July 25, 2023 • 6 mins
Talk about a great way to start your work day... Alicia Keys calls into my radio show & we talk about her upcoming concert at Ball Arena here in Denver. We discuss fans throwing things at musicians on stage, Alicia shares her tour fashion sense and so much more. I hope you enjoy this quick chat. For Alicia Keys concert tickets and more visit www.hits957.com.
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(00:00):
Hey, you've got Alicia on theline. No way, am I talking
to Alicia Keys? Right now?Come on, this is the vibe,
this is the days happening. Ohman, this is so freaking cool.
How are you feeling, I'm feelinggood. Just pulling into work. I'll
tell you this is one heck ofa way to start my airshift. That's
what I'm talking about. I loveit. So let's go ahead and jump
(00:23):
into this. The new head's ninetyfive point seven. Hey, it's JR.
And you never know who might callin to the station. I'm on
the line with the lovely Alicia Keys. How's it going. It's going amazing.
I'm so excited to be here.I'm in your city, I'm in
your town, and I'm having aball. I love that. So you
recently kicked off your keys to summertour and correct me if I'm wrong,
(00:44):
but you did this down in Tampa. Yeah, we did started in Tampa.
Absolutely okay, And how was theHow was the first show of the
tour? The first show is amazingbecause you know it's brand new, Like
at that point, you are,you just fresh out of rehearsals. This
is my first three sixty show.So the whole stage is in the middle
(01:04):
of the arena. Every seat isthe front row seat, and I'm and
I'm like just in my whole zone. But the first show, I don't
know what the hell I'm doing prettymuch, and it's amazing. That's so
cool, just kind of like figuringit out in real time and we get
to kind of be along for thatjourney. I think that's really cool.
That's exactly right. I think that'swhat makes it so so amazing, is
(01:26):
you know, like each time it'sa special time because it's just new for
that space, that audience, thatmoment, that music is good. And
we're gonna talk about your big showhere at Ball Arena Thursday night, the
twenty seventh. But first things first, just with all the like headlines that
I've seen lately of people throwing thingsat artists like Drake and bb Rexa and
(01:48):
Ava Max, and I just likeI kind of wanted to get your perspective
on that as an artist. Isthat's something that you're kind of worried about
or no. I have been hearingsome crazy stories. I mean, I
think Drake probably got it the bestbecause I guess so was a bra That's
happened recently. Of course I'd becool with the BRA. I'm alright with
the BRA and no heavy metal objectthat's not happening right. Absolutely, So
(02:10):
Thursday Night, the twenty seventh BallArena, Alicia Keys bringing the Keys to
summer tour. Here to the Mahi. What kind of show can we expect
from you this Thursday night? Thisis definitely my best show. This is
the best show I've ever done,period. That's how I feel. I
know it to be true. Visually, it's stunning, the music is incredible
(02:30):
to tempo is so good. Itjust flies by in the best way.
The summer energy is amazing, likeyou know, everybody's feeling so good in
the summer, you know, LikeI said, it's my first three sixty
show, so I get to travelthe whole arena in a way that just
never happens normally, and it justfeels so electrifying and exciting. And I'm
(02:52):
wearing sneakers, so there's no stoppingme because I'm just I'm just in my
extra New York zone feeling great.Absolutely. You brought up the sneakers,
which is on the topic of fashion. A lot of people on Twitter and
social media are talking about these incredibleand colorful outfits that you're wearing during these
shows. Can you speak on thatfor us a little bit? It is
really fun. I mean, youknow, of course, we all of
(03:15):
fashion and all love to be ableto express ourselves most purely, and I
think in this particular time, itreally does. The fashion does express how
I feel, like this great mixtureof kind of like tomboy meat. You
know, I've always been a mixturebetween a tomboy and a lady. It's
just like it works. So thefeelings are all there, kind of their
(03:37):
drug and its energy, a mixtureof styles and colors, and the sneakers
are fresh. There's always different toelements, and it feels are really bright
and really summary, and I'm lovingit. We got some Valentine or some
POOTI. We have a bunch offresh pieces that really are funny. Dang,
that sounds incredible. Is there aparticular outfit that like during the show
(03:59):
You're like, I can't wait toput this on each time? You know,
I only changed once in the show. Usually I've changed never, so
this is actually a new I keptit, I kept it really light.
