RCA/Paola KudackiMulti-talented singer Alicia Keys recently gave a heartfelt interview to Humanity Magazine, and reveals some interesting facts about her new album and her recent hiatus from music.
Speaking about her new album, Alicia says that once she decided to create the follow-up to 2012’s Girl on Fire, music poured out of her in rapid speed.
“I never meant to take a hiatus. It wasn’t the intention,” she says of her four-year break between albums. “In fact, the music for this album was created so fast — the fastest I’ve ever created music before. I came in already knowing what I wanted to start to talk about. So everything I did was with so much intention that when the music began, it made sense that it just came so fast. We did probably 30 songs in like 10 days.”
Alicia also expresses her views on motherhood, revealing that having her sons Egypt and Genesis has made her appreciate the simple things in life.
“My youngest [Genesis] is learning all these words now. So everything is hot tea. Tree.’ All these simple things… it seems so mundane and simple and silly, but when he looks out and says ‘tree,’ it is so beautiful.”
As for her work as an activist, Alicia strives to make a difference, especially with the We Are Here movement.
“With the We Are Here movement I was just personally angry — angered by turning on the TV and every second seeing this constant disrespect or inequality and justice all over the world. We’re in 2016 and we’re still talking about inequality of women in the workforce,” she says. “Give me a break.”
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