On the move: Alicia Keys sells her Phoenix mansion I was completely the opposite – “Oh, that’s too much.” “Let me come up with a backup plan.” Those are the things we’re taught to think or believe and now I 100 percent expect my greatest vision for myself and my friends to come true. (In the series) I was talking about how Swizz is a really big dreamer and he has this ability to expect his dreams to become real and I’ve learned that. It’s such a freedom and strength that comes from knowing who you are and who you want to be and all the things we’re all looking for and for our kindred spirits to connect. I don’t want any more of the nonsense or bull(expletive). Keys: Man, I just feel so in my skin, in my element. Q: How did turning 40 earlier this year affect you? What I love the most about it is that people have said to me, I can see that you’re healing and it makes me encouraged about my healing. I’m able to verbalize things I didn’t have the capacity or readiness to do before. And then moving to my book (“More Myself: A Journey”) and the “Alicia” record last year, all of those pieces are furthering the uncovering of me as a woman and a being and at a certain point you get more comfortable sharing your truth. Keys: It’s been a constant growth process for me since (2016 album) “Here.” That really was the beginning of opening up and expressing in the way I never had the courage to do before.
Q: In the first episode of “Noted,” you talk about how now you know you don’t have to sacrifice any part of yourself for success. I can’t talk too much about it yet, but there will be a lot to fill you in on. As time goes on, I’m so much clearer about what I want to create. VMAs on stage: Brutally honest rankings of MTV performances We wanted to create this golden experience with the New York skyline and the finesse and the fun of it. ( With the VMAs performance), I wanted this return to New York elegance and this energy that feels like you can completely be as you are, as brilliantly as you can imagine yourself. These experiences have gotten me to the places today to be completely uninhibited and the music is stressing our greatness, your grandness, your excellence, your freshness.
What were you going for with it?Īlicia Keys: The new music coming is super exciting and is opening us up to a whole new world and energy and it comes on the heels of the docuseries very well. Q: Your performance last month at the MTV VMAs with Swae Lee (“LALA Unlocked”) was so glamorous. In an interview with USA TODAY, the ever-sincere Keys – who emanates an Earth Mother vibe even in phone conversation – talked about sharing her inner sanctum with fans, her close relationship with her mother, Terria Joseph, and the positive effects of turning 40.
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Sharing secrets: Alicia Keys talks the 'Divine Feminine'įilmed over three months this summer, Keys said that the cameras documenting her professional endeavors (such as a trip to record in the Bahamas with J Cole) and family time with sons Egypt, 11, and Genesis, 6, and husband Swizz Beatz, weren’t an intrusion, but just a way to “capture a particular tone.” “I like challenging myself to say exactly what I feel,” she says in the introduction of “Noted: Alicia Keys The Untold Stories,” her four-part docuseries now available on her YouTube channel.įans might feel as if they’ve evolved with Keys in the 20 years since her heralded debut, “Songs in A Minor.” And while they’ve cheered her artistic accolades (15 Grammy Awards, more than 40 hits, her well-received stints as Grammy host), the quartet of videos, each about 18-20 minutes, entrenches viewers in her everyday life. Watch Video: Alicia Keys shares meditation journey to the 'Divine Feminine'įrom the beginning, Alicia Keys makes it clear – this is a woman with newfound confidence.