Keys has been showing off her gift for bridging styles and eras since back when she was a breakout star combining classical piano chops with New York hip-hop and R&B.īlack Sabbath on the Making of 'Vol. The result spans everything from jazz ballads to modern dance tracks, with a list of co-writers and collaborators that spans from Swae Lee to Brandi Carlile, but while Keys’ sound is mildly refurbished, the overall sensibility isn’t all that new for her. But Alicia has never been one for self-indulgence, so she’s neatly divvied the project up into two distinct, easily digestible collections: Originals is, as she puts it, a set of “laidback piano vibes,” while almost all of its companion Unlocked is comprised of the songs from Originals reworked with an “upbeat, drums and level up” sound. Keys, her eighth album, is a 26-song double-LP. Now you can add Alicia Keys to the list of A-list epic-makers. …Or get your copy digitally via Zinio! 1 year’s subscription = just £1 4.2021 has seen its share of albums in which major artists meet huge expectations with supersize tracklists - records like Drake’s 86-minute Certified Lover Boy and Kanye West’s punishingly enormous Donda. Once I can teach myself that there is no perfect and that I am meant to have my FAULTS, that is when I become beautiful.įAULT MAGAZINE ISSUE 23 – THE ART ISSUE – IS AVAILABLE FOR ORDER NOW *FAULT MAGAZINE IS AVAILABLE FOR DELIVERY WORLDWIDE* So what that I have breakouts or so what that my knees are pudgy, there simply is no perfect. No one knows it all and I damn sure don’t know it all! I force myself to look in the mirror and own who I am and to own MY beautiful. You can’t be happy unless you let yourself be vulnerable and make mistakes because we’re always evolving. There is no way to be perfect and no fun in being perfect. It’s not real and it’s a word that tears us down. He set the bar so high that we all have something to strive for.Īlicia Keys: I’m learning to try and let go of the word “perfection”. No one can be Prince, he’s the only one but that’s the beauty of him.
He pushed himself and I’ll never be as good as Prince but in a positive way. He was so fiercely dedicated to the greatness and expanded the level of excellence and that’s what should always be maintained. He was definitely an enigma and will always remain that way. I feel like the whole world feels the same. I just can’t wait for people to hear it.įAULT: We recently lost Prince and who admired you enough to allow you to release a cover of his song and someone you inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame, did it come as a great shock?Īlicia Keys: It was definitely a great shock and I am still taken aback. The desire to talk about it and discuss the inequality is there, and it’s definitely a theme for me and I have a desire to talk about it on this album and just go further. There’s so much to face and learn, so much still to be respected and so much equality still being withheld. There’s so much to learn about what women go through and what women of colour go through and what womanhood just puts on you. I definitely created this album with real purpose and intention to talk about things I’ve never talked about before.įAULT: You’ve always fought for respect through your music with tracks like ‘Superwoman’ or “A Woman’s Worth’, are you also touching on these issues in the album?Īlicia Keys: I just feel women are the most magnificent species. As opposed to being too controlled and forced to make it something that’s not. Being a proven singer and songwriter, did that give you more confidence and flexibility with this LP?Īlicia Keys: I always feel confident in my ability to explore my vulnerability and to do something that I’ve previously never done in hopes that it was going to take me somewhere.
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