![]() She also found time to write and record her eighth album, which is an hour and a half and 26 tracks long: it’s effectively the same album twice, first in “broken down” “Originals” versions – the same phrase she used to describe her piano-and-vocals version of Empire State of Mind – then versions described as “Unlocked”, which feature Mike Will Made It co-producing with Keys. In the time since Covid-19 hit, Alicia Keys has variously released and promoted an autobiography launched her own “skincare and wellness” brand recorded and released a collaborative single with Brandi Carlile encouraging voter registration in the US election promoted a 20th-anniversary edition of her debut album, Songs in A Minor helmed a 21-day online meditation programme in collaboration with Deepak Chopra starred in her own YouTube docuseries, Noted, alongside her husband Swizz Beatz (“Episode 3: Me And Swizz Are Holding Nothing Back About Our Love”) appeared in commercials for Mercedes-Benz and US insurance company Allstate and announced her first graphic novel. ![]() ![]() But when considering Keys’ hopelessly unproductive pandemic, it’s probably worth noting that some people’s idea of being not knowing how to work involves in front of Netflix while drunkenly balancing a takeaway on their ever-swelling stomach – and some people’s, well, doesn’t.
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