In a piece titled “Quiet Storm”, Alicia Keys angelically graces the cover of the December/January issue of Complex Magazine featuring ASAP Rocky on the dual side.
In this issue 31 year old Alicia talks about motherhood, her music and her admiration from Frank Ocean who not only penned “One Thing” for her “Girl On Fire” album, but openly “came out” to the world this summer.
“That was super brave and I’m so glad that he wrote it,” she says. “He is the voice for so many people. We’re all boxed in to these stupid things that we’re taught is the way we’re supposed to be and it’s so ridiculous. There are so many people that need a champion to assure them that no matter who you are, you are a beautiful person. That doesn’t change the fact that you’re talented or intelligent. Thank God that we have come to this place where we can actually know and be more open to the fact that people come in all different ways. And that’s great because it’s a very boring world otherwise.”
She believes her new album is her best work yet. “It’s not a departure,” she says. “It’s growth. I love the way that I’ve been able to go deeper into my lyrics and my songwriting and go to a place I was too afraid to access before.”
No comments:
Post a Comment