But each show has a different hasa different change option. So for sure,
it depends on an energy too.It depends on how I'm feeling.
It depends on what city I'm in, Like if I feel like the city
(04:20):
is kind of really crazy and eccentric, like a New Orleans, I'll wear
a certain span. You know.It just all depends. It's fun.
Yeah, fun is definitely the word. And speaking of fun, tell me
about recording these Latin American live albums. Oh yeah, because we know you're
from touring, we know you're fromplaying you here on the radio obviously from
TV and now these live albums.What kind of process goes into this?
(04:44):
Because I think that's kind of ayou know, missing thing nowadays. And
I did that. You know,it was so cool because I did it
because I just recently toured South Americaand Latin America for the first time.
In a minute, and some ofthese places it was the first time I'd
ever ever played there, Like Columbia, I'd never played Columbia before. I'd
never played Mexico, believe it inthat I'd never played before. So this
(05:10):
is the first time going to somany wonderful places and the energy there is
just so much love. Wow,you can't believe it, and so we
wanted to do something special for thembecause it's been a long time since I've
been there at all, and sothat's why we created a live album for
each country. So we did onefor Brazil, we did one for Colombia,
we did one f Argentina, wedid one from Mexico. And it
(05:33):
was really special that they can havetheir own memory and obviously now we all
have it because you know, that'sthe beauty of that we can access it.
So but it was these It wasa really cool sequence of live albums
to really celebrate that Latin America.Yeah, just kind of reciprocating the love,
and we're hoping to reciprocate that loveto you on the twenty seventh here
(05:54):
at Ballerina in the Ma High.Do you have any final words for Denver
before we see you in just acouple of nights here, Man, I
just want to say, Denver,I'm so excited to be here. Is
so excited to see ya. Thisis going to be the lifetime. We're
gonna have so much fun and I'mreally excited because the love that Jack give
(06:15):
me is so pure and genuine andI really appreciate you gutting excellent. Well,
hey, I'm really looking forward tothe show. Thank you so much
for your time for calling in.This has been super cool and again,
what a way to start the dayfor work. So this has been awesome.
Thank you, Alicia. I loveit. Good talking to you and
I'll see you at the show too. Absolutely see you soon, all right
bye, thank you,
Hey, you've got Alicia on theline. No way, am I talking
to Alicia Keys? Right now?Come on, this is the vibe,
this is the days happening. Ohman, this is so freaking cool.
How are you feeling, I'm feelinggood. Just pulling into work. I'll
tell you this is one heck ofa way to start my airshift. That's
what I'm talking about. I loveit. So let's go ahead and jump
(00:23):
into this. The new head's ninetyfive point seven. Hey, it's JR.
And you never know who might callin to the station. I'm on
the line with the lovely Alicia Keys. How's it going. It's going amazing.
I'm so excited to be here.I'm in your city, I'm in
your town, and I'm having aball. I love that. So you
recently kicked off your keys to summertour and correct me if I'm wrong,
(00:44):
but you did this down in Tampa. Yeah, we did started in Tampa.
Absolutely okay, And how was theHow was the first show of the
tour? The first show is amazingbecause you know it's brand new, Like
at that point, you are,you just fresh out of rehearsals. This
is my first three sixty show.So the whole stage is in the middle
(01:04):
of the arena. Every seat isthe front row seat, and I'm and
I'm like just in my whole zone. But the first show, I don't
know what the hell I'm doing prettymuch, and it's amazing. That's so
cool, just kind of like figuringit out in real time and we get
to kind of be along for thatjourney. I think that's really cool.
That's exactly right. I think that'swhat makes it so so amazing, is
(01:26):
you know, like each time it'sa special time because it's just new for
that space, that audience, thatmoment, that music is good. And
we're gonna talk about your big showhere at Ball Arena Thursday night, the
twenty seventh. But first things first, just with all the like headlines that
I've seen lately of people throwing thingsat artists like Drake and bb Rexa and
(01:48):
Ava Max, and I just likeI kind of wanted to get your perspective
on that as an artist. Isthat's something that you're kind of worried about
or no. I have been hearingsome crazy stories. I mean, I
think Drake probably got it the bestbecause I guess so was a bra That's
happened recently. Of course I'd becool with the BRA. I'm alright with
the BRA and no heavy metal objectthat's not happening right. Absolutely, So
(02:10):
Thursday Night, the twenty seventh BallArena, Alicia Keys bringing the Keys to
summer tour. Here to the Mahi. What kind of show can we expect
from you this Thursday night? Thisis definitely my best show. This is
the best show I've ever done,period. That's how I feel. I
know it to be true. Visually, it's stunning, the music is incredible
(02:30):
to tempo is so good. Itjust flies by in the best way.
