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Alicia Keys learned to sing in Italian and Spanish for a new collaboration.
The Empire State of Mind hitmaker features on legendary Italian musician Eros Ramazzotti’s latest album, Una Storia Importante, and described recording L'aurora in different languages as an "incredible" experience.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column, she said: “We had such a fun time. We’re doing this beautiful song, L’aurora, and I was learning it in Spanish as well as Italian.
“And so, it’s really exciting to be able to sing in a whole different language and poetry and the beauty of how it goes and how it feels coming out is incredible.
“It felt very easy. It felt natural, it felt fun.”
Alicia also revealed that Eros, 62, enjoyed playing pranks on her while they were in the studio.
She said: “He’s trying to scare me the whole time, but I’m tough. So, you can’t scare me. But it was beautiful. I love it and I’m so excited about this project.”
The Fallin' singer has not released a new studio album of her own since Santa Baby, her festive record from 2022.
However, early last year, she said she was eager to return to the studio and work on new music after creating songs for the Broadway musical Hell's Kitchen, which draws inspiration from her life.
Speaking to Vibe, she said: “I’m excited about new music through my own label, Alicia Keys Records, which I love.
“I feel like sonically this one is going to be one of the best ones I’ve ever done. I feel there’s going to be melodies, really strong, very memorable, [and] very powerful. It’s going to feel good. I’m in the process of creating it, so even though I don’t fully know, but I know 2024 is going to go good. I’m excited to get into it.”
Alicia also expressed her desire to "explore" new creative directions while developing her next album.
She told WWD: “I’m going to start to work on the next body of work over these next couple of months.
“And I’m excited to really just take all of the essences and energies and continue to explore where music takes me in its most truthful form.”
