She produced the series which will be released on September 30. Click play to see the video for LALA, and be on the look out for Noted: Alicia Keys The Untold Stories. Timeless, elegant, luxurious, and bustling with energy, the video follows Alicia as she performs for a star-studded crowd including Snoop Dogg, Lena Waithe, Khalid, Swizz Beatz, Russell Westbrook, Gunna and more as they enjoy a blissful evening. Lee, bringing you to a world that is uniquely Alicia Keys. The video is directed by Sylvia M Zakhary & Sing J.
Today, Alicia Keys continues her reign by releasing the official video for her new single “LALA” featuring Diamond-selling recording artist Swae Lee via RCA Records. The following day, Alicia exuded elegance as she stepped onto the carpet at the 2021 MET Gala wearing AZ Factory and Van Cleef & Arpels. Let’s make this normal.Earlier this month GRAMMY Award-winning artist and worldwide-celebrated music icon Alicia Keys released her new hit single “LALA”, and hit the MTV VMAs stage for the debut live performance of the song with her hometown of NYC shining behind her. I listen to music because, like Moana’s light that shines on the sea, it calls me. Image gallery for: Alicia keys diary music video. So I said a resounding “amen” when my new friend and The Riff editor Noah Levy wrote, “ A Million Reasons Why I Love Lady Gaga.”īecause why should a man be limited to “manly” records? Where is the shame of listening to otherworldly music regardless of gender or genre? Alicia Keys DiaryMusic For YouSounds GoodSonyMusic VideosAfricanEntertainmentHeartHearts. Imagine the number of connections to art that we’d lose because we force ourselves to connect to other works.
Imagine the amount of music we’d miss if we keep on complying to double standards.
While I drown myself with noise to distract myself from certain thoughts, Alicia’s piano and vocals are soothing and comforting. Music similar to Alicia’s is so soulful that it has the power to heal an aching spirit. What I learned as an adult is that I don’t need people’s validation. I felt like my friends who liked bands would turn their backs on me if they knew. It was as if I’ll be vulnerable if I tell people that I like a woman’s record. While that is true because I really like noise, I concealed the fact that I also loved Alicia Keys. I told people that I liked punk and grunge and everything rock-and-roll. Complete bliss! I celebrated Alicia’s Grammy wins by myself wishing that I know someone else who shares the same love of her music. I’d even go to a computer shop and rent the most isolated desktop to look up the videos on Youtube. Instead, I’d wait for “Karma” and ‘If I Ain’t Got You” on the radio and listen to them in solitude. Still, my innate double standards prevented me from purchasing. I could either ask my Nanay for the album as a Christmas present or save my aguinaldos and buy it myself. The memory is so vivid because the album was out in December and the mall was beautifully adorned with Christmas decors. Ahh - the wishful thinking of an eleven-year-old. I vowed to myself that I would marry this beautiful lady. On the month of the release, I’d join my Nanay at the mall and while she did her grocery shopping, I’d visit this small shelf of CDs to gaze at this very pretty woman whose entire half is covered by a piano. So I was so ecstatic when I learned that a second album was set to release. I did not know what blues or jazz was but I loved the way the song made me feel. Every time it was on the FM radio, I had to sing along but only in my head. I thought that my interests should be of that of a boy’s.Īlicia’s “Fallin” predates The Diary but it was the song that made me fall in love with her. Because I was a young boy, I was hesitant to admit that I liked a record released by a woman. However, the very first album that made me realize that I worship music is The Diary of Alicia Keys. But I so wanted to rave about them because talking about them would make me look cool. So I did not grow up anticipating those records. When I first read of Noah’s prompt to l ook back at an album that touched you, I wished that I could share being excited about Pearl Jam’s Ten or Nirvana’s Nevermind but no - I was still in utero (pun intended, and happy belated birthday Kurt) when those albums were released. Mostly because it made me realize the double standard that is innate in me, and maybe in you, too. I’m a guy, so why should I listen to a woman’s record? That was me talking in my pre-teen years, shallow and stupid.įor my first day with The Riff, I am so glad to jump on this Riff Album Challenge bandwagon.
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