{"id":28075,"date":"2019-08-01T08:43:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1061406"},"modified":"2019-08-01T08:43:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:43:04","slug":"alicia-keys-needed-to-hear-a-girl-power-anthem-so-she-gifted-us-with-several","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/alicia-keys-needed-to-hear-a-girl-power-anthem-so-she-gifted-us-with-several\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicia Keys Needed to Hear a Girl Power Anthem, So She Gifted Us With Several"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sometimes, even queen of confidence Alicia Keys<\/a><\/strong> needs a spark to help set her on fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Enter: her own, empowering AF music. “A majority of those songs\u2014\u2018A Woman’s Worth,’ \u2018Superwoman,’ and \u2018Girl on Fire’\u2014were written when I was not feeling worthy,” the 15-time Grammy winner<\/a> revealed to Harper’s Bazaar<\/em> for their September Icons issue<\/a>. “They were always songs that I needed to hear because I was going through a time when I was feeling down and needed to be reminded that this is who I am<\/a> and this is what I deserve.” (And we’re eternally grateful for that.)<\/p>\n

Indeed, regardless of how she’s feeling going into a new song, once its recorded, she’s flying high.<\/p>\n

“Every time I create something, I feel it’s the best thing I’ve ever done,” she confessed to the outlet. “I might experience self-doubt in the process, but once I’ve finished I feel very confident. I still have that childlike wonder.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Expect the same inspiring anthems off of her upcoming album.<\/p>\n

“It reflects where I am today,” the 38-year-old teased. “The deeper acceptance I have of who I am as a full human being, the flaws, the pieces that I used to push aside because I wasn’t ready to embrace the anger or the fear or the crazy.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Her kids Egypt<\/strong>, 8, and Genesis<\/strong>, 4, have helped her find that direction.<\/p>\n

“Motherhood<\/a> gave me a stronger sense of clarity,” the artist, wed to Swizz Beatz<\/a><\/strong>, explained. “I used to be less aware of how I wanted to spend my time and more influenced by other people. After I had my kids, I felt like I had found my North Star. I was less wasteful; I worked more effectively.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Sometimes, even queen of confidence Alicia Keys needs a spark to help set her on fire. Enter: her own, empowering AF music. “A majority of those songs\u2014\u2018A Woman’s Worth,’ \u2018Superwoman,’ and \u2018Girl on Fire’\u2014were written when I was not feeling worthy,” the 15-time Grammy winner revealed to Harper’s Bazaar for their September Icons issue. “They were always songs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-16 23:33:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}