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The NFL set the internet ablaze on Monday with theories that a recording of Alicia Keys‘ halftime appearance was pitch-corrected before its release on YouTube. Keys dazzled as the first guest of Usher’s Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show on Sunday, beginning her performance with “If I Ain’t Got You” seated at a red piano with a massive matching cape behind her. In the opening note of the song, many fans heard Keys’ voice crack. Clips of the vocal stumble spread across the internet, but many later…

A crane shot slowly sweeps down toward a massive, billowing rose-red cape attached to someone playing an equally red grand piano. As the camera closes in on the figure, you realize it’s Alicia Keys, playing the descending triplets that begin “If I Ain’t Got You,” one of her earliest and biggest hits. Her voice, as smooth as ever, eases in with a shortened version of the hums that begin the original recording, then she starts belting out the chorus lyrics... and her voice cracks immediately.If it was an intentional edit,…

While Usher and Alicia Keys were all smiles during their intimate Super Bowl duet, some tongues got a-wagging. But Keys’ husband — producer Swizz Beatz — says that some naysayers are focused on “the wrong damn thing.”Keys was one of the many recording artists who joined Usher onstage at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas during his halftime show on Sunday, making a surprise appearance to play her 2003 hit “If I Ain’t Got You” and to sing “My Boo,” their besotted 2004 duet.The 16-time Grammy Award winner appeared on the field…

Hollywood actor Alicia Silverstone teamed up with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India to provide delicious vegan desi food to HIV-positive orphans and children with learning disabilities. “I love children! And sharing yummy vegan food with them is the perfect way to showcase how rich and flavourful meals are when we leave animals in peace,” said Alicia. These youngsters enjoyed the tasty lunches after taking a tour to meet rescued cows, goats, sheep, camels, and other animals at Animal…

Apple has today unveiled a first look at the brand new Apple Immersive Video format and some of the Apple TV Plus original content that will be available to Apple Vision Pro users on February 2. In a press release, Apple shared the "first-of-its-kind original stories, produced with Apple Immersive Video" coming to the spatial computing headset. The new format features 180-degree 3D 8K video and Spatial Audio. Apple Vision Pro will feature "a curated selection of vivid original series and films with award-winning…

Alicia and Bruno are each given a different natural number in secret (1 is the smallest natural number, 2 is the second smallest, and so on). They are then tasked with guessing which of them has the larger number. The following conversation ensues:Alicia: I don’t know who has the bigger number.Bruno: I don’t know either.Alicia: Upon further reflection, I remain ignorant.Bruno: Alas, I’m still unsure too.Alicia: Now that you say that, I actually know which of us has the bigger number!Bruno: Cool! In that case, I know what…

Alicia Keys has dropped the video for new single ‘Lifeline’, the first song released from the soundtrack for ‘The Color Purple’. Keys wrote the song inspired by the film’s rich storytelling and co-produced it with partners Tricky Stewart (Beyoncé and Rihanna), Marshmello (Selena Gomez, Juice Wrld) and TMS (Dua Lipa, Lewis Capaldi). The video was directed by Diane Martel (Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey), who is Keys’ creative director. Keys recently included the song during an impromptu performance at London’s St. …

Alicia Keys has shared a new music video for “Lifeline,” her contribution to The Color Purple (Music From and Inspired By) soundtrack album. “Lifeline” is quintessential Keys, an infectious offering of upbeat, heartfelt, piano-driven pop R&B (Keys co-produced the song with Tricky Stewart, Marshmello, and TMS). The video, directed by Diane Martel, pairs an array of clips from the upcoming movie with footage of Keys performing the song on a soundstage in a variety of costumes and settings.  “I can be your…

“Enjoy this piano – it’s a gift!” When Elton John played a brief piano medley of his hits on the concourse of St Pancras railway station in 2016 – pausing to scribble a brief message on the instrument which, he announced, he was donating to the station – he can’t have known what he had started.In the years since, the upright black Yamaha, still bearing the singer’s message and autograph, has been played by many thousands of people passing through the central London station – and a stampede of well known faces too,…

The singer played some of her biggest hits on Sir Elton John’s piano at St. Pancras International Station Train commuters got the surprise of their life on Monday when they discovered Alicia Keys performing a surprise set at St. Pancras International Station in London. The Grammy winner sat down at the black Yamaha piano, donated by Sir Elton John in 2016, on Monday morning after performing at Capital’s Jingle Ball in London on Sunday night.  The native New Yorker played her 2009 hit, “Empire…