance.”
The Stones singer replied, “When I wrote that, I was thinking that because of him they were able to get those astronauts back that were stuck because he provided the transportation because NASA couldn’t provide the transportation. So, that line of the song is about – when I was a kid we used to want to go to Mars and everything – and then I said, ‘Who would you trust to get you into space? Would you trust Boeing or was it NASA or was it mad mogul Mr. Musk?’ So, it’s really a sidewinding compliment because he was the one that I remembered was able to do that when others couldn’t.”
Jagger also told the NYT that, unlike fellow rock star Bruce Springsteen, he doesn’t believe “lecturing” the audience is his job as a musician.
Check out the song below:
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3 Responses
I like Rolling Sones, 1 hit to the body, etcc,, what gay mofrs do on own time is their business,
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about to take Commandive Action,gettn the gd mf song
They are the Pros at this shid been around for 2 million years,better listen up
1. Why does Mic have 3 (empty?) pots on his table? -he could at least show his real pot!!
2. I listened to the song – not great, only identified a handful of words – the said phrase doesn’t play or is not understood.