Mick Jagger says a chance encounter at a studio in London is what led to Robert Smith appearing on a new Rolling Stones album. Jagger describes meeting Smith during a studio visit and explains that the interaction eventually resulted in Smith contributing vocals for the group’s upcoming record. The reports across outlets characterize the collaboration as emerging from the meeting rather than a long-planned creative process. Both accounts focus on Jagger’s explanation of how Smith ended up involved, emphasizing that the decision came through the opportunity created by being in the same studio environment. Details beyond the account of the initial meeting are limited in the coverage provided, but the central points are consistent: Jagger is the source of the story, the setting is a London studio, and Smith’s contribution is for an upcoming Rolling Stones release. The coverage does not present competing narratives or conflicting claims about how Smith was brought in.