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Alicia Keys: Her Upcoming Album, Girl on Fire
August 14, 2012
Alicia Keys is igniting the fire within. The Grammy-winning songstress has announced the official title of her fifth studio album.
Alicia took to her website to reveal the exciting news. “Girl on Fire is about new beginnings, new perspectives and fresh starts… stripping away all the bad energy in your life and taking full control of the reigns and how you want to live,” she said of the follow-up to 2009’s The Element of Freedom.
She has been in the studio with her husband Swizz Beatz, Babyface, Pop Wansel, Rico Love, and Sevyn, who co-wrote the single “New Day.” She will debut a new song off the album at the 2012 MTV Video MusicAwards in Los Angeles on September 6.
“The #girlonfire movement begins NOW!” tweeted Alicia. Read her full message below.
Hey…
I’m in the studio right now working away on my new albumand I am SO excited!!! I’m ignited!!! I’m like a match to a flame! I’ve had the title of this album in my mind for a long time….It’s been hard to hold it back and now I’m not holding it back anymore! It is called Girl on Fire!!! And that’s exactly how I feel!!! You’ll be learning more about it soon… but let me just say before making this record, in some ways I felt like a lion locked in a cage…I felt like a girl misunderstood that no one really knew, I felt like it was time to stop making excuses for any part of my life that I wanted to change. Once I made that choice I became a Girl on Fire, the lion broke free!!
During the recording process, I mostly stayed in NY but on some cool and memorable occasions, I traveled to different places, and worked with many collaborators, (some old friends, some new). I discovered so many beautiful sounds, and meanings and a lot about the power of a song. I can’t wait to share this album with you. I promise when you hear it, it’s a new me, I gave it my all: powerful, soulful, honesty and heart… With Girl on Fire, I want to move you and surprise you.
Girl on Fire is about new beginnings, new perspectives and fresh starts… stripping away all the bad energy in your life and taking full control of the reigns and how you want to live. There is something really empowering about finding yourself and your own inner strength. On one song, One of the lines I wrote says, “I’ll never be perfect, but at least now I’m brave!”
Here’s to finding your power! Your FIRE!! Stay tuned for more.
In the meantime, thank you for all your love, strength and support.
-Alicia
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Looks like someone's been reading 'The Hunger Games'.
evensarcasmshouldbegrammaticallycorrectedit [Edited 8/15/12 7:18am] This is what you want...This is what you get. | |
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New beginnings..........and old samples. | |
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I'm willing to hear the new song to see what it will be about, but honestly, (with the exception of "Unthinkable") haven't been feeling her music since the "Diary" album. I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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She gets a lot of hate here on the org, but I love her music. I think she gets better with each album, I loved The Element of freedom.
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same here! her first 2 albums were brilliant, after that it went down hill. everything started sounding the same and just tired. i hope this really this is a fresh new start but some how i doubt it. every artist says their new album will change music, etc and it's always the same out shit they've been spewing out for years. are they all delusional? | |
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I've give her credit for not claiming to be on the verge of creating entire new genres. I'm looking at you Usher and Beyonce. | |
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Same... Alicia has never been full of herself musically. And the funny thing is, her music is lightyears ahead of Usher and Beyonces. | |
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I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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Yeah, she's so humble, considering herself a kindred spirit of Bob Dylan while churning out the most trite lyrics and facsimile music since Mariah Carey. Mm-hmm. | |
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Her songs are like some of Yeats' best poetry compared to the Auto-tuned crud saturating the radio waves across America. Have I encountered better singers? Yes, but I can't wait to hear her new cuts. | |
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I'm getting it just for the cover art. Didn't dig her last outing, but I always liked her. As I Am is still my favorite from her. Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It! | |
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Same. I didn't dig Element of Freedom. But As I Am is definitely one of my favorite albums of the 00s.
Not sure why she is naming her album after a famous and timely book and movie. Kinda cheap, IMO. | |
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It is kind of hard 2 be "full of herself musically" when most of her material is based on other people's work. | |
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Uh, Alicia, you're Ivy League. Unlike others in your industry who feint intelligence, you should know using all three of those phrases is redundancy at best. "You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
"Water can nourish me, but water can also carry me. Water has magic laws." - JCVD | |
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^^But who's music isn't it? New and old steal, err borrow. Or better INFLUENCE. Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It! | |
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When I listen 2 so called new music and I can clearly hear the reference material, that is WACK in my opinion. | |
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You obviously haven't visited Timmy's New Music Thread for quite some time, GC. | |
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Note sure how I missed that but thanks 4 the reminder.
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i agree if only for the cover art! man, she's come a long way from the foul mouthed butch acting chick from her debut album, and child birth has definitely brought in the curves! SOMETHING on there should resonate given the roster of producers. | |
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Not everything has to sound groundbreaking new to be good...Sade's albums all sound the same, but it's still good music. Besides, all music has it's reference material.
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No mention of ground breaking on my part. Very few artist are in that category. I just don't appreciate straight rip offs claiming 2 be original.
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No they don't. "You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
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Alicia Keys features fans in "New Day" music video. | |
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Alicia is starting to become like Mariah Carey to me. In the beginning they were awesome artist that over time have come to bore me to death. When they release albums I could care less. | |
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yes they do
But hey, why change it when it's this good?? | |
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Likewise with HER peers... so whats your point? NOBODY out NOW is 100% original
Im just saying that although she isnt innovative or original her music for the most part is better and despite her success she seems to be more humble and low key... Usher and Beyonce have both claimed to be the next... such and such or claim to be creating a new genre every time they release an album... Im not a huge Alicia fan but she has NEVER done that... Im just complimenting her on that aspect.
When I read she had 14 grammys I couldnt believe it because she never brags about it or talk about it like Beyonce for instance... its a difference. Shes FAR from being stuck up or full of herself [Edited 8/18/12 15:11pm] | |
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