The summer energy is amazing, likeyou know, everybody's feeling so good in
the summer, you know, LikeI said, it's my first three sixty
show, so I get to travelthe whole arena in a way that just
never happens normally, and it justfeels so electrifying and exciting. And I'm
(02:52):
wearing sneakers, so there's no stoppingme because I'm just I'm just in my
extra New York zone feeling great.Absolutely. You brought up the sneakers,
which is on the topic of fashion. A lot of people on Twitter and
social media are talking about these incredibleand colorful outfits that you're wearing during these
shows. Can you speak on thatfor us a little bit? It is
really fun. I mean, youknow, of course, we all of
(03:15):
fashion and all love to be ableto express ourselves most purely, and I
think in this particular time, itreally does. The fashion does express how
I feel, like this great mixtureof kind of like tomboy meat. You
know, I've always been a mixturebetween a tomboy and a lady. It's
just like it works. So thefeelings are all there, kind of their
(03:37):
drug and its energy, a mixtureof styles and colors, and the sneakers
are fresh. There's always different toelements, and it feels are really bright
and really summary, and I'm lovingit. We got some Valentine or some
POOTI. We have a bunch offresh pieces that really are funny. Dang,
that sounds incredible. Is there aparticular outfit that like during the show
(03:59):
You're like, I can't wait toput this on each time? You know,
I only changed once in the show. Usually I've changed never, so
this is actually a new I keptit, I kept it really light.
But each show has a different hasa different change option. So for sure,
it depends on an energy too.It depends on how I'm feeling.
It depends on what city I'm in, Like if I feel like the city
(04:20):
is kind of really crazy and eccentric, like a New Orleans, I'll wear
a certain span. You know.It just all depends. It's fun.
Yeah, fun is definitely the word. And speaking of fun, tell me
about recording these Latin American live albums. Oh yeah, because we know you're
from touring, we know you're fromplaying you here on the radio obviously from
TV and now these live albums.What kind of process goes into this?
(04:44):
Because I think that's kind of ayou know, missing thing nowadays. And
I did that. You know,it was so cool because I did it
because I just recently toured South Americaand Latin America for the first time.
In a minute, and some ofthese places it was the first time I'd
ever ever played there, Like Columbia, I'd never played Columbia before. I'd
never played Mexico, believe it inthat I'd never played before. So this
(05:10):
is the first time going to somany wonderful places and the energy there is
just so much love. Wow,you can't believe it, and so we
wanted to do something special for thembecause it's been a long time since I've
been there at all, and sothat's why we created a live album for
each country. So we did onefor Brazil, we did one for Colombia,
we did one f Argentina, wedid one from Mexico. And it
(05:33):
was really special that they can havetheir own memory and obviously now we all
have it because you know, that'sthe beauty of that we can access it.
So but it was these It wasa really cool sequence of live albums
to really celebrate that Latin America.Yeah, just kind of reciprocating the love,
and we're hoping to reciprocate that loveto you on the twenty seventh here
(05:54):
at Ballerina in the Ma High.Do you have any final words for Denver
before we see you in just acouple of nights here, Man, I
just want to say, Denver,I'm so excited to be here. Is
so excited to see ya. Thisis going to be the lifetime. We're
gonna have so much fun and I'mreally excited because the love that Jack give
(06:15):
me is so pure and genuine andI really appreciate you gutting excellent. Well,
hey, I'm really looking forward tothe show. Thank you so much
for your time for calling in.This has been super cool and again,
what a way to start the dayfor work. So this has been awesome.
Thank you, Alicia. I loveit. Good talking to you and
I'll see you at the show too. Absolutely see you soon, all right
bye, thank you,
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